I don't know about you, but I am tired of hearing peoples cheap seo horror stories!

Now in saying that, it doesn't mean that I want people to go and splash out thousands of dollars each month on 'professional' seo services companies - because I honestly believe that affordable seo packages are available, but it all depends on where you are looking.

If you are looking for a cheap seo expert to get your website driving a lot of SEO traffic to your website - then there are 4 things that you need to be doing before you decide on a search engine optimization company.

1. Get Educated

The reason a lot of people get scammed when it comes to SEO is because they have no idea what they want (other than to rank well in Google). However, there is a lot more involved in the process than that, and if you do not know what is going on - then how will you know if a company is going to provide the service that you want?

2. Know Where To Look?

While Google is great for finding just about everything online - cheap SEO service providers is one thing that shouldn't be found on a search engine. The reason being that if you are searching Google then you are going to get a majority of companies from the country that you live in - And that is not the best place to look if you want affordable SEO - that is also good SEO!

3. Ask For References

Every good company will have a string of happy customers, so ask them for their past results (what terms they are currently ranking on the first page of Google for) and the contact details of some of the past clients.

4. Start With Small Jobs

When you hire someone, don't give them your whole job right from the start. Let them earn it. I would recommend that you start with one or two keywords that you want to be on the first page of Google for, and see how long it takes for them to complete the task - and if you are happy, then slowly give them more work!