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Try the guys over at wordstream.com too...odd site with some understanding needed to parse the answers but yeah, it's a diff source that might help too....

Which is why we never use 'other sites' code snippets but write our own for clients....

Need more data to help, eh!

BI - business intelligence is an important tactical advantage if you can establish what a competitor is doing SEO strategy wise that is..

So if you wish to tell the world exactly what SEO keywords you're targeting then sure go ahead....

It's a "not-too-smart" idea in my SEO world tho...

Yeah....been there and done that too....for a client with again a series of various brands in the outdoor network...

And after all was said and done we left them all on a single IP server hosting too...made no diff to any search engine as they were all ranked individually with no penalties etc...

So I'd say pass on that....unless you need something to do....

Your brain comes to mind....plus the months of research and testing that any due diligence would entail....

There is no shortcut to success....'cept damn hard work, eh!

As Egol has said....it's all true...and as he never takes any consulting....he's unavailable

But DO look up Alan on google - and you'll find he's one of the best known, most revered, most reputable audit guys out there...in fact I couldn't even name a peer of his....he's def the one to contact.

Haven't seen any 7-Packs in months now...I too am up in Canada using g.ca and they're all gone for all of our own searches....

Will not hurt at all...other than let the reader know the date you published same...first date that is, not a subsequent update date....fyi...

Bottom of this page click on the Recommended Companies....that's the best advice here!

Yup, semrush is for you!

Yup...the content is not hidden from the googlebot...so it's still read, indexed and used....

But as Sheena noted, that's "old school" design thinking, eh!

Or...give this link a click to see what the continent's top LOCAL search experts have ranked as factors to consider when building new LOCAL search serps!

Disclaimer: yup, I'm one of same for the last few years but the knowledge in that survey is terrific, eh!

What Keri said...works!

Yeah...what I see above could ONLY be looked at as link manipulations...

Don't know how else to phrase what I mean - but it appears that you're trying to gain traffic by using all the WRONG tactics....when I see clients that use content markers as " > 2000 chars"  & "fiverr" & "boilerplate"  -- they're all telltales of trying to get real live stable rankings using 2004 tactics....sigh....

YMMV...but in my world those items you've listed show a basic fault in your whole SEO strategy, eh!

There is really nothing to say about the mistakes made by SMB owners who believe that they've contracted with a great SEO firm - and find out later that is not so true...

Which gets me to the real value of a referral. Look for - always look for an SEO firm that has the 'added value' of offering up a set of referral clients for you to check on yourownself. That is so important in that a real live SEO firm will always be able to supply that list- long or short - but that you can call on the phone or email to the CEO and ask "...hey, the XYZ SEO firm said you're a client...tell me about your experiences with using them...." type of contact.

Without that - on what core values are you really buying an SEO contractor?

Oh - the "recommended" list of companies can also be a great starting place too - use that list to drill down on, visit each of your final candidates from and THEN call/email their list of referral clients....

Anything else I'm afraid is just "burning" your money....sad to say...

Veebs..you should really start a brand new thread so others can join in on this topic...

But as you've explained things - it boils down to you need a brand new SEO who can delive serps that are solid and reliable without using tactics like you've outlined.

Small point but when we get a new client, and we do the same checking you appear to have done, what we find is that with these kind of tell-tale bloody awful SEO we learn that the client readily admits that yes they went to the cheapest SEO package they could find -- reinforcing the old adage that you do "get what you pay for!"

Do a google for "googel disavow" and you'll see they years ago now set up a way for any SMB site owner or SEO to lit the links you want Google to toss in the bin!

you're off on a tangent here....let's not do that...my comments referred to the 'why' not the cause....

go to the 'recommended' list and pick a few to vet....then get a deal and they will undoubtedly do that complete web audit first to see where you are and why...

all else is rhetoric here....time to get the tasks started, eh!

Me? I'd do a full web audit...find all those IBLs....then disavow 'em all....incl the ones you've yet to find when you do!

Best to start with a completely new slate IMHO....

I have no idea what kind of site this is - the OP message was that they needed a fix and improvement of serps which I assumed meant they'd slid....which he confirmed...hence my comment on Pigeon...

and g.ca means "google.ca" - the Canadian google farm...just my lazy way of writing same!