By Rebecca Appleton

When setting up a website you'll want to do all you can to increase the visibility of it on the web, and this can involve a range of processes, such as banner ads and pay per click for example, but the most natural and long lasting method is search engine optimization. Within search engine optimization, or SEO, there are many different important activities which can contribute to your web rankings. Firstly we need to discuss your website itself, as after all if your own site isn't set up to help itself then why should the search engines grant you higher rankings?
Ultimately your website is your resource, and while developing it to serve your customers' needs is of course a primary concern there is no reason you can't make it work for you as well. SEO should start at the very foundations of your online business and inroads in to achieving better web rankings can be made as soon as you create your site.
While there are certain things you can do to optimize your site you will probably need a properly managed SEO campaign to push your site further up the rankings and maintain top positions. A professional SEO campaign involves a wide range of activities, from social media marketing, article distribution and media liaison to bookmarking and link building activities. First let's look at some of the most under used, and perhaps misunderstood, ways in which you can develop your site and better prepare yourself for SEO.
Images are of course an important part of any site. They offer colour to a page, illustrate products and help to engage the user by breaking up text. The problem with images on a website is that on the whole they are underutilized, as images can offer much more to your site than simple aesthetics and can contribute to SEO.
No matter how large or small your site, you'll have at least one or two images on show to your visitors. However, there is a lot more to including a photo on your site than simply uploading with a relevant caption. As a file based addition an image will have a file name, and (hopefully) ALT text. ALT text is in essence text added to any image to enable the screen readers to understand them, and in Internet Explorer we can see this ALT text by mousing over the image and looking at the yellow tool tip that appears.
While it's not rocket science there is a skill to writing ALT text for images, and it's not just a matter of putting a description in there. Firstly it's important to note that file names and ALT tags should be straightforward; ALT tags in particular should describe the image as succinctly as possible, so visitors unable to see the image still get an idea of what should fill that space. In the case of an image being used as a link through to another page within the site, the file name will perform much the same function as anchor text, making keyword inclusion and relevant information essential. Remember, ALT text should describe the content of the image and nothing more; the trick however is coupling this simplicity with keyword inclusion.
While ALT text is probably the most significant factor for SEO when it comes to images there are a couple of other points which will help you ensure your images are fully optimised. Firstly you should consider the surrounding image text, as Google will weigh the text that surrounds each image in determining what the picture is about. Within this you will want to ensure that you place relevant keywords above and below the image you are looking to optimise.
Second it is important to consider the file name under which your image is uploaded. For example if you were trying to optimise the word "funky t-shirt", you might name the image funky-t-shirt.jpg. Because it can be difficult to optimise in this way if you are forced to go back and change the name of existing images it is a good idea to keep keywords in mind when you are naming them in the first place.
The importance of images on a website is absolute, and we all know what happens when we visit a site of pure, unrelenting text... we leave. The basic principle here, and the main thing to take away from this advice is that images should work for you, and while they look pretty you should always be expecting them to perform a multitude of functions. So before unloading images or adding descriptions, stop, and think SEO.

Rebecca Appleton is head of the search engine optimisation department at Top Position, a Google-certified company offering PPC and SEO services.

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By Clint Lenard

Designing your Website with SEO in mind is critical. Follow the tips below for best results.
Keep your site design easy for people and search engine robots to find what they want. People want easy navigation, search engine robots want easy content.
One of the leading causes for sites not making it to the index is sloppy coding or "file garbage". Search engine robots work on a schedule; they enter a site with the clock ticking and if it takes them too long to find what they are looking for, they move on to the next site.
Next on the list is a lack of keyword content. Images are not content to the search engines UNLESS you add your keywords to the ALT tag for the images.
The size of your graphic(s) can slow the load time for your site. Make your graphics small in size by compressing them or set up a script to "pre-load" them. Keep your graphics in relationship to your text, GIF or JPG images used for headlines means that the robot has to look deeper in the file.
"Flash" software is very popular, but a site done completely in flash doesn't provide the search engine robots with the information they need. The same applies for file instruction information for style. Use Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) or external javascript files for all of the complex style and javascript codes.
Using keywords in your META tags that is completely unrelated to the content on your site is a trick that a lot of webmasters use to get you to their site. This practice is a real turn off and best avoided.
Remember to keep things simple and clean. Many Websites are filled with too much clutter because the Site owner feels that it's best to give browsers everything he can find to throw at them. This is rarely the case.
Keeping your Website easy to use should be your highest priority. Even clean code helps the Search Engine Spiders index your pages easier. Which is why I've explained that you need to keep JavaScript and CSS in external/attached files. Also make sure the user interface is nice and easy to navigate.
Don't assume that the user knows what you're thinking... this means to make things easy to read, easy to navigate and have a visible link to your site map for them to find their way around if they get lost.

