The Tech Guys www.seo7k.co.za

[PayrollSmart]

Hi Guys

I have received several telephone calls as well as an email promoting website optimization and one month free trial. The email does mention that it takes approx 3 months to reach the top pages. The company calls themselves The Tech Guys and mentions the website address www.seo7k.co.za. The sales manager named Martin Ogiliev has been contacting me. Oh and this will cost me R1400 per month.

Has anyone used this company for seo? Is this a scam? Please let me know.

Thanks.

Khadija Kader
PayrollSmart

[Cpt Chaos]

Hi there Khadija,

My business partner have initially submitted our site to them for SEO on the free one month program a while back and honestly stay away. Not only have they probably done more harm than anything else they have sent me numerious mails stating that they are working on my website doing onsite optimization but mean time they haven't even logged into the site to begin with.

Rather stick to someone you can rely on like Mark Atkins here on the forum. Members have only had good things to say about him.

[sangling]

Rather stick to someone you can rely on like Mark Atkins here on the forum. Members have only had good things to say about him.

Mark - do you offer an SEO service?

[Mark Atkinson]

Mark - do you offer an SEO service?

I do, but at the moment I'm not taking on new clients. I'll have a couple months open from the beginning of October for some strategy and on-site work, but I don't see myself taking on new long-term clients for a while as my plate is rather full at the moment.

You're welcome to PM me with any questions though. I'll do my best to point you in the right direction. Alternatively create a thread on the forum and people more qualified than me will have the opportunity to comment too.

[iLLuDeano]

With regards to low quality and good quality links. What would be a good quality link other than having contextual content and getting as many views/follows/likes on social pages like Tumblr, Wordress, Google+ etc?

[Mark Atkinson]

Rather stick to someone you can rely on like Mark Atkinson here on the forum. Members have only had good things to say about him.

Thanks Cpt Chaos.

Khadija, I've always thought that it's a little ironic that those SEO companies have to spam your phone and inbox to get your business. By my interpretation an SEO provider should be pretty good at being found.

Also, I'm not sure that an SEO agency worth their salt would charge you a fixed fee for SEO because the service is highly specific to your business and industry - all sorts of factors come into play. (Your target market, goals, how strong your competition is etc)

[PayrollSmart]

Thanks guys. Really appreciated! Perhaps we can discuss how you can help my website Mark.

[martin ogiliev]

Dear Sir I contacted you and offered your company a free one month trial of optimisation. How can thiks be a scam when this is a FREE FREE FREE deal. You were advsied you would have the option to walk away or carry on after the free month. I advised you no credit cards or bank details would be required for our free trial. I do not udnerstand why all of you ahve written these things when this is clearly not a scam as it is FREEEEEEEEEEEE

[Darkangelyaya]

Dear Sir I contacted you and offered your company a free one month trial of optimisation. How can thiks be a scam when this is a FREE FREE FREE deal. You were advsied you would have the option to walk away or carry on after the free month. I advised you no credit cards or bank details would be required for our free trial. I do not udnerstand why all of you ahve written these things when this is clearly not a scam as it is FREEEEEEEEEEEE

Interesting... According to your profile, you are the ripe old age of 15. Suppose that settles the question of the maturity level of this post.

[Eugene Marais]

Oh Martin dear! You very well know that there is a catch - You have cancel the agreement 3 days before month end - otherwise you pay. You are very calculated, most people will not do this, and Bingo! Extort money with legal threats. FFFFFFRRRRAAAUUUDD There have to be a real product or service. Your intend is not to do SEO. Your intend is to hook people into a contract and then threaten them. You use SEO because it will be difficult for small businesses to prove that you don't deliver on it! Your news letters expose your SEO abilities - December is the best month for SEO. My word! Mike Cutts will have a heart attack! I copied him on this gem! Well, I know a bit and you will soon be brought to account