Not at all. SEO is like farming, we can lay the ground work, but there are tons of factors out of even the best SEO's control. So if SEO is farming Google is th

Not at all. SEO is like farming, we can lay the ground work, but there are tons of factors out of even the best SEO's control. So if SEO is farming Google is the weather. That's why it's an art and not a science. We can and do apply best practices and we do a good job of increasing traffic and conversions for our clients, but there's no SEO that can guarantee anything. (Unless you're doing black hat which is fine, but is always a short term solution and we usually shy away from that.)