Comments on: Advice for the Newbie In-House SEO

By: computer support Miami

computer support Miami — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:35:14 +0000

A great article for people just like me – written in a simple way and about the things that are quite new to us. I've learned a lot, thank you!

By: wmeseo

wmeseo — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:52:44 +0000

One problem is that those companies coming out of the woodworks tend to hire anyone with a list of SEO experience without any quality control (not sure how that would work anyway). This generally leads to a lackluster online marketing campaign and a negative opinion of value of SEO services.

By: Justin Toth

Justin Toth — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:16:15 +0000

Thanks for this article, it gave me a good place to start in my SEO learnings. I’m a web developer first and foremost but want to be able to up the rankings of the sites I build through SEO so am just getting my feet wet with this stuff unlike you seasoned veterans. :) Any other articles that are must-reads for someone just starting out? Also, there is no budget for SEO with any of my clients so it comes down to what I can do to the site itself (a titles, img alts, etc…)

By: Arrow SEO

Arrow SEO — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:33:52 +0000

Great advice! Even better if you could have the detailed versions of the tasks e.g Optimizing HTML. Thanks!

By: Helpfulguy

Helpfulguy — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:32:34 +0000

This is such an awesome post! Hope you could provide more!
This will be a useful port to those who were just started things out, and also to those who have been in this field but need to know more basic information.

By: Oliver Feakins

Oliver Feakins — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 03:17:34 +0000

its sad that SEO have to prove themselves against sometimes unrealistic expectations set my misinformed business owners. The New SEO manager would also have to set expectations as well. Great article.

By: Link Building

Link Building — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:11:24 +0000

Great post, Patricia, I’m a first time reader but I’ll be coming back after reading it!

Im not sure how I feel about in house being a ‘huge step’ but the post has many great links which I will definitely bookmark.

I agree though, its sad how much SEO has to prove itself, compared with traditional advertising that has no real metrics, but gets a pass from the management

By: Patricia Skinner

Patricia Skinner — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:55:13 +0000

Thank you Dana: training give me an idea for a future post though….

By: Dana Lookadoo

Dana Lookadoo — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:06:11 +0000

AWESOME post, Patricia! Your breakdown is SPOT ON! You’re delivered an ideal blueprint.

The only thing I’d add is teach and train co-workers and others on the team or in the company. If SEO and social are not part of the company culture, then efforts will be frustrating and not as effective. Deliverables will be determined without an understanding for the amount of time involved to do it right, leading to frustration. Think you just developed the outline for a training manual!

By: Alan Rothstein

Alan Rothstein — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:06:42 +0000

Once you get SEO credibility within the organization make sure you have periodic SEO 101 trainings. Also make sure other departments within the organization help each other out when they keep SEO in mind while they perform their everyday work.