I’ve actually been meaning to take a look at Aarons SEO Book for some time. I’ll reasonably happy with my SEO skills as it is, but you’re right in saying that Aaron really knows what hes talking about.

From all I’ve heard about him, I would be surprised if every webmaster couldn’t learn a thing or two about gaining (and retaining) profitable search rankings.

Matt

hmm, $79 for a book even with “lifetime updates” is d*mn expensive, no? I mean, even programming books top out around $60 USD.

Maybe I’m just missing something…

Dacholo, my take on that is that IF it does in fact teach someone how to get all their sites ranking well, and bringing in a constant stream of valuable search traffic, then you should be able to make a lot more than $79/day from this - add to that the compound earnings thanks to the “lifetime” of the book (and your continued success in search engines presumably), and the picture only gets better.

In saying that, I haven’t yet read it, and can’t vouch for the quality of information contained - just speculating on its value.

This is a pretty simple question to answer. Buy it, read it, if don’t like it, get your money back. Even though I got it for free, I would have paid $79.00 for it.

great review chow, i am not going to buy it though, i can use some extrea seo knowledge, but 79 dollar is to much for me poor student

Hi John,

Im going to buy an seo book and am seriously considering this, but do think its a bit expensive.

Have you read any other SEO books, if so I was wondering how it compared?

Would you say this book has much unique content not contained in cheaper books?

I think i’m gonna get this one, although i’m not really aiming into becoming a SEO expert, i think knowledge in that field is a great advantage even for bloggers.

I wrote an article on how post title SEOing increased my readership and revenue by hundreds of percents.

Thanks for the heads up John.

Allen.H

I purchased this eBook about 3 - 4 months back and am VERY happy with the results. Search engine traffic has gone way higher then it was before by following a few simple steps. The $79 or what ever it cost me at the time has been paid back a number of times over.

This is the first eBook I have purchased and I do feel that $79 is money very well spent!

Doesn’t SEO work require constant attention?

I can’t see paying a company for this service when as soon as you get the top ranking someone else will pay another company to get their site a top ranking and bump you down.

True SEO work is done by creating quality content. You can’t beat quality content!

On the topic of ReviewMe, I got contacted for my first review just yesterday. $20 for the review, not bad for 15 minutes of work.

I’m still waiting for the informal bar invite from these guys. Heck, I’ll pick up the tab for a little one on one barstool time. Counting the days until they get to San Antone.

John did you hire a rookie copywriter to ghostwrite that review?

“Aaron Wall is like the God of Search Engine Optimization. He commands $500 per hour for SEO consultation and the companies that hire him are happy to pay it.”

Your review reads just like Aarons sales letter, and is completely devoid of any compelling reasons why this book would benefit me. And no, him being the “God of SEO” is not good enough.

Turn down the hype.

I am looking for a SEO book or even site that i can subscribe to.
Of coz it will be best if its free update for life.
Do give us a few others suggestions
Thanks

Does the book cover whitehat, greyhat and blackhat SEO techniques?

This is the first reviewme blog post i have seen, what a cool concept.

The book is only worth the money if your going to take the time to practice what it preaches. The book will cover all the basic SEO ideas and then some, but if you don’t put an hour or two a day into your site, you wont get anything out of it.

Nick - That’s just my writing style.

Gary - All whitehat.

Thanks for the recommendation. Definetly going to check into it.

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So when will you reccomend a blackhat SEO book? Does Aaron upsell that?

I don’t do blackhat and wouldn’t recommend other do it either. Aaron doesn’t seem to have anything else to sell you after this book.

I’m always amused when people think a $79/$100/$whatever book is too expensive.

It has nothing to do with the price. It’s always about the value.

I followed Aaron’s book and had my site generate $5,000 a day in sales.

I wrote up a case study on it at ww.seobookreview.com (you’ll see the actual stats). It’s an affiliate site, which does lessen (I think) the perceived independence of my review - but the book did what I say and more.

(If you want to buy it, buy it here from John’s affiliate link.)

Now I’ve used Aaron’s book to do some work on an affiliate site that generates in excess of $1,200 USD a week.

It’s hard to write a positive review without hype - because hype works. In Aaron’s case it’s hype well deserved.

I am always amused by people who say “it’s too expensive” when referring to a $79 ebook without even knowing what’s inside. $79 for Aaron’s book is nothing considering the amount of knowledge you can find inside. It can easily save you months of trial and error (how much is that worth?). If Aaron were a real estate guru he would be charging $5K for three-day “bootcamps” covering only parts of his book…Fortunately, for all of us, he doesn’t operate that way and practically gives away his knowledge through an ebook that is not only outstanding, but also updated regularly at no cost (so you are getting updated seo knowledge forever…). I call that a bargain.

If you look at alternative books on SEO, you will find cheaper books, but most of them have outdated content and therefore not worth the money. $79 is nothing; you will make a lot more after reading it.

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If I didn’t have to deal with whiners all day at work, I might be ammused by some of the comments for this post. I don’t understand how some people think a 300+ page book on the latest SEO marketing techniques is not worth $79. I work with a consulting company that charges 100x that price for similar training. Aaron would be smart to charge much more for his service and then try to upsell more products. But his book (which I purchased as light reading material 6 months ago and received updates since) simply lays out the basics of marketing and builds on every imaginable topic of SE marketing. Sure his grammar and spelling could use a bit of help but he discusses topics in a very organized manner that makes it easy for an average webmaster to understand.

And with a no-questions-asked refund guarantee how can anyone complain?? I have no conscience, but I would feel guilty if I even considered asking for a refund after reading even the 22 page overview that starts the book.

Oh, and I have never met Aaron and hate affiliate marketers. I’m just bored and pissed off at work so this was a little venting opportunity to talk about a product that I have enjoyed.

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I purchased this book and your review was dead on
Aaron did a great job and does a great job with this book/site

I’m really interested in this book. $79US may be stretching me at the moment though.
I’m kinda old fashioned, so for $79 I’d be hoping for a hard cover book.

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Well, its pretty funny how many of you are crying about 79$ ebook.

Did you know that good SEO tools costs hundred to couple hundreds a piece.

Do you know that stompernet costs thausands a year?

Why you are crying? Poor students.

Of course, if you expect magic happen then forget about that. Content and links + heavy work is still the way to go. Of course, there are couple strategies and tactics you could use, blogs are great example to mention, but its still work.

I recently got this book and am in the process of reading it. So far it’s been very enlightening!

ok John, I read your review and im convinced. I’m going to buy it under your affiliate link.

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