Finding the right internet marketing company can be tough, especially if you are limited by geographical location. What this post is aimed to do is help you find a good internet marketing company that will focus on your return on investment (ROI) while using search engine friendly tactics.

First off, since we are located in Pittsburgh we will use “Pittsburgh” as an example city instead of reusing the phrase “any city” over and over again.

The preeminent way to find the best internet marketing company in Pittsburgh is to do a search and see what sites rank high in major search engines like Google, Yahoo, or MSN. Just type in the browser a few keywords related to their company and see where they rank. If you cannot find their website for searches like “Pittsburgh internet marketing” or “Internet Marketing Company in Pittsburgh” then you should question how they will be able to get your site to rank high on the same search engines for your desired keywords.

The second best way to sniff out an ineffective or unethical search engine optimization (SEO) company is look at their track record. Ask to see some past clients in a similar industry or for references you can call and see if they are willing to give that information out. Chances are if the company is unwilling to give out past results in a face to face meeting, then they either are ashamed of the results or have don’t want you contacting a company that will bad mouth them (note many companies will not list past clients on their site but will give them to you in a face to face meeting).

Last but not least try to Google their name and see if anything is written about them in (good or bad). Many Pittsburgh internet marketing companies are involved in different marketing forums/chat rooms and this kind of involvement will show up in the results (don’t forget to search the company name and the person you’re dealing with directly).

Fact:

As of Sept 13^th 2007 Eyeflow and its sister sites rank for 40% of first page organic rankings for “Pittsburgh Internet Marketing”. They were able to accomplish this by using a technique they refer to as piggy backing.

Stay far away from Pittsburgh internet marketing companies that:

· Will not tell you exactly what they are going to do to help your site rank higher in search engines… Do not take “trust us” as an acceptable answer when discussing your internet marketing strategy. You have the right to know what any internet marketing company is doing in regards to your site and the ones that don’t disclose everything are usually trying to trick Google.

· Tell you that they are going to create a huge amount of automatically generated doorway or portal pages… This is one of the quickest routes to banville. If you use these kind of “blackhat” techniques your site WILL get banned from major search engines like Google, MSN, and Yahoo…

· Guarantee first page or top rankings… No one can do this and the companies that do are using computers infected with spyware (and who likes companies that install spyware on grandma’s computer?)

· Don’t tell you how they get links to your site… It’s easy to say an internet marketing company will get you more links into your site but where are those links coming in from?

What questions this article will answer:

What internet marketing company in Pittsburgh uses ethical SEO?

How do you find a quality internet marketing company in Pittsburgh?

What questions you should ask your potential Pittsburgh internet marketing company.

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