These days everyone is on the internet and mentioning a web site they found in Google, Yahoo ,or MSN. And for this reason SEO is growing by leaps and bounds. SEO is the practice of positioning a web site in the top twenty spots on a popular set of keywords. In 90% of cases SEO is outsourced. There are many different types of SEO firms. To put it bluntly they include,
- High quality / High price
- Low quality / High price
- Low quality / Low price
How about high quality / low price? Well, now it appears that for some that may be possible. Traditionally quality SEO was guaranteed to cost a few thousand U.S. dollars a month. However, there is a new trend in the SEO industry. That trend is called - budget SEO. In most cases to receive budget SEO services your web site must be either local or in a niche industry.
There are still very few firms that offer budget SEO services. Most SEO firms will charge the majority of there clients the same rate across the board regardless of the industry the client operates in. However, SEO firms that do offer budget SEO will most likely give you a nice discount if your web site is not in a hyper-competitive market. Examples of hyper-competitive markets would include lenders, dating sites, generic shopping sites, etc.
We recently contacted Chris Martin owner of budgetSEO.com and asked him if budget SEO was really just another way of camoflouging cheap SEO. He said, "It can be depending on who you contact. However, a legitimate budget SEO firm will offer the same level of service that they would offer to a client in a competitive industry who might be charged four or five times more on a monthly basis. The reason for the price break is simply due to the fact that it's much easier to drive a local or niche player to the top than it is a generic site in an overly saturated industry."
We asked Mr. Martin how much of a discount budget SEO clients normally receive. He responded by saying, "It depends, but usually 50% - 75% on a monthly basis."
Unfortunately not everyone can receive budget SEO services, but those who qualify have the opportunity to see their site driven to the top at a fraction of the cost that most businesses will have to pay to see the same results.
