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Fair play James, but my point was meant to come across, not aimed at people who build sites for family etc... but people who actively market themselves as BACKEND experts just because they know how to do a rough theme for WP.

As I mentioned, I use wordpress almost exclusively, because I love how customisable it is - so it wasn't meant to be a wordpress bashing session

More and more people are going to want to get into web design and development, just purely based on the fact that the web is ever growing and a much more integral part of life than when I was a nipper. (I'm 29 btw).

Unfortunately, we're always going to see young people thinking it is easy, using the slice tool from Photoshop to a tabled layout in DW and bob's your uncle, they are a web-designer. Browser compatibility? Who cares? Web Standards? Huh? - it has always happened, but will just happen more.

I also think things like Wordpress are dangerous, don't get me wrong, it is my CMS of choice - but someone who knows how to work Facebook can build a site, choose a theme and basically create a site in WP now, with custom widgets and plugins. All that is going to stand apart in the future are people who are actually experts in their field.

I am not worried by the influx of youngsters, because I only really work with agencies, and they only employ people who know their stuff inside out, back to front and with their eyes closed... so my market is safe

Good thread Mike

Jason and Ste - again, thanks for your professional responses, it makes a lot more sense now.

I haven't ventured into the world of SEO much more than the usual Good Content, Good Code, Good URLs/Structure and get some backlinks - but this makes a lot more sense to me now. Thanks guys.

Just to say guys, this wasn't meant to be any kind of a negative thread on people who do charge a monthly fee for SEO, I don't doubt the legitimacy of your work, I was mainly curious about what goes into a monthly package that would warrant around £500's worth of time.

Jason and Ste, som great replies there lads. I just wanted to make sure that my friend isn't being taken for a ride for his £500 per month. I have asked him to ask the company to provide him with a breakdown of what they plan to do each month for him. Is this a reasonable request? What I don't want is his site being stagnant for 3 months and them giving him a load of old bulls*it about how it is all 'link building' and 'back-end work' - obviously I can check things too, but I just want to be sure for him.

Cheers

zed, on 29 January 2012 - 08:00 AM, said:

My question exactly - I can appreciate a good amount of money going into SEO at first - but every month? If it is an ever changing site, then what is the money for?

Thanks for the excellent responses so far people, much appreciated

R