WHAT IS SEO?
SEO is an acronym for search engine optimization also known as search engine marketing. It merely is a form of internet marketing. Essentially it is the process of building a website and its content highly relevant for both search engines and internet searchers(potential clients). SEO is meant to increase a site's relevance to get onto the top of the search results for key relevant words and key relevant phrases. Because everyone wants to be on the first few pages of search results it is a constant process.
Search engines marketing is one of the best methods of web site promotion and marketing. Pay-per-click can cost you thousands of dollars to be effective and there is always the risk that your competition may click you out of bids. Under the natural listings you don't run that risk. A good SEO program improves your chances of being consistently listed within the first 3 pages. VERY few people look past the third page staticly speaking. The goal is for traffic that's being routed to your site is to turn into leads with your content. When a lead calls you it's like customers waiving their interest (money) in doing business with you...at you.
Earning a high ranking on search engines takes a combination of integrated positioning techniques including patience, ongoing reasearch and editing, fresh and quality site content, and keyword-content relevancy among many other things. It's extremely important to be conscious of your search engine rankings. Not being listed within the first 20 or 30 search engine results equates to lost traffic. Lost traffic is potential lost business. The secret is to use the latest search engine positioning techniques that will rank you higher than your competitors. |