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Hotel SEO – Search Engine Optimization Cons to watch out for

Submitted by JJ on Hotel Internet Marketing on August 14, 2008View Comments|

Search Engines refer a significant percentage of web direct bookings for hotels, both through paid search and natural search. SEO / Search Engine Optimization obviously has the most bang for the buck, as well designed websites ensure great SEO results and produce much better long term results. A lot of hotel companies, especially independent properties and smaller chains also spend a great deal of money on Hotel website SEO, often outsourced to web design or SEO agencies.

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I came across a great article by Brandt Dainow on 7 ways SEO consultants rip off their clients…a must read for anyone looking to hire out their SEO efforts. The gist of the matter is that most people don’t understand what SEO truly involves and the actual benefits and practices out there…therefore it is quite easy to exploit this ignorance and charge out large amounts of money for something absolutely useless.

The article covers common SEO malpractices like not providing search position reports, hiding behind techincal jargon and copyright / intellectual property laws, offer meaningless guarantees, employ black-hat SEO techniques like cloaking, keyword stuffing, etc and generally mis-representing what SEO really involves and what benefits clients can truly realize. Read the full article here.

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  • Hotels in Vegas says:

    There are many snake oil salesmen in the SEO industry. People that are trying to do the right thing can quickly get lumped in with the people that are out there to make a quick buck and then move on. Treat your clients right, build them traffic for the long term and they will keep you around forever.

  • socialmaker says:

    Online promotion with the aid of online marketing and seo are good ways to promote yourself and your business on the online environment. When it comes to seo services there are only a handful of companies who really know what they're doing. Only these know what content is all about, fixing site issues, URL canoniclization and rewrites and getting you a lot of links. If you want SEO for your site i recommend you search for a good company. Don't let a noname mess up your site !

  • socialmaker says:

    Online promotion with the aid of online marketing and seo are good ways to promote yourself and your business on the online environment. When it comes to seo services there are only a handful of companies who really know what they're doing. Only these know what content is all about, fixing site issues, URL canoniclization and rewrites and getting you a lot of links. If you want SEO for your site i recommend you search for a good company. Don't let a noname mess up your site !

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