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By Steve Kozyk

Maintenance is essential whether it applies to your car, your garden or your website. A successful website requires ongoing maintenance so it can attract, educate and expand its client base and generate revenue for your business. This means a website is never completely finished. It is a work in progress just like keeping your garden weed free and producing food for your dinner table.

Simply having a website is not enough. If you expect consumers to find your web site... and consistently return to your website, you must provide them with new and useful content to keep them engaged. You can accomplish this by providing useful tips and information about topics related to your business on your website. Write articles or manage a blog that focuses on topics you know a lot about that also relate to your business.

In today's world it is the norm that a prospective customer visits your website before contacting you. In many cases they will already have a good idea about your company, products, services and how it will serve their needs before you directly speak to them. It's imperative that you provide them with useful content that will help guide them to doing business with you. Ensure your website content is up-to-date and relevant by regularly maintaining your website.
Seven important benefits of website maintenance are:

• Ensures your website is up to date
• Keeps your customers updated with the latest information about your company
• Makes search engine spiders happy and increases your chances for higher search engine rankings
• Enhances your marketing and promotional actions
• Provides information about who's linking to your site
• Improves your company's brand image and aids in expansion
• Helps to solve and monitor possible operational problems and avoids potential catastrophes with clients

Seven useful tips for maintaining and keeping your website updated:
1. The main goal for maintaining your website is to keep your visitors coming back and attracting new consumers. If your site is not updated regularly, visitors will not bother to return. They need the latest and new information or resources to return back and find you. Hence, it is essential that you have fresh new content added regularly to your website.
2. Keeping track of your visitors' activity on your website is essential. Website traffic analysis and statistics will help you plan more systematically for future business offerings and online activities. Try and use these statistics to your advantage and improve the features and pages where consumers visit the most.
3. Create a forum which allows your visitors to interact with each other and meet new people. This is a great way to increase the popularity of your website.
4. Create an e-newsletter which should contain articles, tips and tricks. This allows you to tell your visitors what's new on your website, inform them about special deals, and any promotional, educational or newsworthy events.
5. Incoming links are very important for ranking higher in the search engine marketing game; therefore, try to build strong incoming links. Keep track of all these incoming links and check back on these links regularly to make sure they still have your link on their webpage especially if you have agreed to participate in a reciprocal link exchange program where you are linking back to their website. The Internet is constantly evolving; if you have outgoing links on your website to other sites and they no longer work, search engines will penalize you for broken links.
6. Provide a form where all web users have the opportunity to provide feedback and suggestions for your site. Accept any feedback you have received seriously and reply as soon as possible. Feedback given to you by your visitors will help you provide more targeted content and provide you with better ideas for improving your website.
7. In addition to your website content, the design of your website is very important. The most critical thing to keep in mind is to keep it simple, easy to use but appealing. Research other popular sites and high ranking competitor web sites for content and design ideas.
It's never a good idea to build your website and believe it's a finished product once you've decided to go live on the internet. Just having a website is not enough as the Internet is constantly evolving with new ideas and technology. So should your web site evolve to capture new traffic and provide a compelling reason for consumers to return to and patronize your business. Whether you take the time to regularly update and maintain your website yourself or seek the services of a professional web development company to do it for you, remember it's a vital part of being successful on the Internet. Best of luck!

Steve Kozyk

CEO/Founder ITegrity

SEO Web Development & Custom Web Site Design Company

http://www.itegritygroup.com/

Steve Kozyk is the CEO/ Founder of ITegrity, an SEO Web Development & Custom Web Site Design Company based in San Diego California. ITegrity focuses on many types of SEO web development & design including corporate web development, small business web development, health care web site development, church web design, and Realtor web site design.

