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“Outstanding SEO results and fantastic service”

★★★★★

written by Emma.S on 18/01/2015

We had previously worked with a number of SEO companies and been promised the world – with absolutely no results other than massive monthly bills. We engaged with Smart Traffic in August last year and since the initial meeting the service that we have been provided has been fantastic. We have seen outstanding SEO results and rankings within such a short time. The increased traffic and engagement from prospective clients has been incredible. The service has been second to none – the monthly reports, the advice and tips and ideas of what they will be working on in the coming month is exactly what you want when running a business – your business is your asset and Smart Traffic understand this and have continually worked with us to reach our goals and targets.

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“Google now sees me!”

★★★★★

written by JArthur on 23/10/2014

I run an E-Commerce website in the UK which until a few months ago was pretty much invisible to Google. Furthermore the traffic that was coming my way rarely turned into leads or orders. After a recommendation from a partner business who had used their services I contacted Smart Traffic with the main aims of upping my traffic and helping me convert traffic into sales. After initial talks with the adviser issues with the website were identified and recommendations were made including navigational, visual, checkout, and data capture improvements. Smart Traffic advised that these changes were implemented before making efforts to increase the traffic to the website, which made sense. It took me a few weeks to get these technical improvements made but once implemented the buying process did seem greatly improved. I then worked with him on identifying keywords that would be likely to convert into sales and that also promised high monthly search volumes. I left the rest to Smart Traffic. 6 months on and the benefits are big. Traffic levels are up by nearly 6 times and my conversion rate has dramatically increased with it. I’m ranking in the top 3 for my chosen competitive key phrases which is now paying dividends on my investment with Smart Traffic. I will continue to recommend and use these guys for their expertise and impact on the search engines. Thanks Smart Traffic, keep up the good work!

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“Smart Traffic Review - AVOID!!”

★☆☆☆☆

written by RCModelAircraft on 22/09/2014

Emptied my credit card without my authorisation despite telling them not to. The only contact from Smart Traffic was to demand more money – no delivery on the promises they made to me. No changes in any of my SEO sensitive indicators. No updates with the progression of any promised work. I am so disappointed and frustrated. As a small business ( rcmodelaircraft.com.au ) just starting out every cent is valuable. I have tried to undertake some SEO work myself but frankly just can't commit the time it needs with all the other business demands being a one man band. To be had over like this leaves me feeling sick. They may as well have robbed me straight out of the till!

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“Smart Traffic got the party started”

★★★★★

written by PASHAustralia on 01/07/2014

As an Australian BRW Fast 100 Company, we consistently seek to drive our business results further and I’m pleased to say that working with Smart Traffic has greatly increased our website traffic, the result has been a sharp rise in enquires and bookings for hosting Pash Parties. Their approach was consultative and they made every effort to understand the needs of the business, and how to commercialise these online. We have worked with a number of SEO companies in the past and Smart Traffic stands out as a very professional and client focused company. Our campaign with Smart Traffic has paid for itself many times over, I would not hesitate to recommend them.

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“Great SEO service!”

★★★★★

written by Pleasedphotographer on 14/03/2014

Can I just start by saying this is a genuine review based upon 2 experiences of Smart Traffic over the last ten years for two seperate unrelated businesses. My first experience was back in 2006. I had employed a different seo company to promote my website which resulted in a google penalty where I disappeared from the rankings. I then contacted Smart traffic who sorted out the issues and within 9 months had me ranking for on the first page for all my target keywords. My main keyword at the time Bespoke furniture I ranked number one on google above the likes of Neville Johnson probably the biggest company delivering bespoke furniture in the uk. Unfortunately the business went under in the 2011 recession and I closed the business down. I was in a 12 month contract with smart traffic with about 6 months to run. When I explained the situation they cancelled the remaining term without any penalties. When I set up my new photography business I contacted Smart traffic and employed them again to develop my google rankings. Because of the several years that had passed since I had worked with Smart Traffic I was a liitle nervous incase things had changed with the company. I had no reason to be concerned within 4 months I was first page for 6 of my most important key words and top 3 for 3 of these. Also my rankings are improving month by month. The money I have invested each month has achieved twice the return of traffic compared with my adwords campaigns which I have now stopped saving me significant money. To sum up they achieve results quickly and efficiently. I have always found them quick to deal with any concerns or questions. I would certainly recommend them but not to any photographers ha ha.

Smarttraffic's Response to Pleasedphotographer's Review

Written on: 18/03/2014

Hi

Thank you for the great review, I will pass on your kind words to our team who will be thrilled! We appreciate your business and look forward to continuing to work for you.

Thanks again from all the Smart Traffic team.

