We have about 20,000 keywords active at the moment.  Thanks, I will take a look at Latitude, and might come back to you.

On 11:29:12 19 October 2006 danielb wrote:

hi, Karen,

if it's your AdWords that need reviewing then what you need is not an SEO agency (though some do offer that service). You're looking for either a broader service (SEM - search engine marketing) provider, or a PPC (pay per click) specialist. Latitude are very good in that space: http://www.searchlatitude.com

Prior to going down that road though - how many ads are you running & how much are you spending per month? Google themselves offer account management if your expenditure is at a certain level, or they deem you an important customer.

Additionally, if you're happier to keep things internal & would just like someone to look over your campaign & make some suggestions, I'd be happy to do that (danielb@brkr.org).

On 11:06:47 19 October 2006 karendavis1 wrote:

It's our AdWords that need reviewing ultimately - I am trying to do the organic search internally as you've suggested.  The AdWords is a real headache though and we have too many for one person to monitor.

Thanks for the advice.

On 10:52:15 19 October 2006 JustineW wrote:

Karen - I'm in publishing too, to be honest I'd spend your time making sure your sites are search engine friendly by making it an internal policy - you'vre probably got loads of content to attract users, if your sites are built right to start with then you've won half the battle.

Talk to Steve Johnston: www.johnston.co.uk - He's a Google Consultant and  can advise  you on how to improve your sites accessibility for googlebot - the rest is up to your editors and you.

We're using him at the moment and he's great.

On 16:04:40 17 October 2006 karendavis1 wrote:

Hi

I was wondering if anyone had had a good experience with any SEO agencies.  I have been given some names - Spannerworks, Guava and Clickthrough Marketing but would be open to other companies too.

We're a publishing company with a large amount of keywords that need reviewing and potentially managing.  I had a bad experience a few years ago and want to ensure that this time I get someone professional and commercial.

Any recommendations much appreciated.

Karen

Hi Karen,

Have a look at the search engine marketing page on this site (http://www.e-consultancy.com/topic/search-engine-marketing/) and you will see several companies in the sponsored links, all of whom are very credible.

I should point out a biased opinion here, however, as I represent one of those companies.

You can also search e-consutancy's supplier directory.

Best regards,

Joe

On 16:04:40 17 October 2006 karendavis1 wrote:

Hi

I was wondering if anyone had had a good experience with any SEO agencies.  I have been given some names - Spannerworks, Guava and Clickthrough Marketing but would be open to other companies too.

We're a publishing company with a large amount of keywords that need reviewing and potentially managing.  I had a bad experience a few years ago and want to ensure that this time I get someone professional and commercial.

Any recommendations much appreciated.

Karen

Our Company uses Backbone Solutions and we have had great sucess with them.  We did look at quite a few different companies offering the same services but  all the others were either ridiculously expensive or they had no firm guarantees. I would recommend them for Opimisation, once my interest was established, they were happy to provide clients for me to contact - every one of them had the results they expected and all were happy.

Thanks for your feedback. No, I didn't use them. I had an uncomfortable feeling about them.

On 11:20:12 4 June 2007 JamesBurgess wrote:
>On 16:04:27 20 October 2006 EmmanuelGad wrote:
>>Has anyone heard of, or had an experience with, a
>company
>>called Back Bone Solutions (backbonesolutions.com)?
>>
>>Many thanks
>
>Hi, Yes, I have had a lot of experience of this SEO and in
>short, they have completely ripped us off. We are 5000
>Pounds out of pocket, have no results (of course they are
>not guaranteed) and the company twice has taken
>unauthorised charges from our card. In short they are
>cowboys, do not touch them with barge pole. We are
>currently taking about to take them to court. I hope you
>in the end did not use them.

If you have not yet found an SEO, the following are on the other hand fantastic. Based in India but the time difference is no issue, they courteous, responsive and get you results fast. We have had far better results in just a few weeks with this company than a year with Backbone Solutions Ltd. Their url is:

www.convonix.com

Tell them that I sent you,

Regards,

James
www.pad-a-terre.com
On 11:29:51 4 June 2007 EmmanuelGad wrote:
>Thanks for your feedback. No, I didn't use them. I had an
>uncomfortable feeling about them.
>
>
>On 11:20:12 4 June 2007 JamesBurgess wrote:
>>On 16:04:27 20 October 2006 EmmanuelGad wrote:
>>>Has anyone heard of, or had an experience with, a
>>company
>>>called Back Bone Solutions
>(backbonesolutions.com)?
>>>
>>>Many thanks
>>
>>Hi, Yes, I have had a lot of experience of this SEO
>and in
>>short, they have completely ripped us off. We are
>5000
>>Pounds out of pocket, have no results (of course they
>are
>>not guaranteed) and the company twice has taken
>>unauthorised charges from our card. In short they are
>>cowboys, do not touch them with barge pole. We are
>>currently taking about to take them to court. I hope
>you
>>in the end did not use them.