10 Questions to Ask When Hiring an SEO Consultant

1. May I have a list of current and past clients? 
2. How will you improve my search engine rankings? 

3. Do you adhere to search engines' webmaster guidelines? 

4. Can you guarantee my website will achieve a number-one ranking on Google, Bing and Yahoo?

5. Are you experienced at improving local search results? 

6. Will you share with me all changes you make to my site? 

7. How do you measure the success of your SEO campaigns? 

8. How will we communicate and how often? 

9. What are your fees and payment terms? 

10. What happens when we part ways?