It was 2005 September when I entered the Online field through a webmasters forum called as the Digital Point which gave me all the basics and insights of the Search Engines business. Also this was the time when i started to understand how search engines work and how we can optimize our websites to rank better in the search. Finally after around 5 years of full-time experience I have a full time team of SEO’s, Content Writers who manage around 100 different websites and make sure that all of these rank in better placements in the Search. This article is a continuation to our article of Career as a Full Time Blogger – Scope Returns Future.
Whenever we plan to hire a SEO, we need to ensure that the guy has practical experience rather than having some basic knowledge on On-page optimization. Hence this field can pay you a lot of money if you have real good hands-on experience and knowledge, and pay you nothing if you have just some bookish knowledge. Its always important to have a great experience on everything related to website management before applying for a job.
Scope as SEO Employee / Job
If you plan to work for some company as a SEO Employee or Consultant then there is not much scope because this field is not just about submitting a website to search engines or web directories but its about understanding how you could really make a website rank into the top and how does all this stuff work. Most people have a idea in their mind that SEO is a very easy job which can be handled easily following which they apply for a placement in different companies to get a quick job.
95% of companies do not have any idea on why they have hired a SEO, because they just hire someone to perform SEO and do know have any planned approach for the same. Hence these so-called SEO Professionals would perform a few submissions to search engines and directories on the web. If you plan to work for some corporate as a SEO Consultant then its suggested that you should first get a experience in the industry for atleast 2-3 years and also continuously stay updated on the Search Industry by subscribing to SEO Blogs, News websites and discussion boards.
There is a huge scope in this industry as every web projects needs traffic from the Search, hence everyone is looking for optimizing their websites to rank in the top of the Search Engine Results. If you are looking into the future of this industry then you do not have to worry about its just growing and there is a positive trend for the same. You just have to stick to the work and then you would get success following which you can also shift to developing your own websites and ranking them onto the top instead of working for someone else.
Income of SEO or Salary options
One of the most asked question by everyone who is looking to enter into this industry is the PayScale they would be getting. This is one area where i personally feel that Asian countries like India are very poorly rated because Indians get paid on an average of around Rs 95,771 – Rs 232,129 per year which is somewhere in the range of $2000 – $5000 depending on different factors like Years Experience, Employer Type, City, Company Size, State or Province, Certification etc
If you are in United States then the chances are better because companies offer better pays for SEO Professionals which range $32,312 – $49,257 [via payscale.com] making the overall income atleast 10 times more than what Indians are paid. This is mainly because if the higher budgets and bigger campaigns run for companies in order to attain higher rankings in the Search.
Once someone opts for these jobs, the next available option would be of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Manager which offers them with salaries upto $70,000 per year plus the work includes managing a team all of who work on the optimization campaigns. These payouts are quite better than the jobs offered in different industries whole the work scope just increases every year.
One of the Major disadvantage of getting into this field is that if you do not update yourself with the latest trends then you could loose your job easily because the whole work depends on the performance and without results the deals or work would not continue.
Now the advantage in this job or work is that you can also earn in six figures being a Search Marketing Consultant or a SEO Director leading a bigger team and handling the whole agency. There are many other Pro’s or Con’s with this which you can find yourself if you are into this industry for atleast a few years.
Hi Amit, That’s really true..If we don’t update our knowledge, we’re finished. And in my opinion, an SEO should definitely have their own blog which they can use to experiment different scenarios, thus improving more knowledge apart from just Clients Work. Salaries in SEO field depend based on the level of the company as well as the true experience we have. Places like Bangalore and Pune have good career options for an SEO where they can get good salaries.
nice article Amit.i liked it.Also wanted to add that you must change “Pro’s / Con’s” to “pros/cons”
Thanks for suggesting, done!
Hello sir,
i need your advice for my career.
I am 23 years old guy from hyderabad.
