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Thursday, March 6, 2014

Search Engine Optimization & Your Business

By Marcus Ryan


Search engine optimization is the act of adapting your website so that search engines rank it highly in their search results. Because search engine rankings are key to driving traffic and sales, SEO has become a very popular service. There are some people who believe that SEO can only be done by qualified professionals and this is not true.

There are many ways to improve results you get from search engines. Having the best possible search engine optimization is important for drawing in more traffic. Increased performance means happier users. To make your site more noticeable you should use a lot of keywords; even ones that are misspelled in the meta tag area. The keywords in your metatags will help search engines match your website with relevant searches. As an example, if your website is about drinking glasses, be sure your metatag includes "drinking," "glasses," "drinking glasses," etc.

Some small business owners turn into PPC or Pay-Per-Click advertising to avoid getting into SEO thinking that is too expensive and it takes too long. Although search engine optimization doesn't happen overnight the results from a good campaign can last many years and it can be more profitable because you are saving a bunch of money from advertising. The best place to start is by optimizing your content so that it has more text than pictures and provides real value.

If you plan to outsource your SEO work then do some research. Before hiring a so called "seo expert" learn how much experience this expert actually has. You need to know all the risks in order to make a truly informed decision. Use keyword-friendly anchor text for links between pages on your website. Just typing "click here" followed by linking to that term, will not help your search rankings. Selecting the optimum keywords to use in anchor text will really get you noticed by the crawling spiders.

Some people think that SEO is very complicated, it comes down to knowing the principles of optimization and understanding how search engines actually work. If you believe that it can be a difficult thing for you to learn the consider acquiring the services of a professional firm or expert. In the end we strongly recommend you look into SEO as a way to take your business to the next level.




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