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“no SEO strategy”

★☆☆☆☆

written by carmen5 on 28/11/2013

This is a company hiding behind a few old awards. Be very aware....they will gladly promise results and then impose a penalty should you try to get out after month on month of tedious excuses. I would sum them up as initially friendly, excuse laden, tending towards agression should you question lack of improvement in search ranking.

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“Persistant and rude!”

★☆☆☆☆

written by on 25/10/2013

This company is persistent to get sales and rude once questioned on their approach and proposals. After countless missed calls from them in a few days. They hung up on me while I was explaining that they had not understood our market. Their proposal did not relate to our site and they would have taken our money and we would have gained nothing in return.

Smarttraffic's Comment

Written on: 01/11/2013

Dear Reviewer

I head up the sales and account management teams for Smart Traffic in the UK.

Your report was very concerning to us, we work very hard on making sure our sales approach is both well considered and courteous. I'd really appreciate the opportunity to discuss your experience with us in more detail so we can find out what happened and fully assess how we can improve in future.

At a time convenient to yourself, please give me a call on 0845 331 3512 so that we can discuss this matter further.

I look forward to speaking with you.

Kind regards

Craig

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“Great Service”

★★★★★

written by Jellybox on 17/07/2013

I have been dealing with Smart Traffic since December 2012 and within 3 months had 10 key words on page one. These key words were words that actually drove traffic and subsequent orders and I was able to sit with Smart Traffic and decide what these target key words would be at the outset. Another bonus ,is that ,unlike other SEO companies I didn't start paying my monthly fee until these 10 key words were one page one. Therefore the ongoing monthly fee was self funding. I have full visibility of the work done on my site each month, so I know exactly where my money is going. I have an account manger who I can speak to at any time and feel I can always ask for changes and help with the website ranking. The key reason for my move to Smart Traffic was the person we dealt with. He is a sales person working for Smart and was the person who initially won my business . Winning the business was not where it ended however, I feel he has also gone the extra mile to help me on several occasions since working in partnership with Smart Traffic. I would throughly recommend this company to any business looking to expand their website business.

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“The results outweigh the cost. Simple as that.”

★★★★★

written by KidzShooz on 18/04/2013

I 've been working with Smart Traffic since October 2012 and their service has helped and improved my website immensely. With a dedicated and experienced team always available to help and excellent communication from my campaign manager I can see the value in their work. Smart Traffic is very transparent and I know where my money goes each month. With updates happening all the time, this company has been very proactive in their approach and any question I’ve had have been promptly answered. I’d recommend this company if you need SEO help with your website Dean Smith Kidz Shooz

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“Great results - have been invaluable in growing our...”

★★★★☆

written by cathywisker on 02/04/2013

Smart Traffic has played a vital role in ensuring Saracen Interiors always rank above the competition which in turn is having very positive results for our company. Their advice and enthusiasm has been invaluable and as a consequence we have won several new clients as a result of our Google ranking which is delivering an excellent ROI for our growing business. Managing Director, Saracen Interiors

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“Rankings dropping out - Unethical approach to SEO ”

★☆☆☆☆

written by on 28/03/2013

We had employed Smart Traffic a bit over 2 years now. Results were initially great - until January 17th when our site went from page 1 to out of top 100 search results. I asked my campaign manager at the time what he thought about that outcome and why it came to be, he responded back with "We had over optimised on our anchor texts leading to penalisation with Google". To be factual about this review, we had spent in excess of over $25,000 AUD, and now our results are nowhere near page one. I asked for a full link report to be sent to me, and the links that Smart Traffic provided had all been deindexed by Google. We have been plagued with Webmaster messages saying that our site have got unnatural inbound links - mind you that we have not done any SEO with any other company apart from Smart Traffic. Not happy. Will not recommend ever - I trusted them once, but never a second time! Will be looking at doing the SEO in-house or employing a SEO company that is actually located here in Australia!!

Ritaki's Comment

Written on: 01/05/2013

we can help your business get over this. we have done it for many businesses in the past and in the 12 years we have been working in SEO none of our clients were ever penalised. if you would like more info please contact me

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Moza2013's Comment

Written on: 30/10/2013

I share your pain. I have been talking to this guys for over a year and finally gave them a go.
first month I went from no where to page 1 and after that kept dropping.
they promised the world and delivered nothing.
DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY WITH THIS GUYS

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“The on results sales pitch is rubbish”

★☆☆☆☆

written by on 23/03/2013

The pay on results is terrible, they don't have a model for that, I phoned inquired for the pay on results and not once was I offered this service, instead I was offered 'guaranteed' search rankings - as long as I paid up front. Once can only assume that the good reviews on here are from company employees etc. IF you are daft enough to approach this company after reading these reviews, you will be shown a very glossy online presentation which by all accounts is a very good presentation but thats about it, sounds and looks good until you start dealing with them. Don't take my word for it, ask for a breakdown of how your monthly payments are being spent if you decide to sign up with them, when you realiae your being conned, try cancelling the contract and see how nice they are then! Do not use these people

