Which SEO agency do you recommend?

On February 26, 2009, Google software engineer Matt Cutts collected questions on Google Moderator and answered many of them on video.

Frank from West Virginia asked:

If I'm looking to hire an SEO agency, which one do you recommend?

[copyrightseoptyltd]

Thanks Frank for asking that question. If you have a small business and need to market it on google adwords, we can easily dominate for you. Cheers.

[KrisBeus]

I like what wredlich says the best way to find an seor is to search google for some extremely competitve keywords such as "seo" and see what companies actually understand seo well enough that they can rank their own website. I find it funny when I see seo websites that have not even been indexed and use email for their traffic rather than search engines.

[spookseo]

Hahaha… Yeah right. As if Matt would really give us a specific name of an SEO agency. It would be intriguing if he does though. One word from Matt and that specific SEO company will get TONS of clients OVERNIGHT! No doubt about it!

[junomanx]

yes just search for 'search engine optimization' or 'seo' or 'search engine marketing' and look in Top 10.

[planicko]

What does it mean being transparent? Do you ask web design company to explain the process of building your site? Do you ask your bank how are they going to transfer your money? Content writers, web hosting company? No. You pay for their services and you like the results or not. They don't have to explain the exact process of what they are going to do. I don't think SEO professionals should reveal their methodology. After all, isn't Google the one who wants to keep its search algorithm secret?

[arshammirshah]

Every marketing person, it department, and business owner should have to watch this...

And if that's you... shameless plug... Google: WebMechanix

[Voicalls]

There are a lot of SEO companies out there and most of them promise things they cant deliver. Beware

[dagrrylz]

this advice is like telling a soldier dont die, shoot your gun, swing ya knife when your surrounded. could of said nothing and learned more

[combarseo]

אי אפשר היה לתאר את זה טוב מהבחור, כך בודקים חברת קידום אתרים מקצועית
ממליץ על ההמלצה combar

[ConnorMarc]

You guys really don't expect someone from Google to actually name a company that they recommend do you?

I mean seriously...think about it.

[MumblingMickey]

Matt... seriously I know you're constrained... but if you any more fluffy in the way you fluff these questions... you'd have buck teeth, pointy ears and a cotton tail...