Comments on: Should Your Web Developer Be Your SEO Consultant As Well? http://www.agencytool.com/blog/should-your-web-developer-be-your-seo-consultant-as-well Resources, tips, tricks & information for web design agencies. Sat, 01 May 2010 01:46:49 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: SEO Midlands UK http://www.agencytool.com/blog/should-your-web-developer-be-your-seo-consultant-as-well/comment-page-1#comment-1254 SEO Midlands UK Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:12:03 +0000 http://www.agencytool.com/blog/?p=929#comment-1254 I agree that designers should be experts in what they do and leave SEO consultants to specialise in their own field. A good designer should understand the basic requirements of SEO but should mainly be concerned with the look and useability of the website. As Alexander Pope said "A little learning (often misquoted as "knowledge") is a dangerous thing" and this can be particularly true of designers thinking that they know everything about SEO. I agree that designers should be experts in what they do and leave SEO consultants to specialise in their own field. A good designer should understand the basic requirements of SEO but should mainly be concerned with the look and useability of the website. As Alexander Pope said “A little learning (often misquoted as “knowledge”) is a dangerous thing” and this can be particularly true of designers thinking that they know everything about SEO.

]]> By: MorePro Marketing http://www.agencytool.com/blog/should-your-web-developer-be-your-seo-consultant-as-well/comment-page-1#comment-1155 MorePro Marketing Tue, 05 May 2009 05:59:46 +0000 http://www.agencytool.com/blog/?p=929#comment-1155 I agree w/ both of these previous comments... the designer is better off focusing on his craft and allowing marketing experts to do their thing separately. Despite the fact that most designers have SEO knowledge, having to complete both aspects of a website - the design and the marketing - is likely to be a conflict. I'm not suggesting that a design firm isn't capable of marketing a site well, but often it is their add-on service and not their specialty. Choosing an SEO consultant also allows you to get a 2nd opinion and assurance that you're getting the right value & ROI from your design and site overall. I agree w/ both of these previous comments… the designer is better off focusing on his craft and allowing marketing experts to do their thing separately.

Despite the fact that most designers have SEO knowledge, having to complete both aspects of a website – the design and the marketing – is likely to be a conflict. I’m not suggesting that a design firm isn’t capable of marketing a site well, but often it is their add-on service and not their specialty.

Choosing an SEO consultant also allows you to get a 2nd opinion and assurance that you’re getting the right value & ROI from your design and site overall.

]]> By: 10th Degree http://www.agencytool.com/blog/should-your-web-developer-be-your-seo-consultant-as-well/comment-page-1#comment-1070 10th Degree Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:09:00 +0000 http://www.agencytool.com/blog/?p=929#comment-1070 Good SEO encompasses both on-page and off-page factors. The ideal situation is having a company that has developers and SEO specialists who communicate well with each other. Developers don't have the time to keep up on the latest and greatest seo info. The seo department should determine what should be done, then communicate it to the developers so they can incorporate it across the board. For example, if your software can automatically incorporate data about changing inventory in meta, h-tags, etc., without human intervention, that's huge. Or what if your software could automatically create XML sitemaps and update them daily? If the development and seo departments work together closely, you can make some of these things happen. Good SEO encompasses both on-page and off-page factors. The ideal situation is having a company that has developers and SEO specialists who communicate well with each other. Developers don’t have the time to keep up on the latest and greatest seo info. The seo department should determine what should be done, then communicate it to the developers so they can incorporate it across the board. For example, if your software can automatically incorporate data about changing inventory in meta, h-tags, etc., without human intervention, that’s huge. Or what if your software could automatically create XML sitemaps and update them daily? If the development and seo departments work together closely, you can make some of these things happen.

]]> By: Web Templates http://www.agencytool.com/blog/should-your-web-developer-be-your-seo-consultant-as-well/comment-page-1#comment-1055 Web Templates Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:11:58 +0000 http://www.agencytool.com/blog/?p=929#comment-1055 Designers should know SEO basics because they can impact design, navigation etc... but they don't need to know it all IMO. Designers should know SEO basics because they can impact design, navigation etc… but they don’t need to know it all IMO.

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