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“Professional, friendly, no-nonsense effective SEO ”

★★★★★

written by on 21/03/2013

We have used Smart traffic for a while now to increase our ranking in Google mainly, and we are steadily getting better and better positions. So the work and the cost are paying off - despite constant changes in Googles algorithm. Jamie Levon has so far been our campaign manager and Bradley Pearce was the guy who got us on board. Both very professional guys - and super friendly. I can only warmly recommend this team in the very wild jungle of SEO... Lars Bruun CEO

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“Pay on results - perfect business model”

★★★★☆

written by on 19/02/2013

Unlike so many other so called SEO companies - perform the work upfront and only when your keywords appear on page 1 do they start to bill you .i.e. you pay on results - the perfect / safest business model. Provided plans and campaign centre are very clear and show us exactly what work has been completed and the results/progress to date. Ask for [name removed] - he is very responsive member of the team and professional/knowledgeable about his work.

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“SEO Company that works !”

★★★★★

written by BlackSheepStore on 31/01/2013

I had heard many things about SEO company's in the past good and bad, its tough when you are spending a big chunk of your marketing budget on something with no guarantee's. Well thats not the case with Smart Traffic we did not pay one penny until our chosen search terms hit the first page of Google. Try finding another SEO that will do this ? Smart Traffic lived up to our expectations and then exceeded them by continuing to help us rise up google rankings and there support was excellent with constant feedback and advice. We are looking forward to continuing are success with Smart Traffic and the constant growth in Web Sales for our website.

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“Worst company I have ever had the misfortune of...”

★☆☆☆☆

written by Harry51 on 30/01/2013

Thought I'd try these but didn't search for reviews beforehand, which I really should have done. They will sell you a package then try hiding behind their CONtract when you don't get when the sales guy sold you! The only pleasurable experience was before I signed the contract, after that, once I reviewed the work that was being done and how my money was being spent I cancelled it very quickly (£70 for a link, thats not a typo, SEVENTY POUNDS for one link!) Avoid this company like the plague, made up of managers and sales people in the UK and SEO done abroad from what I could gather - trying to fleece hard working business's out of money that would be better spent elsewhere, I've been getting a lot of fake enquiries since I stopped using them also and I don't think that's coincidence! AVOID!

Hughestom2's Response to Harry51's Review

Written on: 24/04/2013

We are having the same problem with Smart-Trafic. They don't deliver on any level.

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“Consistently deliver what they say they will”

★★★★☆

written by on 16/10/2012

We have been using Smart Traffic since 2009 for our SEO work and have had good and consistent results with their campaigns for us. The targets set and agreed in advance have been achieved and this has allowed us to reduce our spend on more conventional advertising so for us it has proved to be very good value for money spent. Throughout each campaign there has been good communication keeping us up to date with how it is performing and the people we have dealt with all seem to have a good level of knowledge and the ability to explain the complexities of SEO. Happy to recommend this company.

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“We had worked with several seo companies in the past...”

★★★★☆

written by traceybgg on 19/07/2012

We had worked with several seo companies in the past as well as doing a lot of seo work ourselves. When we lost traffic on one of our keywords we worked with another company, signed on for a year and it was a disater. I wish I had spent the money on a nice car or holiday. We then found Smart Traffic and approached a little cautiously. From the outset however I had a greater sense of confidence. Sam, our initial contact, was efficient, polite, professional and committed to gaining results for us. We signed up and very quickly gained the lost ground on our keyword. We are now sitting at postion 3 from an inital start of position 27. A great result. We have added in other keywords and are starting to see results there too. Our Account Manager has changed to Jamie who is also great to work with. Things I like about Smart Traffic: reliability, professionalism, results focus, flexibility. They are expensive relative to other companies,however I do believe you get what you pay for!

Georg3's Response to traceybgg's Review

Written on: 24/08/2012

Written by SMART TRAFFIC ! All the money is wasted once you get onto the service. It is expensive and absolute not worth the time / money ! Seriously Smart Traffic - stop writing your own reviews !

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Alextrox's Response to traceybgg's Review

Written on: 07/09/2012

Totally agree with Simonkl's comment.

Reviews written by the Smart Traffic team. It's not a clever way to do business.

Regardless of the fact - to this day, I still have not made my ROI back. Checking over the link reports, the links appear artificial and some already have been deindexed by Google.

Everything that was said and promised was not delivered.

I have a lot of colleagues and friends in similar industries that I would not recommend Smart Traffic at any given day.

You may as well spend 500 english pounds with an Indian SEO firm and get decent results than it is with them.



