Billing Questions
We require at least 50% up front. The remaining balance is divided among the remaining months in the contract. If you decide to pay in full, you will receive a 10% discount off the total price.
As an example, if you were to pick the standard plan which costs $995 per month, a minimum of $2,985 would be due on signing the contract with $597 due for each of the remaining 5 months in the contract. If instead you paid in full, the total would be a one time fee of $5,387.92. Saving you $582.08 off the total price. Please note that sales tax may be added to these figures.
Yes, a contract informs you, the client, what our obligations are to you and what your obligations are to Siftage during the contract period. Our contracts are typically 6 months in length; however, if for some reason you have to break the contract before the 6 month term, there will be no additional cost to you. We will prepare a contract for you to review and sign prior to beginning any work on your website.
You may cancel your contract at anytime at no additional cost to you; however, we cannot provide any refunds for money that has already been paid.
Yes, we offer a 10% discount for those that pay in full.
Yes, please contact us for more information.
Please visit our contact page for more information in how to get your questions answered.
SEO Questions
Most likely your site is showing up in the search engines, but only with if very specific search terms are entered. Our SEO process will bring your site up in the rankings with more general, but still related to your business, search terms.
Google sets personal preferences and can remember what you clicked on when you do a search. The more often you find your own site through Google and click on it, the higher it will rank on your own computer.
Black Hat SEO is a term used to describe SEO practices that are unethical, sneaky, and harmful to others and the web as a whole. Black Hat SEO degrades the quality of search engine results and often involves spam. Black Hat SEO also breaks the rules of the search engine and if caught, the site could be removed from the search results completely.
White Hat SEO on the other hand is a term used to describe SEO practices that are ethical and do not harm others websites and are often beneficial to all parties. At Siftage we strictly perform only White Hat SEO methods.
A backlink is a link from another website that links to your website. These are also often referred to as inbound links. These links are an important factor in determining your sites "worth" in the eyes of the search engines.
PageRank (note the spelling as a single word) is the name of Google's scoring method for determining the "importance" of a website. This score is from 0 to 10 and the higher your score the more important Google considers your site to be. Google gives preference to sites with a higher PageRank.
- A value of 0 to 2 is a lower value usually found on sites that do not receive very much traffic, are fairly new on the web, or have a relatively small market.
- A value of 3 to 5 indicates a growing to medium presence on the web. A value in this range is typical of most established small to medium businesses.
- A value of 6 to 7 indicates a strong web presence and an authority in the industry. Most local businesses will find it very difficult to achieve a page rank this high as their target market is often not large enough to support it.
- A value of 8 to 10 is for the largest of the web such as Ebay, Amazon, Facebook, etc.
Link building is one of the most crucial steps in search engine optimization. Each link that you get counts as a vote for your site. The more votes your site gets, the higher it will rank in the search engines.
The quality of the links matters as well. Links that are closely related to your site and are from trusted sources will count as a stronger vote.
SEO services are beneficial to any type of business. Compared to traditional marketing, SEO is very affordable and reaches a much bigger marketplace.
You can have the best looking website out there, but if no one sees it you won't get any business. With our services, your website traffic will increase bringing the potential for more customers.
On the other hand, if your website looks out dated and is difficult to navigate, all the SEO in the world won't bring you more customers. At Siftage, we believe in what we do and want to make your business succeed. If we believe your website needs an update in order to benefit from SEO, we'll let you know.
Other Questions
Usually two competing companies require very different marketing strategies; however, if once we have reviewed your website and business, and determine that the Internet marketing strategy you require is too close to one of our current clients, then unfortunately we will not be able to provide you with our SEO services.
No. If you have been shopping around for search engine optimization services and have seen the statement "We Guarantee First Page on Google." this should be cause for concern. The reason being, it is impossible to guarantee the strategies of your competitors. If you see a site that is claiming guaranteed rankings, then they are not telling you the whole truth and you should proceed with caution.
