charlotte-seo-image-55Sometimes, the truth hurts.

The problem is that the “left hand” generally has no idea what the “right hand” is doing and as a result, important details are left undone. In this case, the left hand represents the web designer and the right hand represents the client.

Most client’s assume that their web designer will be SEO’ing their website. Most web designers assume that the client will hire a specialist to handle the SEO. Aside from that, web designers usually aren’t experts on SEO, they’re experts on web design! And those are 2 completely different things.

Do you see where this is going?

After the web designer has finished their part, they publish the site. The client reviews the work, marvels at the beauty, and makes the final payment. The problem is that the site has not been SEO’d at all and the client is completely unaware of this fact; thus they have no idea why they’re not getting any visitors from the search engines. Sound familiar?

We’ve seen sites that have been live for years that still have “meta titles” that read, “Untitled Document.” This is a sure sign that no SEO work has even been done and the site’s traffic rankings are usually hideous.

Granted, it’s not a web designer’s place to SEO the sites they build in the first place. I do, however, believe that they should communicate that fact with their clients. Some web designers perform basic SEO to the sites they are building, but it’s never anything extensive.

Regardless of what is done in terms of SEO, the topic should be discussed with the client. This way, the client will understand what it is they’re paying for and will know to hire an SEO consultant.

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