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By Jackie Burnes

The objective of a content article is to drive traffic to your website. The only way it can hope to accomplish this task is if its has been properly formatted and SEO optimized to get the attention of the major search engines. If you are finding Your attempts at SEO Article writing to be a daunting task, read on to find some helpful tips that are sure to increase the rankings of your articles with the search engines.
1. Topics - Your topics should in some way be connected to your business. People are generally looking for items and they are more apt to read an article about a problem they have experienced with this item or a "how to" about the product.
2. The keyword search - Once you have settled in on the topic of the article do a keyword search for your product. The keyword you choose should be able to be easily incorporated into your topic. If your topic has no correlation to the keywords you must choose a different topic. Your keyword or keyword phrase should have no more than a total of 3 words in it.
3. Article titles - Start your title using the keyword or keyword phrase. If you are writing about " premature ejaculation" you can use something like this: Premature Ejaculation: 7 tricks to last longer now. You only get a few seconds to grab the readers' attention. The first three or four words may be all they see before moving on.
4. Easy does it - You can forget about using the 24-letter words and the attempts to sound like a college professor. Most of your target audience will not read it. People who search the Internet prefer to get their information in an easy to read format. Plain and simple English works best. Articles that sound conversational, yet informative get the best results.
5. Don't just throw the keywords into the article "Willy Nilly" either. They must flow as a natural part of the sentence structure. The primary keywords in the title and variations of it throughout the article works best. The keyword should never be more than 2% of the article.
Your article should be filled with useful timely information. You want to build confidence with the target audience that you are knowledgeable about the subject. This will guarantee that they return to your site for more information in the future.

If you were to use only these tips you would find a great amount of success but it is also important that you read other informative articles about the correct use of keywords in the SEO article writing.

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By Bill Schwartz

Granted, this article appears a bit melodramatic. You young folks may have missed out on the classic mid-70's 12 part series "Rich Man, Poor Man" that chronicled the radically different paths the two Jordache brothers took in life. This highly acclaimed "miniseries" covered the tumultuous relationship between the brothers as well as their competition for the affections of their parents and the beautiful Julie Prescott (played by Susan Blakely).
Rudy (played by Peter Strauss), the favored son, is industrious and ambitious - he methodically achieves great business success and ultimately gets the girl. Tom (played by Nick Nolte), the renegade, refuses to play by the rules and tragically battles his inner demons with his fists.
Described by tv.com as "an epic television event of historical proportions", it is said to have inspired a fifteen year span of dramatic (albeit cheesy) TV miniseries. [1] All the major networks followed suit with their own miniseries productions including "The Pirates" and "Roots".
OK, it's a stretch but here is where I try to connect this article and web site design to a '70s made-for-TV drama. I have created two websites: WITHseo.com (http://www.withseo.com/ - the "Rich Website") and WITHOUTseo.com (the "Poor Website"). Check them out - the two sites look similar but differ dramatically in ways that will be described later in this article.
If this drama were to be played out in today's Internet battleground, I believe that the disciplined and focused Rudy Jordache would have designed and maintained his website, WITHseo.com, taking into account its usability and relevance in order to ensure that his products and services were visible to the online community. No doubt his "bad boy" brother would exercise poor judgment and lack the attention to detail and patience needed to give his website, WITHOUTseo.com, a fighting chance. Perhaps we'd learn of his ties to the Internet underworld of "spammers" whose short-term, overly-aggressive techniques might even get his website banned from the search engines.
I designed this case study, Rich Website, Poor Website to demonstrate and test the web page optimization techniques that many Internet marketing and SEO experts use. These techniques take into account recommendations made by major search engines and in general are designed to both improve a visitor's online experience and enhance website visibility.
Note that this study is by no means intended to be a controlled scientific experiment. There are simply too many factors affecting web site visibility that are beyond my control! I do hope you find the contrasting techniques employed by these two sites interesting and educational, and I hope that WITHseo.com outperforms WITHOUTseo.com or the network could cancel the miniseries before Part 2 even airs!
Project Description The WITHseo.com site along with its companion site WITHoutseo.com are designed to demonstrate techniques that EBIZ Machine and other Internet marketing consultants use to improve web site visibility. Both sites were designed in Macromedia Dreamweaver using the same templates and styles. Both sites were launched at the same time (May 1st, 2007) and both are hosted on the same web server by EBIZ Machine.
The search engine optimization tips described below were used in the design and development of Rudy's Rich Website, WITHseo.com. In contrast, Tom's website, WITHOUTseo.com, was simply developed, deployed and ignored. Moreover, WITHOUTseo.com actually employs a couple of development techniques thought to impede website usability and indexing by some search engines.
I'll assume that, at his core, Tom meant well despite his many lapses in judgment. After all, several of the bad guys he beat up deserved it. Hence, no spamming, "spamdexing" or animal cruelty techniques were utilized that could potentially penalize WITHOUTseo.com, Tom, or this author's reputation.
Project Premise The web page optimization applied to WITHseo.com should result in better search engine performance. In other words, I expect the Rich Website to outperform the Poor Website. Next, I will get more specific about the criteria I'll rely upon to assess their respective performances.
Success Criteria In order to contrast the "performance" of our competing websites, the following metrics will be tracked and analyzed:

