1) Make sure they give you a contract of agreed upon tasks that they will perform weekly and monthly.  We have discovered that some Indian SEO companies say “yes” to most everything yet fall short in implantation.

2) Don’t pay in advance.  The second Indian SEO company, NewStep, (website: newsteptechnology dot com) seemed promising and professional so we agreed to pay for three months in advance.  We talked with Shalini Gupta who both initially seemed positive and professional.   They demonstrated poor technical expertise when they couldn’t even update our meta tags correctly – after I gave them a step by step plan with screen shots to do so.  Their error caused our site to display unwanted text over our products during a high traffic season.  We fired them after one month and they promised to return our remaining two months of unused service but, to date (1.5 months later) they have not sent the refund.

3) Inquire into the amount of employees and their previous clients to know if they have existent experience with your website CMS.  We discovered that the first company, Shah Deep International Business Solutions, only had a few employees and really could not handle the work our website required.  Additionally, the mistake the NewStep made on our site cost us time and reduced our website credibility.

4) Don’t give FTP access.  If an Indian SEO company asks for FTP access, they can literally copy  your website with a few pushes of a button.  Our site is complex and has expensive code and scripting which would be valuable in-and-of-itself.

We are still in the market for an Indian SEO company, but we will be more selective and watch their work more carefully.

Mark Masterson

Managing Partner, www.riadreviews.com

Marrakesh is more than just a city. It is a pearl polished by history and its tradition of hospitality which, for centuries, has known how to welcome visitors.

Where the past meets the present

The Majorelle Gardens house a collection of plants from the four corners of the earth flourishing among elegant ornamental lakes and an Art Deco villa. Yves Saint Laurent’s ashes were scattered here. You leave this enchanted spot in one of the many horse drawn carriages available in the city and take the inevitable trip to the palm grove. From there, you continue to the Ménara, one of Marrakesh’s symbolic places. This elegant building, which you can recognize by its green tiles, is surrounded by an immense ornamental lake. Marrakshi families come here to enjoy this cool spot during heat waves.

Relaxed Marrakesh

When you arrive back in the “red” city, you can enjoy an ice cream, a pastry or a cool drink in one of the establishments in Guéliz, the modern part of Marrakesh, Luxury shops, banks, tearooms and cafés; the “red” city knows how to reconcile its prestigious past with contemporary dynamism. Marrakesh is a city full of life and enthusiasm as its omnipresent dynamism shows. The traveller will be charmed by his finds, encounters, strolls and picturesque souvenirs. His only regret is his melancholy as his departure approaches. However, he can then dream of coming back to enjoy the mild moonlit nights on a terrace again…

Bordered by the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, Morocco has several thousand kilometers of coast whose landscapes are diverse and beaches welcoming.

Atlantic

The most visited beaches are naturally located not far from cities, especially on the Atlantic coast. But there are hundreds of others in places where nature has remained unspoilt. They all make it possible to sample the joys of swimming, relaxing and the latest water sports. On the Atlantic coast, the great majority of beaches appear as long strips of fine sand lapped by the ocean waves. They will be hotter the further south you go until you reach the sublimeDakhla Bay. The north-east trade wind blows regularly from the end of March to mid-September on this corner of the coast: ideal conditions for practicing all board sports, especially surfing. Whether you’re a fan of windsurfing, kitesurfing, surfing, wakeboarding or jet skiing, you can sure you will find the right waves here.

On the more divided up coast of the Mediterranean, between Tangier and Al Hoceima, the sea is warm and calm and the beaches more intimate. Some are close to small traditional fishing villages, tucked into corners of idyllic nature. At the same time, new seaside resorts are springing up such asTamuda Bay, on the outskirts of Tétouan and Saidia, which is a new Mediterranean coast resort. Facing Andalusia, Mediterrania-Saida extends over 1700 acres with a 6km seafront of white sand. A pleasure port and an 18-hole golf course complete this site which has been developed next to two international airports. The Atlantic is not sitting on its laurels either with new resorts such as Lixus, Mazagan, Taghazout and Plage Blanche.