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Skip to content 778-822-4626 Email Website Optimization Canada * Website Optimization * Web Development Menu Toggle * Social Media SEO * Chatbot Development * Google My Business * Lead Generation * Core Web Vitals * Landing Pages * Backlinks * SEO Friendly Web Design * Video Optimization * Digital Marketing * About SEO Canada * SEO Best Practices Menu Toggle * Website Optimization And SEO * Keyword Research In Canada * What Is Blackhat SEO * WordPress Image Sizes * Mobile Friendly Web Design * Why Content Is King * Website Migration Canada * Tips For SEO In Vancouver * FAQ * Contact 778-822-4626 Email Website Optimization Canada Main Menu * Website Optimization * Web Development Menu Toggle * Social Media SEO * Chatbot Development * Google My Business * Lead Generation * Core Web Vitals * Landing Pages * Backlinks * SEO Friendly Web Design * Video Optimization * Digital Marketing * About SEO Canada * SEO Best Practices Menu Toggle * Website Optimization And SEO * Keyword Research In Canada * What Is Blackhat SEO * WordPress Image Sizes * Mobile Friendly Web Design * Why Content Is King * Website Migration Canada * Tips For SEO In Vancouver * FAQ * Contact 778-822-4626 Email Website Optimization Canada * Website Optimization * Web Development Menu Toggle * Social Media SEO * Chatbot Development * Google My Business * Lead Generation * Core Web Vitals * Landing Pages * Backlinks * SEO Friendly Web Design * Video Optimization * Digital Marketing * About SEO Canada * SEO Best Practices Menu Toggle * Website Optimization And SEO * Keyword Research In Canada * What Is Blackhat SEO * WordPress Image Sizes * Mobile Friendly Web Design * Why Content Is King * Website Migration Canada * Tips For SEO In Vancouver * FAQ * Contact 778-822-4626 Email Website Optimization Canada Main Menu * Website Optimization * Web Development Menu Toggle * Social Media SEO * Chatbot Development * Google My Business * Lead Generation * Core Web Vitals * Landing Pages * Backlinks * SEO Friendly Web Design * Video Optimization * Digital Marketing * About SEO Canada * SEO Best Practices Menu Toggle * Website Optimization And SEO * Keyword Research In Canada * What Is Blackhat SEO * WordPress Image Sizes * Mobile Friendly Web Design * Why Content Is King * Website Migration Canada * Tips For SEO In Vancouver * FAQ * Contact FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT SEO So, you are considering SEO or are doing it currently, but have some serious questions about SEO, and how it works. Go through all of questions and answers and by the end of the post, you’d probably have answers to your queries. SEO is important because it can bring more traffic, leads, customers, and revenue to your business. Technical SEO strategies can deliver a huge return on investment. Here are the answers to some of the most frequently asked questions. HOW MUCH DOES SEO COST? A good SEO professional will never come cheap. SEO is an investment in YOUR business. If you’re hunting for a discount, you’ll likely be very disappointed. SEO can vary greatly in price depending on who is offering the service. Companies who offer Website Optimization at very low prices usually tend to cut corners, use ‘black-hat’ techniques, or use improper SEO strategies, resulting in penalties, decreases in traffic for unsuspecting business owners. In Canada, the cost of SEO monthly retainers can range anywhere from $400, (per site per month), and up, but this can vary as to the size and scope of the optimizations needed. Make no mistake: purchasing technical SEO from Fiverr is like purchasing a Lamborghini from a dollar store: you’re likely to get a counterfeit item rather than the real thing. HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO GET RANKINGS? The answer isn’t so simple, because the question itself is misguided (no offense). The question is born from an understanding of SEO that was once the reality but no longer is. It typically takes 2-6 months to begin seeing new rankings. One thing is for sure! If you don’t start now, it will take longer… What are you waiting for? Search engine optimization is a marathon, not a sprint. It takes constant maintenance over the long-run to see results. The first few months are dedicated to making updates to your site and waiting for the search engine spiders to crawl and index the changes. SHOULD I CONTINUE SEO ONCE I'VE GOTTEN GOOD RANKINGS? Getting good search engine rankings is only half the battle. Since the search engines are constantly evolving and updating their algorithms, your rankings can fluctuate from one day to the next. It takes constant research, updates, and testing to keep your URL ranking in the top positions. Discontinuing SEO after you’ve achieved rankings will result in a loss of rankings fairly quickly. SHOULD I BUY BACKLINKS? If you aren’t properly informed about link building, you can