1. Indexed Pages - I'll compare the number of web pages that are indexed in the Google search engine and Yahoo! Directory.
2. Google PageRank - I'll compare the "PageRank" of each site.
3. Web Page Analytics - I'll compare key site statistics such as page views and website visitors
4. Inbound Links - I'll look at inbound links as an indicator of web site popularity

Part 2 of this Internet miniseries will analyze actual results once the techniques discussed below have had time to germinate. Project Constraints / Disclaimers As mentioned earlier, this study is designed for demonstration and discussion purposes - it is not a scientific study. Moreover, this is not an attempt to highlight tricks or methods designed to fool the search engines. Although this site and study are designed to be informational and educational, it is not clear if and how the experimental nature of these sites will affect their search engine indexing. Rich Website - SEO Techniques Used for WITHseo.com As described below, a number of standard search engine optimization techniques were used to improve the usability and visibility of the WITHseo.com home page. I assume that Rudy would consult with reputable Internet marketing consultants and employ techniques recommended and approved by search engines.
A. Techniques Used: Keyword Research In my recent article "Web Page Keywords - Do's and Don'ts" which you can review or download at http://www.ebizmachine.com/seotips.html, I discuss how to find keyword phrases that are related to your business and that your potential customers actually use in Google, Yahoo! or other Internet search engines and directories.
Attempting to "practice what I preach", the following tools and concepts were considered in the course of developing the keyphrases selected for WITHseo.com:

1. Overture Keyword Selector Tool - inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/
2. The Google Suggest keyword selection tool - google.com/webhp?complete=1&hl=en
3. Note, however, that keyword popularity alone is not enough! I scrubbed my list of phrases carefully to ensure each phrase is BOTH popular and relevant to the website goals. I want phrases that generate a reasonable volume of qualified leads.

Using these tools to generate alternative keywords and assess the popularity of those phrases, I created a short list of phrases that were consistent with the theme and objectives of the website. I concluded that "Search Engine Optimization Tips" and "SEO Tips" were both relevant and popular Internet searches that are consistent with the strategy behind the WITHseo.com site.
B. Techniques Used: Keyword Placement There are a number of recommended locations where keywords should appear. The WITHseo.com keyphrases were incorporated in these locations:

1. Title Tag in Anchor Tags
2. Meta Keyword Tags
3. Heading Tag Content (i.e H1, H2)
4. Body Text
5. URL/Filenames/Links

The document title for the WITHseo.com home page is "Search Engine Optimization Tips - WITHseo.com SEO Case Study Description" (bold added for emphasis). Note that our targeted key phrase "Search Engine Optimization Tips" is a part of the page title. Although you cannot see it, the WITHseo.com home page has the following keywords Meta tag embedded in the home page source code:

• meta name="keywords" content="search engine optimization tips, seo tips, search engine optimization, seo, web site optimization, denver, colorado, ebiz, ebiz machine, case study, seo study, seo case study"