I am here because i have read your interview at another blog,
i have a 24 blogs average posts each blog 600 avg daily visits 30 time of 4-5 months.
One of my blog have 5416 posts avg daily stats 500.
My adsense account 3months older now.
1 st month 2.56$
2nd month 6.36$
3rd month 7.28$
and this month 4.06
avg daily earnings 20 cents.
I am not satisfied this earnings.
Financially very poor.
I have leaved this 4days. And searching for a job which pays me 5k/month.
Really very interested in blogging,seo,affliate marketing.
I am a very confusional boy.i am not a good writer.
I want know what don’t do with seo. Waiting for your advice.
Adsense pin not recieved what to do.?
Linking to mp3 files,
i read a article about this.
I am not hosting these file also i am using free hosting service like blogger.com
if they want report the file where they report at blogger mp3 hosted site or me.
I think i am safe because am not self hosting a blog domain and mp3 please explaine
i know your time is very valuable.
Hi Amith,
I have gone through ur blog its really good info.I m an MBA graduate. I have recently joined a company as seo executive and its a production based company and they have given me the publishing work . So, what will be the next step after this….So, can u please help on this.
Excellent article sir. I’m a fan of your website and try following it. I study at IIIT Hyderabad and so was looking forward to doing an internship under you in SEO.
Awesome article Mr.Amit, this article cleared me that SEO is one of the fastest growing industry and being updated is one of the major advantage. Thanx for writing such wonderful article.
I there any courses available bro in Hyderabad to learn about SEO???
I dont think so
I believe that SEO as a career is good when you are planning for self employment. Being employed in a company does not give you full control over how you want to do your things and how you want your tasks to be executed. Which limits your potential and ultimately demotivates you.
Nice post with some decent information.
Well than i can say myself as seo professional. Every time i am able to rank my article/blogs near to the targets.It is very true, one of my friend work in seo company. he just submit 150 directories per day. It is actually useless because he don’t know what he is doing. True seo professional know how he will rank high on search engines.
Nice Article Amit ji , I am also a search engine optimizer and part time blogger by profession , but i have not to much experience in this field [just 6 months work in seo company] .
I am totally confused , what i do – job or Blogging .
and i am little confused about future in seo.
Because too many guys are coming in this field [too much competition].
Plz reply
SEO is god for career choice but client really takes everything out of you for a small amount!
If you get paid only Rs1,00,000-2,40,000 a year, why not open a small shop or a cyber cafe. You make more money there.
Thanks dear for this information before reading this article i was worried that what is the scope of seo and how much could i get salary……….and after reading this article i am so happy thanks and pls keep it up …your update………
Hey nice article, i have some questions since i’m a 12th std student and i wanted to know about SEO
Which course should i join to become a SEO? can i join SEO after 12th?
Plese let me know as i have to decide soon because my exams wil start soon….thanks
superb article……but one thing is here …in india there is no big job in seo,
really you had worked hard, and yes you are working hard . can u tell me the URL of your other blogs….??
Nice articals . In Indian seo professional are note getting good salary .India Has been now a great place of outsource SEO work because of this factor .
Amit, You are rocking, your blog seems very useful at times
Very informative articals. I know any seo company does not pay good amount for seo in india.
But what is the reason behind this ? They work for international clients they why the pay less ?
wow…nice article..well currently just performing the seo of my site..
very nice article..
nice informative post.. Quite interesting stuff
It’s really one of the useful article about SEO career article on here. Thank you so much for given up your valuable info on here 🙂
It’s SEO Raining it seems , every body is talking of SEO and one has to think it of.. no doubt SEO is a an excellent career but of course you need good amount of Experience at least a year or two with fair amount of TOOL expertise that is needed to go ahead with these.
In future the competition in surely going to be there buy as I can see still quality people are not available for doing freelancing work.. So gear up and get going… I am too working on my SEO blog to be launched next month..
seo is greata peice of work if you master it…..and regular updation is necessary to keep your blog in first page. i was looking forward to getting a link from you sir..hope you help. keep maintaing such a helpfull blog. thanks for the knowledge.
