Search Engine Land Article: SEO Do's and Don'ts for Small Businesses

There is a well written two part series posted in Search Engine Land's "Small is Beautiful" column about SEO and small businesses, its a good read:

Part I
SEO "Don'ts": 20 Fatal Mistakes You Must Avoid To Succeed

Part II
21 Essential SEO Tips & Techniques

Threadwatch.org site: Threadwatch is closing...

At least thats what one of the latest posts at threadwatch.org says. I'm hoping someone steps up to take the site over and keeps it going. Its one of my daily resources for news, interesting threads and comments, some of which are not found in the SEM forums.

SEO Service Pricing

There is a post at SEOmoz that is pretty interesting on SEO pricing. I guess what startled me most was the $1k an hour price that the SEOMoz company charges. Now that's an hourly fee.

The other prices listed in the post are a good range of pricing for projects per hour. I really prefer pricing the project at a flat fee. I usually look at it as equal to an hourly rate if I break out the cost compared to the services rendered then add a little to cover unforeseen work costs that always come up. Still I prefer a flat fee for clients which seems to work best for our company.

SEO Pricing & Costs - What Should You Charge / How Much Should You Pay?