Improve Search Rank with IMAG Studios > SEO Warranties and Guarantee
Is there any Guarantee for Search Engine Optimization Services?
In short, no. But by this point you've likely been doing your research. You've seen several Internet Marketing and SEO firms guarantee results and probably many more not.
Here's the reality of how Search Engine Optimization works:
A top firm like IMAG Studios will do absolutely everything in it's power to see your website have improved search rank. Infact that's why we charge by the month rather then a ten - twenty thousand dollar fee up front. Accountability.
No honest SEO company will guarantee your results. The reality is that while we will never stop fighting to get your rankings to the top of all the major search engines, and we have overwhelming success with that it's up to the search engines in the end.
Google, Yahoo, MSN and the rest all of their own internal algorithims and modifications on how they rank websites. From time to time they will make drastic changes to their algorithims which "reshuffle" the top rankings. One of the last notorious Google updates is known as the "Florida Update" which heavily hit Affiliate, Cell Phone and Travel related websites.
Companies that prior to the Florida Update had perfectly optimized websites, found themselves with optimizations that were now ineffective or worse were working against them. In most of these cases the original SEO Firms were long since paid and gone.
The few IMAG Studios clients that were effected by the Florida update at that time, were able to recover ahead of the pack since our services are managed and on-going.
While we do not explicitly offer a guarantee, the 'on-retainer' nature of our service means that you must see results from us or you are unlikely to renew our services. It's really just that simple.
What about Company X, they offer a guarantee on their SEO Services?
Run away. Find another SEO company, you don't have to choose us (we'd like you to) but it's important that you understand how misleading those guarantees are. Take a look at one of the larger technology firms out there, they are a leader in domains but they have dropped the ball of ethics on SEO.
"No one can guarantee a #1 ranking on Google. Beware of SEOs that claim to guarantee rankings" - From Google Webmaster Guide
There is a reason that Internet Marketing and SEO Firms warn against using companies that guarantee top search engine ranking.
#1. No SEO Company controls Google, Yahoo, MSN or any other search engine. In the end they are independent companies that can put any website wherever they want in their rankings just because they feel like it. Just as you can make changes to your website in any manner you wish. It's theirs, they can do whatever they like.
#2. It's irresponsible to say that any website can rank for any set of keywords. New Websites that have only existed a short period of time for instance will have extreme difficult breaking into highly competitive keywords. This is something that only time and increasing trust from the search engines can fix.
IMAG Studios has turned away companies on more then on occasion that are internet startups and will only accept ranking for extremely high competition keywords. Sadly these potential clients went on to use other services that promised the world and underdelivered. We won't mislead you, besides often it's best for a new internet startup to target less competitive keywords that generate traffic so they can ramp up their infratructure to handle increasing traffic over time..
IMAG Studios does guarantee the following:
We pledge to use the best industry practices and methods. We will use all of our tools, talents and skills that we've found to be effective in the past and strive to help your website improve its overall search rankings. However no website or market is exactly the same and we must make clear that similar past results do not guarantee future performance.