Great article AMIT,the NATIIONAL SALARY DATA was actually very “cheesy”.Earning in six figures being a Search Marketing Consultant is a very mouth watering prospect.
but its not as simple as it seems people dont give you a link after begging so much….huh..but still hoping for some magic. can you help how to do effective link building.. or any blog which you are following for seo amit??
You get links when the other person finds something really worthy on some web page to be linked to. Also you should check this out > https://www.amitbhawani.com/blog/link-building-ideas-for-bloggers-websites/
thanks for the information and iam also looking for the job in seo
The article is gr8 indeed. I’ve started my fresh career in SEO and my total hand on it is 3 months. I really want to pursue my career in this field because I enjoy this work. Doing a lot of Off page and a bit of On page work here. I will really look forward to read ur forthcoming blogs. And as far as pay is concern my Company is paying me exactly what u said in this article (as a freshers) & will look forward to have a pay hike.. Thanks for the article !! 🙂
hey its a good career, n now i have completed 2 yrs and my pay package is 6 lpa.
nice article sir i am thinking about it i want to more about it . i have just started my first blogger website for this.
wow…nice article..nice informative post.. Quite interesting stuff
well currently just performing the seo of my site..
nice article sir i left the programming job
Thanks for this wealthy information…
This is a good amount outside India, but which companies in India provides SEO jobs .. pz reply
yeah u r right sir, i am confused with this sir ,
i have learned SEO sir ,but iam confused with that from where i have to start
is it necessary to learn the web designing .
Yes i agree with u,one of the best post for u, please tell me seo earning options like projects ,who gives .how to start
Hi sir
Nice article sir…..
I completed my MCA in 2011 now searching for a job. And now wanted to an SEO job does it suits my carrer? please help me out.
Good Article !
I personally think SEO is vast field. My suggestion to students and freshers who are doing SEO i.e they must learn some special activities like Google Analytics, Feedburner, Google Merchant, Google Webmaster Tools, RSS Feed creation and Sitemap creation etc. If possible try to learn PPC (Google Adowrds) also and make your career best and I personally think only 10% of SEO professionals know about the all the activities in filed of SEO.
By learning these activities you can make your career best.
Great Article About SEO Scope In India And Out Of India..
Sir, i want to move from PHP to SEO, it’s good for me or not, i have 2 year exp. in PHP.
You are a programmer and having a good experience in the field, and according to me, working in php is good deal, Why you want to change your field???
Amit,
Can you suggest some good SEO companies so that I can hire them to improve my blog stats?
@Amit, I Am Running a Sms Blog http://www.smschacha.com. Please Suggest Me The Way, How Can I Do SEO Of This.And Suggest Technique And Seo Companies In India For This Niche..
Off course Amit bro SEO is god for career choice but it takes long time to get success in this field.However your article is very unique and helpfull to bloggers like us.
Hi Amit! nice article. Iam working in an SEO company. Can You suggest me that how to get updates in SEO? And What Are the best ways to get quality traffic to a website? Do you have any webpage for these details? Please share me…………
Hi amit thanks a lot for explaining the scope of seo currently i m working in one seo company in Chennai i just want to update my knowledge in seo can you please share some links what are all the blogs i have to read to update my knowledge please share some web sites
i don’t know about SEO??
but now i have a made my mind for be a SEO ???
i think it is better with Web Designing i am choosing it only for earn lot of money that’s why join \
join it my dear friend it is better option for you don’t get late
time is runnig fast so catch it fast ???????????????????????????????????????????????? grow friends ……….
