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Ask HN: Tips for working with human virtual assistants?
3 points by qax 2y ago|0 comments
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by qax 3y ago
We look at the data in GA, but it doesn’t paint a good picture because we only care about one country (US), have only a couple pages that matter, and conversions are mostly from paid sources not organic search. One of our biggest complaints
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by qax 3y ago
Can you share a bit more about backlinks not on a directly relevant site? Where do you check them? GA?
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by qax 3y ago
That’s what I heard, too, but I couldn’t tell whether they’re delivering good results on the backlink side. The only metric I see is the domain authority score, but I also heard it’s quite easy to game that. How do you usually tell the back
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by qax 3y ago
Yeah, I’m not too worried about the tag/metadata part. WordPress/Yoast is great. Wasn’t sure about the backlink building efforts they’re doing for us.
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by qax 3y ago
Yeah, the backlink part is the most questionable one. It doesn’t seem right, but I keep hearing that it’s important and our team’s new to SEO, so we don’t know whether we’re doing the right thing. Hence this Ask HN post.
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by qax 3y ago
Agreed. We have a marketing strategy and SEO is just a part of it. I asked only about SEO since I found SEO to be the most opaque and hardest to calculate ROI on.
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by qax 3y ago
100%. This agency manages SEO. Google Ads and paid social are separate from what this agency is doing for us.
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by qax 3y ago
Like 10-20% increase in organic search traffic. Yes, technically it’s an improvement but not enough to justify the investment. We also have separate PR efforts (traditional media), so it’s hard to tell.
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by qax 3y ago
Yeah. Hopefully we’ll find another agency who can give us more visibility.
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by qax 3y ago
Makes sense. Thanks again!
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by qax 3y ago
Guess it’s just easier to do digital marketing, but we should definitely consider it.
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by qax 3y ago
Yes, totally. I'm fine with the sausage making part being a black box. But shouldn't they share more data/results with us? This is the first SEO agency I'm working with, and I'm not sure what the norm is.
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by qax 3y ago
Yeah, we’re new to this, so probably weren’t smart enough to work with the agency effectively. Even though we’re providing a specific medical procedure, it’s for a common condition. And our doctors want us to build awareness about the proce
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by qax 3y ago
Thanks so much. These are fantastic questions. It’s not easy for us to answer these questions since our Google Analytics & Google Tag Manager aren’t set up to track metrics at a granular level. The agency has a dashboard for us but it d
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by qax 3y ago
That's very true.
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by qax 3y ago
Thanks! We also felt that way but had limited data points. Also wasn't sure whether high-quality posts written by a freelance writer who may not have any SEO knowledge would do well in bringing in traffic. We have an in-house designer
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Ask HN: Is it worth paying $6k/month for an SEO agency?
12 points by qax 3y ago|36 comments