Comments on: Should You Require a Non-Compete from Your SEO? http://www.willhanke.com/2008/02/26/should-you-require-a-non-compete-from-your-seo/ Saint Louis MO Search Engine Marketing and Optimization Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:04:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: George http://www.willhanke.com/2008/02/26/should-you-require-a-non-compete-from-your-seo/comment-page-1/#comment-727 George Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:48:54 +0000 http://www.willhanke.com/2008/02/26/should-you-require-a-non-compete-from-your-seo/#comment-727 I don't see how you could possibly not require a non-compete... If I found out my SEO was working within the same industry I think I would flip, the possibilities for gaming are too lucrative. I don’t see how you could possibly not require a non-compete… If I found out my SEO was working within the same industry I think I would flip, the possibilities for gaming are too lucrative.

]]> By: Will http://www.willhanke.com/2008/02/26/should-you-require-a-non-compete-from-your-seo/comment-page-1/#comment-726 Will Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:04:11 +0000 http://www.willhanke.com/2008/02/26/should-you-require-a-non-compete-from-your-seo/#comment-726 Doug, you hit it right on the head. One SEO competing for the same keywords for two different accounts would cause some major problems. Better just to pass off that job to another SEO firm (and maybe get a kickback!). Doug, you hit it right on the head. One SEO competing for the same keywords for two different accounts would cause some major problems. Better just to pass off that job to another SEO firm (and maybe get a kickback!).

]]> By: Doug B. http://www.willhanke.com/2008/02/26/should-you-require-a-non-compete-from-your-seo/comment-page-1/#comment-724 Doug B. Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:09:00 +0000 http://www.willhanke.com/2008/02/26/should-you-require-a-non-compete-from-your-seo/#comment-724 Will, You make some good points. I know you and I have pow wows constantly trying to explore the ideas of the most affective keywords and phrases. Often times those include well researched terms that I did not pay you to find. I know you won’t, but who's to say my SEO consultant wouldn't share those niche keywords and phrases that have brought me so much traffic. These terms may very well have been overlooked by my competition allowing me to take advantage of a marketing weakness on his part. Lastly I think if an SEO consultant were to pick up a second account within the same industry, it would definitely create a conflict of interest. Especially if the new account were willing to guaranteed monthly budget that exceeds the original account. This could also create a whole new set of problems and the SEO consultant. He or she would be expected to catch that original advertiser and eventually surpass and out perform the original account. I hope that makes sense? Will,
You make some good points. I know you and I have pow wows constantly trying to explore the ideas of the most affective keywords and phrases. Often times those include well researched terms that I did not pay you to find. I know you won’t, but who’s to say my SEO consultant wouldn’t share those niche keywords and phrases that have brought me so much traffic. These terms may very well have been overlooked by my competition allowing me to take advantage of a marketing weakness on his part.

Lastly I think if an SEO consultant were to pick up a second account within the same industry, it would definitely create a conflict of interest. Especially if the new account were willing to guaranteed monthly budget that exceeds the original account. This could also create a whole new set of problems and the SEO consultant. He or she would be expected to catch that original advertiser and eventually surpass and out perform the original account. I hope that makes sense?

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