Archive for the ‘SEO’ Category

3 Core Concepts To Achieve When Looking For Quality SEO Services

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

Looking for the right search engine optimization for your online business is not a big issue anymore. Just by looking for specific and revealing signs that you have found the good service provider or not, you already simplified the search process. Moreover, the other issue which you will have to encounter is choosing from among the good companies you’ve short-listed and get the best one.

As formerly revealed, it is really hard to distinguish if the services which you are going to acquire, will be of quality or not. You could be perplexed most especially if you have a minimal knowledge and understanding of how SEO works and what to look for. In order to make your search a bit easier to push through, there are three basic concepts that should be looked into.

1. References: A professional search engine optimization service must be capable of providing sample reports or references that the client can check and rely on before making a decision of taking them into service to do a defined job for the client. Experience in dealing and working with clients which will surely lead to good results is a must-have for SEO service providers. If in any case you are not shown any type of sample report, proof or a free trial of some sort; it may be wise to move on to another company.

2. Communication And Honesty: It is best that you get a hold and use quality SEO services that provide logical time-frame for completing the required work done, even if it is not on the quick time table. Surely the latter would be preferred by you and it would be better to find a company that can really do it. If the service provider creates a time frame that is too good to be true then odds are, there’s something erroneous. If the company is keen not to tell the truth we’ll never know what else they may lie about.

3. Wide Range Of Optimization Services: The sphere of search engine optimization is turning out to be extra diverse and procedural. There’s a time when adding dozen keywords and a few slight adjustments could get you nice results but now there’s so much more engaged in acquiring high search engine ranking. A skilled SEO specialist knows this fact and will provide a range of services, as well as different package deals for clients who wants to mix and match the services needed. As you search for the best quality SEO services, these are the fundamental things that should be taken into consideration. it’s really important that you exert some effort researching to make sure that you are getting the most of quality work. Just an addition to the tips stated above, make sure to listen to your intuition. If you take notice of something which does not seem right to you, in all likely that is the actual case. Look for quality SEO service that can respond to your queries on time and employ a company that will provide worth to your money than just cheapest price and you are acquiring nothing.

 

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Are 1st Page Rankings Worth the Time & Effort?

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

The financial gain from a position in the top 5 search results for a major keyword can be very substantial, one example is a keyword that went from the bottom of the second page to the 4th position on Google.

A client’s website had a ranking of 18 for their primary target keywords on the second page of Google’s natural search engine results. Considering the number of companies competing for a high ranking on this keyword, a position on the second page seemed like a good accomplishment, but the volume of sales leads was disappointing.

SEO Works

A marketing strategy focused optimization efforts on improving the natural keyword ranking for this one target keyword. After some time and effort, the ranking for the keyword first moved to the number 9 position, and then to the number 4 position of the first page search engine results. The improved search engine ranking for this single keyword generated an increase in sales leads far more than expected, which subsequently converted to an increase in sales revenue amounting to over $1,000,000.

Tracking the Moves

The list below shows the search engine ranking relative to the number of sales leads that were generated from the company’s primary target keyword:

  • Nov 08 - position 18 = 6 leads
  • Dec 08 - position 9 = 31 leads
  • Jan 09 - position 9 = 126 leads
  • Feb 09 - position 4 = 102 leads
  • Mar 09 - position 4 = 207 leads
  • Apr 09 - position 4= 221 leads

Summary of Results

The increase in the number of monthly sales leads can be seen as the target keyword ranking moved up over the six month time period. The full benefit of the keyword moving from the 18th to the 9th position is reflected in the January total because the change occurred later in the month of December. The same applies to the move from position 9 to position 4 because the change occurred later in February.

For online marketing managers and business owners who are wondering about the difference between having a major keyword listing on the first page of search results compared to the second page of results, this case study should provide some insight based on our experience.

It also shows an example of the potential benefit from having keyword search results listed above the fold of a web page as opposed to below the fold where viewers must scroll down to see more search listings.

There was clear evidence that a higher organic search engine ranking can dramatically affect sales lead generation and company revenue, in this case over $1,000,000.

Results provided by 10th Degree online advertising agency, and Jazel auto dealer websites.

 

 

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Search Engine Optimization ?Another Perspective

Monday, March 1st, 2010

The best source of qualified, targeted traffic is search engine traffic. But millions are still unaware of this fact. The most baffling part is even people involved in an online business are unknown to this fact. Some would say, there would be no SEO companies if most knew it. That’s a truth too. Where does a website go wrong in being search engine friendly ?  The answer to this is that it goes wrong as soon as it is started by a web designer. The lack of knowledge or complete illiteracy of SEO on the part of most web designers is the key problem. The second step where the website owners go wrong is the choice of an experienced and skillful seo expert. Tracking down someone good is not that difficult. The key to finding someone with reasonable skill is clear communication.

When you interact with someone, you will find out the expertise level, the experience, search engine parameters and algorithm knowledge and also some references. These should be enough to verify YOUR seo expert. A couple of minor but sometimes reflective aspects are ?mode of payments and his own website rankings. While varied mode of payments reflect an established company or individual, his own website ranking should provide a lot of insight in to his seo skills. Search engine optimization at the inception of the website or designing of the website is the best way to go about. There are a lot of optimization companies which offer web designing and development. A lot of people actually opt to get a site designed by a seo company in order to make it search engine friendly right from the start. Why not all ?

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