Again, the bold text (bold added for emphasis) is the key phrase for which the home page is optimized. Our keyphrase occurs in the body text, but not at an excessive frequency. I shoot for inclusion of our keywords in the web page content in a visible but modest manner. The sentence "WITH SEO is a Search Engine Optimization Tips Web Site Brought to you by Web Design & Internet Consultant EBIZ Machine" is the first sentence indexed by Google. Again, our keyphrase appears there. Last I checked, the keyword density for "search engine optimization tips" was just under 2% of the words that appear on the home page. The home page contains two headings:

• Header 1:Search Engine Optimization Tips - SEO Techniques (bold added for emphasis)
• Header 2: Denver Colorado web design and Internet consulting company EBIZ Machine has designed a case study to educate businesses about techniques used to improve the usability and relevance of their websites and ensure that their products and services are visible to the online community.

As an example of a text link that references the key phrase, the home page contains the following link: "We will do our best to frequently publish results of this search engine optimization tips case study. Click here to view the results drawn from this case study thus far." (bold added for emphasis) Note that when you click this link, you are directed to the study results page. Again, our key phrase is embedded in both the main heading and the text of the link. C. Techniques Used: Link Building The goal behind link building is to develop "inbound" links to your web pages in order to drive traffic to your site and improve your search engine ranking. This topic was the subject of a previous article "SEO Link Building - Who, What, When, Where, Why (and How)" which you can view or download at http://www.ebizmachine.com/search-engine-optimization-link-building.html. I mention in this article that links from "authoritative" websites and "related" industry sites carry the most weight. I intend to utilize the tools and techniques discussed there to build high quality online references to the WITHseo.com site and study. It's clear that link building is a very time consuming process. Our goal is to add a few relevant links every so often so as to be consistent with natural growth. I'll look for online publishing opportunities and relevant newsletters willing to share the premise and results of this study.
D. Techniques Used: Sitemaps Both Google [2] and Yahoo [3] offer a process by which you can provide information about the web pages that make up your site AND expedite the indexing process. Here's a handy tool you can use to create a Google sitemap: sitemapspal.com. In the case of WITHseo.com, I have followed the recommended validation and sitemap submission steps described in the Google and Yahoo articles referenced in the footnotes.
E. Techniques Used: Development Technologies Although frequently debated, it appears that the use of certain development technologies may impede proper indexing of website pages. Examples cited include HTML frames, Macromedia Flash animation, complicated internal links and JavaScript. To the extent possible, I avoid the use of these technologies in the WITHseo.com development.
WITHseo.com is a "static" HTML website - no Flash, frames, or database access are used. JavaScript is kept to a minimum and internal page links used to navigate the WITHseo.com pages consist of simple directory paths.
Poor Website - SEO Techniques Used for WITHOUTseo.com I assume that Tom would show hostility towards the SEO techniques his brother used. The plan for the Poor Website is to exercise poor judgment in its design and then ignore it. Its "Meta Tags", including keywords and page descriptions, are left undefined. No attempt has been made to optimize the WITHOUTseo.com web page content or embed keyphrases in site links and URLs. Going forward, no attempt will be made to refresh, update or enhance the site. I think Tom Jordache would be proud! I hope that this is not how you developed your site!
In addition, the WITHOUTseo.com site has been designed using development techniques thought to impede website usability and its success in search engine performance. For example, WITHOUTseo.com utilizes JavaScript navigation. Text links that were intentionally added to WITHseo.com are not a part of the WITHOUTseo.com pages.
In the webdesign world, HTML "frames" are sometimes used on web pages to display multiple or long HTML documents in the same browser window. Because frames are thought to impede indexing in some search engines, they are utilized for WITHOUTseo.com.
Conclusion It's been a long time, but, as I recall, in the "Rich Man, Poor Man" TV miniseries both brothers suffered great personal tragedy and TV viewers lost many hours of productive time glued to the set. However, from a commercial and economic standpoint I believe it's safe to say that Rudy was certainly more of a commercial success than his misfit brother Tom.
In this "Website Visibility Battle of Epic Proportions", only time will tell if the Rich Website WITHseo.com triumphs over its sibling site WITHOUTseo.com. As described above, I have taken a number of steps to "stack the deck" in Rudy's WITHseo.com favor.
My plan is to publish and discuss the results of this study after enough time has passed to allow these techniques to run their course. I'll call it Part 2 of the Rich Website, Poor Website miniseries. At that same time, I'll focus more on techniques and metrics used to judge the success or failure of a search engine marketing program. So, stay tuned!
[1] tv.com, "Rich Man, Poor Man" (1976), tv.com/rich-man-poor-man/show/5528/summary.html
[2] Google, "What is a Sitemap file and why should I have one?", google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=40318
[3] Yahoo, "Yahoo Site Map Instructions", help.yahoo.com/help/us/store/promote/sitemap

