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SEOrank does offer one such platform. I hired someone @$400 pcm, based in India, and found them unsatisfactory. They raised issues (your site has posts instead of pages which will cause loss of rankings due to penguin update) but clueless when asked to explain

Surely the search industry is so big that there must be golden standards of measurement or none??

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My question is one that most startups face. No large budgets for online SEO marketing and lack of quality SEO consultants willing to work for peanuts.

To the point:

1. Where can I read reviews of SEO consultants before giving a contract?

2. Is it naieve to expect an SEO contract based on real ROI i.e. increase in qualified enquiries? All I spoke to over last 12 months refuse to commit, even in part, to this requirement. My take is what good is an SEO contract if all I get is loads of reports of work done? I do not have the capability to analyse the reports hence I employ someone!

3. I have SEOMoz pro memership. Can I do  my SEO myself by using the tools in the dashboard?

thanks to all for reading my post.

SEOrank does offer one such platform. I hired someone @$400 pcm, based in India, and found them unsatisfactory. They raised issues (your site has posts instead of pages which will cause loss of rankings due to penguin update) but clueless when asked to explain

Surely the search industry is so big that there must be golden standards of measurement or none??