Is Search Engine Optimization (SEO)...

[SWINGNDANCE]

...really worth the price? I'm a very small startup social networking site and I need traffic; however, when I checked the prices for SEO, I was shocked at the prices. Maybe I'm just naive or SEO is definately worth the price it demands.

Any opinions on how effective SEO's are and if the prices are worth its reputation?

For example, the cost for SEO and maintenance for 3 keywords is $500 setup fee and $200 annual maintenance. For 20 keywords, it is $2,300 setup fee and $1,000 annual maintenance.

I know some SEO's go as expensive s $25,000 - $100,000.

[kekito224]

There are other ways to do SEO, like using good keywords and using tags and such. There are great websites out there that allow you to make your website come up in a search engine. They give you many tips. do not pay anything for SEO. Try to put as much keywords in your content as possible and try to use more tags.

[boguspoet]

Here are 7 proven techniques that are 100% guaranteed to produce results when using a search engine marketing specialist What is the objective of your website? Is it ultimately to bring you new business rather than just being an `online brochure`.

* The only purpose of a website should be to produce new leads and sales.

* Put together some carefully targeted pages on the internet that are optimised and will bring new visitors back to your website.

* Use Google Adwords as a very cost effective form of advertising for your keyword phrases that describe your business. You only pay when visitors actually look at your site!

* Placing carefully, targeted and user friendly content on your home page. This is your `power` page so you really need to make use of it.

* Obtain relevant, quality links to your website

* Researching keywords that are going to produce qualified visitors to your website

* Look carefully at your design. Does it have flash animation, is it user friendly, does it have a site map. You have less than 8 seconds to convince new visitor to stay on your website.

This, and more I have learned from a website I have bumped on: http://online-marketingsolutions.com