Bill Schwartz, BSEE / JD / MBA, owns and operates EBIZ Machine of Denver, Colorado (on the web at http://www.ebizmachine.com/). He supports his clients' E-Commmerce initiatives through web site design, web-based application development, eCommerce platform integration, search engine optimization (SEO) and pay-per-click internet marketing program development. He may be reached at 303-759-9000 or bill@ebizmachine.com.

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By Richard Martin

Fact: A site with 5,000 pages of quality content & 15,000 quality inbound links will continue to generate THOUSANDS of targeted visitors even if it was never updated again...
And here's why...
I. Traffic is "The Thing"
During the 1990s, the Internet was reported to be growing at 100% a year. And, the early online marketers figured out that traffic is VERY valuable...If a site's traffic increases by 30%, its earnings should increase by 30% too because:
Traffic means visitors & visitors mean potential customers & customers mean money.
In fact, traffic is SO valuable that Google has built a $20+BILLION company around selling PPC traffic to businesses around the world...
So, the real issue is how to generate some FREE traffic for yourself.
Well, THOUSANDS of traffic generation & search engine optimization (SEO) techniques exist & here are just 3 of them...Let's begin:
II. Strategy #1: Linking "By The Pound":
Some SEO professionals claim that thousands of inbound links are all a site needs to generate visitors. While they won't let it slip out publicly, they believe in a fairly simple formula:
Inbound link VOLUME = Traffic = Money.
They trace a causation chain between:

1. The sheer NUMBER of inbound links your site has pointing toward it.
2. The amount of traffic your site gets.
3. And your site's eventual CASH earnings.

The theory is that as a site gains a "critical mass" of inbound links, its traffic level increases, & its CASH earnings increase too...
They theorize that link VOLUME drives traffic 2 separate ways:

1. The traffic from higher search engine rankings &
2. More importantly, the traffic from the 1000s of links themselves.

Barring a major PPC or offline media campaign, you'll find that 95% of the really high traffic sites you encounter have TENS of THOUSANDS of inbound links pointing toward them...For evidence of this, next time you stumble over a high traffic site, try checking its inbound links in one of the free backlink tools like Yahoo Site Explorer ("siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com").
Look at what you see. I bet you see THOUSANDS of inbound links...with each link theoretically contributing a little sliver of traffic every day...some obviously more so than others...
While this is a VERY persuasive theory, it may be slightly incomplete. Let's look at 2 other schools of thought:
III. Strategy #2: Link QUALITY Is EVERYTHING:
If you've been marketing online for more than a few years, you probably remember the "Page Rank" mania that seemed to sweep the SEO world during 2004-2005.
Professional SEOs were convinced that getting 2 or 3 authority links from high Page Rank sites would lead to better search engine rankings & a lot more traffic. The Page Rank hysteria quickly subsided...But, the strategy still remains VERY valid:
Links from prominent sites often ARE incredible sources of free traffic...
Once placed, some links will send a continual stream of 5-100 targeted visitors to your site every day, seemingly forever...And the new visitors will start appearing in your log files within hours of the link going live...If they were physical items, links like these would be worth their weight in gold...
For example, imagine my site has 10,000 inbound links from tons of different websites all over the internet. But, your site has only 3 inbound links: links on the homepages of Google, Yahoo, & MSN. All of which get MILLIONS of visitors a day...
Who would get more traffic? YOU WOULD, definitely...For the same 2 reasons stated above:

1. Your site would see a MASSIVE boost in its search engine rankings given how much "authority" Yahoo, MSN, & Google give each other &
2. The traffic coming off those 3 links by themselves would be HUGE too...