easily end up hurting your online presence, or worse, get penalized by Google by buying backlinks for SEO the wrong way. Purchasing links from spammy websites or ‘bad neighborhood’ sites can actually hurt your rankings rather than help. Search engines are constantly looking out for links like these. Google’s ‘Penguin’ series of algorithm updates is geared primarily towards penalizing sites who obtain links unnaturally through link exchange schemes and purchasing links or have links from spam sites. Recovery from a link penalty is not an easy one and can result in significant traffic losses. CAN YOU GUARANTEE MY RANKINGS WITH SEO?? Ethical SEO Agencies cannot guarantee something they can’t control. Beware of any company that claims they can. If you encounter this claim, don’t even bother being polite. Hang up the phone, or flag the email as spam. The promise may not be for 24 hours, but it will be for a timeframe that’s equally unrealistic. Run quickly in the other direction! There is no way to know 100% how a site will rank because of the search engine’s constantly evolving nature, and to guarantee rankings is considered unethical. HOW DOES SEO WORK? SEO works by aligning your website with what search engines and the end users are looking for and how they look for it. Google and other search engines use website crawlers to explore the web. As part of your SEO strategy, ensure that these crawlers can access your content properly. From Google: “Search algorithms look at many factors and signals, including the words of your query, relevance and usability of pages, expertise of sources, and your location and settings. The weight applied to each factor varies depending on the nature of your query”. Some of these ranking factors are under your control. So you should optimize your content to ensure Google’s algorithm views your content more favorably. AI AND SEO As someone who values accuracy, AI is bad because I find myself having to double-check everything that it writes. Whenever I ask an AI to generate content about something that I’m knowledgeable about, it spits out a lengthy, nicely-written paragraph of facts mixed with complete nonsense. Sometimes, the nonsense is buried deep in the text. Lack Of Creativity The absence of creativity in automated web design is one of its main flaws. AI algorithms might not be able to create truly original and new designs because they can only operate within a set of established rules and parameters. Very Little Customization There may be less customization possibilities available with automated web design. AI algorithms are capable of producing designs based on certain inputs and data, but they might not be able to produce designs that are tailored to the individual demands and tastes of every client. Conclusion Even if automated web design has some benefits, it cannot fully replace professional site designers. Working with experienced web designers who can offer the creativity, SEO knowledge, and customization that AI algorithms cannot match is the best option for producing truly distinctive and effective site designs. Another risk is the misconception that AI can replace a design professional. Right now, generative AI is a tool like any other. Designers can add to their skillset by using this tool effectively. However, there will always be some who believe that the tool can do the job by itself. This is not only a disservice to designers, but a big misstep for organizations looking to implement AI solutions with little human ethics and oversight. HOW OFTEN DO SEARCH ENGINES UPDATE THEIR ALGORITHMS? Google’s head of Web Spam, Matt Cutts, has been quoted saying that more than 500 updates are made each year. Since the search engines are constantly evolving and changing, it is very important to stay on top of the changes, make constant updates on your end, and only use strategies that are ethical and sustainable. WHY IS SEO IMPORTANT? There are billions of searches on Google every day. And 45.1% of desktop users click on an organic result, according to Semrush’s State of Search report. By comparison, only 1.8% of desktop users click a paid result. Even though ads are usually at the top of the page. And when SEO is done right, the results can add up fast. Amazon got 546.3 million visits from Google users in the U.S. in November 2023. It would cost the company around $336.9 million to get that much traffic via Google Ads. Unlike paid traffic, these organic visitors come in whether or not Amazon is actively running ads. To be clear: SEO is an ongoing process that takes work. In short, SEO ensures your brand is visible when potential customers search on Google or other search engines. * Website Optimization Canada * SEO Best Practices * Web Development * SEO Lead Generation * Tips For SEO In Vancouver * FAQ * Contact Me SEO Canada Reach Out Reach Out Email 778-822-4626 GET FOUND Website Optimization Canada Scroll to Top