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Georg3's Response to traceybgg's Review

Written on: 29/08/2012

Slightly suspicious to get a response an hour later where my review has been posted. I assume reason being is that A) smart traffic has received a e-mail notification that a comment has been posted to their review. B) scanning your reviews - which is not surprising as there were dozen of reviews from disappointed clients who had written that it's a funny coincidence that after each negative review a positive review follows.

There is an interesting blog I have posted here but has been censored, where you can read actual reviews written by past clients. Everyone has the same story to tell. Type into google "smart traffic reviews" and there are tons of reviews of people who have the same story to tell.

Without spending more time on this: Please Smart Traffic - think again, how much you charge, what you promise and what you actually deliver. I think we were sold a absolute super duper quality link for £25 - I simply didn't know better. It is a rip off and a ridiculous thing to do so!

Apparently people had been sued in the past for leaving negative comments. Well, I don't think young entrepreneurs who lack on money should be treated like this! The quality of work that has been received in the past equals the quality of work we would have got for £200 from India. We paid a lot more with you guys.

Just think about it ..... we learned our lesson and for anyone who is starting a business and relies on the internet I give you the following advice - we are ranking well today without a SEO company. All you have to do is this (and google loves this!) :

- Offer information that matters to users on the website (you will be well ranked for what you offer - especially if niche market)
- Bear in mind you don't want to be found by everyone - but by those who will pay eventually for your services/product.
- Make sure you have unique and appropriate Meta data in place - describing each site.
- Put sufficient and relevant information on each page
- plan the website in a way that it is well structured.
- don't be shy and make use of social websites to advertise
- advertise on related pages, submit articles you have wrote, that match what you offer, that gives information of current events, products, news, etc. (it takes a few minutes to write an article)
- post stuff and ask friends to share it.
- don't copy from other websites offering similar services/products - be unique!
- OFFER A PRODUCT AND SERVICE THAT SELLS (you will have hundreds of natural links in no time if it matters to people)
- forget about all those crappy and meaningless posted links on random pages.
- if you wish to comment, engage in conversations on blogs and say meaningful stuff. I am convinced if you own a business you are passionate about what you are doing. So engaging in blogs should be fun and benefit everyone - not just for the sake of placing a back link.

So there it is - no need to spend money. Better you make it !

SEO companies are completely useless. Once we stopped searching for SEO services and started focusing on our marketing efforts and do it ourselves in a very natural way we started ranking well ! SEO is a natural thing you have to do yourself - it's not something that can be paid for or can be forced.

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Smarttraffic's Response to traceybgg's Review

Written on: 29/08/2012

Dear Simonkl,

Thank you for your comment. I can assure you that we absolutely do not post our own reviews.

I can happily provide references from several clients willing to endorse our services should you have any further queries. Feel free to contact me at [email protected] with any more questions you may have.

Yours sincerely,

Smart Traffic Marketing Manager.

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“Made a Real Difference to our Business”

★★★★☆

written by JPearce_Oltco on 03/07/2012

Getting new enquires was always expensive for us, as we are based in Cornwall but cover the whole country. I knew of Smart Traffic through a friend but didn’t really have a clue about how to get started with SEO. Jay at ST has managed our account really well and we have seen new business through the website up by over double in the last year and has won us big contracts with some big names that we would not have got in front of without being top for non-slip floors. Much cheaper and much more effective than advertising in national mags to try and win new customers, and has put us on the map as a big player in the market - not bad for a couple of Cornish lads. The guys at Smart Traffic know their stuff and have made a real difference to our business helping us to grow, can’t ask more than that. John Pearce – Oltco Ltd

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“They won't leave us alone, and they get angry!”

★☆☆☆☆

written by on 28/06/2012

We've had several phone calls from these guys. We've made it very clear that we're not interested in their service, but they're extremely persistent! They use lines like "We're contacting you because your name has come up by a client who regard you as a competitor" erm.. something not quite right there. They've followed up with long emails trying to explain that they're not like all the other SEO companies who ring us every week (email was from a guy called Ryan) The last time they called us and we said "No" they called back almost immediately (probably hoping someone else would answer) so we said "No" again and then the salesman called again (very angry) and said he was going to 'Tie up' our phone line, he then refused to hang up! Unbelievable! I really hope they leave us alone from now on, it is just so annoying.

Smarttraffic's Comment

Written on: 02/07/2012

Dear Madam,

Thank you for your comments in relation to Smart Traffic. I believe we are working with you separately to resolve the situation to your satisfaction, and can only apologise again for any inconvenience we may have caused. You can contact me personally on 0117 329 1191 to further discuss this matter should you wish to.

Yours Sincerely,

Smart Traffic Marketing Manager.

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