Clearly, link quality is very important.
IV. Strategy #3: Using Links & Content For Higher Rankings...
While the 2 above strategies make perfect sense at 1st glance, they may be overlooking another important factor: A site's CONTENT CONTRIBUTION. Search engines are VERY POWERFUL sources of traffic because they provide their users easy methods of finding YOUR content (AKA: "stuff")...
This school of thought theorizes that most search engine traffic is actually derived from a combination of a site's

1. Inbound links &
2. Content.

This is similar to the "link volume" strategy above, but with 1 extremely important difference: content "on" a website is deemed to be a powerful SEO factor too...
Offering unique content allows you to kind of "set a trap" for random search engine visitors who are searching for content similar to what your site provides...(This may be because "long tail" searches, generally containing 3-15 keywords, seem to have increased in popularity during the last few years. Searchers have seemingly become more specific as they get more comfortable using the web to find information...)
This SEO strategy tries to capitalize on "current" search engine traffic. In other words, traffic related to something that's just happened or become popular suddenly.
Therefore, if you have a good volume of on-topic "stuff" on your site, you'll increase your odds of being found randomly for keyword phrases that your competition cannot possibly hope to rank for! Think about it, there is NO WAY for anyone to optimize a page for a term that has only become popular during the last 48 hours...
And now that you know about it, you can this to your advantage...
V. Combining These Strategies For Maximum Rankings:
So, what should you do to increase your traffic? Experiment with a combination of these 3 SEO strategies...
Here are some tips on how to increase your search engine traffic by blending a little bit of each of these strategies together:

1. Enhance & optimize your site by posting the right blend of relevant content, given your market's characteristics. Feeding the search engines "the right stuff" in the right way will increase your traffic, both from popular keyword phrases AND from long tail phrases.
2. Build as many quality inbound links as possible to generate permanent residual traffic from the links themselves. Links from "on topic" sites are best & high traffic sites that have content closely matching your own are ideal. Sites with similar audience profiles to yours are everywhere & some of them get THOUSANDS of visitors every day. Furthermore, many webmasters will keep a link up once they create it. 80% of the time, your link will stay there FOREVER...The trick lies in locating the right sites & getting your link well placed in the top 1/3rd of a clean competition-free page that gets regular visitors. Sometimes a link from a "links" page is adequate...Other times, you'll be better off negotiating for a more prominent position elsewhere on the site, if you can swing it... Tools exist that help automate the process of ferreting out high traffic sites that have audience profiles similar to yours & that offer links too.
3. Benefit from the SEO effects that large amounts of relevant inbound links provide. Vary up the anchor text of the inbound links at specific percentages on a graduated scale related to what you consider to be "prize" keyword phrases. However, ALWAYS do a thorough competition analysis to see what rankings are realistic to achieve, given the competition. Strive to rank in the top 10 for an array of different keyword phrases...Build enough backlinks using a ton of related keyword phrases & watch your search engine traffic multiply as a result.

In conclusion, implementing these 3 SEO tips will help you increase your levels of traffic- both from the links themselves & from your MUCH higher search engine rankings...
See YOU in the Top 10!

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By Helene Hall

1. Suggested high Specific Keyword Densities: Having good keyword density is important but, what is more important is having natural, readable content. Run away from consultants that say they would achieve or recommend you to have a keyword density of 15%. Tip: Focus on natural readable, human content. Keyword density around 3-4% is manageable.

2. Promises high amount of links within a short time frame, Stop turn around and leave a.s.a.p. You do not want Google to see that on one day you had no links and then two weeks later you have 200! Its important that link building is a natural process. Think about it, the search engines want to see that people like your site and recommend it i.e. put a link back to your site. Now its not very likely that a new site or a site with low page rank will genuinely have lots of links in a short time. What you need to do is have a SEO plan where links are built over months resulting in beneficial benefits.

3. Lump Directory submissions: there are tons of submit your website to 500 directories online tools that came out a while ago. Dont do it, its not worth the time or money. Any directory that lets Anyone, any industry, any site is not worth being on.

