A short review of SEO agencies in Australia
Which SEO agency is the best for your business?
If you have done some shopping to find a digital marketing partner, you know that that could turn into a rabbit hole pretty fast.
What you thought was minimal and subtle optimization work for some website pages is now a full-blown project that needs to be implemented over six or nine whole months.
Depending on who you have been talking to, it could also start to look like a scam.
So here are some tips on how to look at digital marketing agencies and companies. I introduce my own vendor evaluation process and outline some of the more basic ‘ABC-type questions’ you need to answer when you evaluate these firms for your business.
Best seo companies by organic ranking
A review of top 10 search results:
#1 www.topseos.com/au/best-seo-companies-in-australia:
This is a review website.
Result: Excluded as irrelevant.
#2 www.wmegroup.com.au/seo/:
Pagespeed score: C (71%), YSlow score: D (63%), Page Load Time: 5.5 seconds, Total Page Size: 1.75 MB, Requests: 55
Twitter: 17.9K followers, almost zero retweets and likes. Facebook: 19.5K likes, 20 post likes, and almost no reshares (average of recent posts).
Result: Average.
#3 www.magicdust.com.au/search-engine-optimisation/:
Pagespeed score: E (58%), YSlow score: E (57%), Page Load Time: 10.5 seconds, Total Page Size: 1.06 MB, Requests: 89
Twitter: 3,310 followers, almost zero retweets and likes. Facebook: 1,074 likes, 20 post likes and almost no reshares (average of recent posts).
Result: Poor performance.
#4 www.smart-traffic.com.au/:
Pagespeed score: D(64%), YSlow score: D(61%), Page Load Time: 7.6seconds, Total Page Size: 1.5 MB, Requests: 95
Twitter: No presence. Facebook: No presence.
Result: Poor performance.
#5 www.seoworks.com.au/seo-company/best-seo-company/:
Pagespeed score: B(89%), YSlow score: C(78%), Page Load Time: 4 seconds, Total Page Size: 2.23MB, Requests: 51
Twitter: 565 followers, last post dated November 2015!
Facebook: 641 likes, 3 post likes, and almost no reshares (average of recent posts).
Price: From $125/hour
Result: Average.
#6 www.salmat.com.au/services/search/:
Pagespeed score: E(57%), YSlow score: F(46%), Page Load Time: 4.9 seconds, Total Page Size: 1.9MB, Requests: 114
Twitter: 1393 followers, no likes, no reshares. Facebook: 4101 likes, 2post likes, and almost no reshares (average of recent posts).
Result: Poor performance.
#7 www.oceangroupsaustralia.com.au/:
Pagespeed score: C(72%), YSlow score: C(70%), Page Load Time: 3.2 seconds, Total Page Size: 1.41MB, Requests: 45
Twitter: 11 followers, no tweets! Facebook: 379 likes, no post likes, no reshares (average of recent posts).
Result: Poor performance.
