# What SEO is included in a basic freelance job?

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**Created:** [June 26, 2007, 3:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-seo-is-included-in-a-basic-freelance-job/230412 "2007-06-26T03:17:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Icy\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f6c823/32.png) [@Icy\_Penguin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Icy_Penguin)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 3:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-seo-is-included-in-a-basic-freelance-job/230412/1 "2007-06-26T03:17:36Z")

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Hey all,

Just finished up a site - but the client is mad because he thought that as soon as he googles “exel spray gun” (exel is a company that makes spray guns, and this company sells them), that their website would show up.

I guess it was kind of a lack of communication on my part, but of course im not an SEO guy - just a web designer. So I optimise the content a bit, throw in some meta tags, etc…

But I can’t do link-builing, etc., right?

What do you guys do? Do the companies you make websites for eventually hire SEO people?