Hello, Amit I have 2 years of experience in seo as a SEO Expert and I want to Know about the Real Spiritual FUTURE of SEO let me reply sir………
Hi Amit,
I did my MCA from a reputed college with 92% and somehow i had to work as an SEO. At first I was thinking I am stuck in a different field (inferior to that of a software engineering, that’s what my friends also used to say to me). After working for two months i started having interest in it. I wanted to know from a knowledgeable person and that’s why i came here. Pls tell me if i have done mistake coming to seo field, as i had option to go for software developing field (ASP.NET).
Hi amit,
I am working seo in field. I have some doubts in seo off-page submissions. can you clarify my doubts?
Thank you,
Rosy.
hi
Amit
i have done b tech with computer science i have technical skills like .net, oracle ,sql server……
but i woking as seo……..but i have very less salary……1 lacs per anum….
i wnat know about carrer in seo field in future..
please guide me….
thanks….
really confused eigther i should choose an seo job or do..blogging
Really interesting. It clariffied all my doubts in this field
Hi Sir,
Thank You for the information.I read this article at the right time because today I have attended an interview in an SEO firm and got selection. This article is giving me more confidence.
Congratulations Sreelal and glad this article helped you.
Hello Amit Bhawani Ji. I am just 15 years old and studying in 10 class. I am new to this blogging world. I have owned my own website i.e. http://www.seizethechamp.com
I am very interested in SEO and want to learn SEO, so can you plzzz tell me from where can I learn better SEO in Delhi. I know your time is more precious but I need your help. Please send me an email on [email protected]
I will wait for your mail
Thank you.
Awesome Article Amit.
Helpful for those who thinks seo is nothing rather than submission. Keep it Up dear
Cheers
Seorak
hello sir, i am a MCA fresher and recently i got a job in SEO sector. sir i want to know is it the right choice to go for SEO job after my MCA? please sir reply me and guide me.
thank you
Really there are very quality SEO people in India. I think If someone master to the techniques used in SEO then sky is the limit for earning. you can easily get packages of Rs.5,00000 + per year. This field really has very vast scope for smart working people 🙂 not hard 😉 Hope you got that..
Sir,
I have completed B.sc(IT) from NIIT. and I am confuse that what should i do SEO, or oracle. I got a chance for internship in SEO. Should i do it or not? please help me please please
great edu. thank you for sharing tips yup. regard
In coming days there is a huge scope in
SEO. Because till date people are not that much aware about SEO. So with all
knowledge and work there may be a bright career in SEO.
Hello Amit,
No doubt, ha SEO is a really interersting and a wide topic. SEO and blogging are good options to be opted as a career, but it needs lots of patience and only a few reach at expected goals.
If one does not give up easily, it is one of the best options now a days.
Hello sir, I am new to blogging world can you help me with basics of seo.
Hello,sir today I got job as SEO and they are paying me 12000 as fresher
Should I join this I am really confused abt this??
yes, chaitali if you want to make your career in this field you are getting much salary as a fresher.
Absolutely agree. Indian SEO experts are not paid well. Because local businesses are still unaware of the advantages of SEO and google ranking. Well hoping best in the future. It was a nice article.
Hi
I m selected for the Job of jr. SEO but they are offering me 6000/month.
What should I do? My expected salary is 8000.
Hello sir, I seen your blog today as I was searching information about Seo opportunities. I have completed my mca 2 yrs back in 2013 and I was not allowed to work but now I want to resume my carrier and i am looking forward for Seo profession. Sir, please suggest me can I opt Seo profession as my future carrier and from where can I start..? Please help me with your valuable suggestion. looking forward to hear you… Thanks in advance .
I would like to say that I have 10 months experience in SEO but i am not interested due to salary and I would like to going in Web development but i am not doing as due to my SEO job.
Should I Job leave or continue?
nice article sir
Hello Sir, I am a B.Sc Graduate. Can I make a career in SEO? What are the skills required to become SEO expert?
I want to work for an SEO company in Bangalore and I have two years of experience. How much salary can I expect?
Nice info amit.Thank you for uploading such a kind of article.