4. Too Good to be true deals: I have personally come across companies that assure their customers that they are fully aware of the SEO guidelines, that all their links are manual and that they are 100% ethical. That is fair enough and there are good companies like ourselves out there but if a price seems too good to be true take a further look and see examples of their work. Some companies that do links submissions and article creation, create and merge other companies articles together and create a larger article with the required link text within it. From what I have seen there have been around 7 to 11 different companies sharing the same article, the same link juice. Diluting everything. Be wary. SEO for your company should be uniquely yours and is a time consuming process that is not inexpensive.
5. Naive Use Of Social Sites: Some companies offer to set up Social media sites but what you should avoid is if they suggest that they have a group of workers that will vote on your articles and get you on the front page of digg etc. and drive a whole bunch of traffic. Why should you avoid this? Because you are likely to get your sites URL banned. Another is that unless the article is interesting and useful, Quality Content is always the KEY - then you are not going to get a lot of link juice anyway, so its of poor ROI and minimal SEO value.
6. Unethical techniques: If it doesn't sound like a benefit to the reader - the Search User, stay clear. For example, if the company suggests putting hidden text on pages, redirecting users to a different site, any tricks, any deception do not do it and do not use their services.
7. If they tell you its too complicated for you to understand: Yes SEO is time consuming and you have to learn and understand the process but you do not need to be a scientist to understand some of the simple basic practices. There are a lot of things to take into account and more than can be discussed in a brief conversation but if they avoid explaining the basics they obviously do not understand it themselves.
8. Overseas mass SEO link building companies: Now this may be a little controversial and I am sure that there are some good companies in India but from our own research and some of our clients previous experiences, I felt that I should mention the experiences when using these services. It seems as some companies have hundreds of people adding links on extremely low wages, with little knowledge of SEO and more hast. Links have come out broken, inaccurate and been mass submitted against the SEO guidelines. How can you feel safe in situations like this?

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Helene Hall is the CEO of iWeb Media. The complete solution to internet marketing exploiting the latest techniques and strategies to design the best possible web solutions for clients all around the world. SEO, website design and multimedia expertise at the highest quality.

Helene has worked within such companies as Toshiba, Lundbeck, Ashfield in2Focus, NHP Plc etc. She draws on 10 years of experience within Web design, programming, sales and marketing from the ground up. Having worked within the Sales and Marketing forces of some hugely successful companies she is able to translate her sales and marketing acrumen into an effective online strategies to increase revenue and profit for her clients.

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By Ujwala Bapat

It has been known for quite some time now how putting content on your website can go a long way in making your website more successful with the search engine. Website content has for long been recognized as one of the most important factors that can really boost your search engine rankings.
What website content is good content?
Any website content that can provide good information about the product or services is good content. Again for the content to be one of the best you need to use authentic information so that people can get educated and use the information for their activities. Content need not be very rich in language because people from all classes should be able to understand it. Therefore, simple use of language of your website will do the trick.
What are the different methods of putting content?
Website content has changed from being simple text to photographs and today the videos are said to be most expressive form of content. Video containing tips for golfers will surely get larger numbers of clicks rather than the content for the same. This is why when you decide to go for content for your website you need to plan it out smartly by exploring all forms of content and finding which one would be the best for you.
For activities videos are the best, but certain content cannot be put unless words are used. For your website you can try out putting words of your own. If you are doubtful of your writing capabilities, it is better you check out other options that can provide content for your website.

• Become a publisher with articles website that allow you to take other people's articles and put them on your website. This method will provide you the content but in return you do have to publish the links in articles, this can pose as a competition for you.

• Find a company that can provide you with the content at a price. Pricing of each company depends on your requirements. Here it is obvious that for high quality content you will be charged the highest.

• Put in some efforts and make a list of articles you want to put on your website. You can check out several freelance websites where freelancers can provide you authentic, well written and well researched unique content at very reasonable prices.

For good website content ensure:
1) Language is perfect or near perfect.
2) All that has been published is truthful according to publisher's knowledge.
3) The content should be original, for SEO purposes this is necessary.
4) SEO rules have been taken into consideration.
5) The content is informative, simple to read and interesting.
6) Content has not been published anywhere on the Internet, this can be ensured by prohibiting people from using the content anywhere else on the website.
Check out all the above factors for better content on your website.

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By Steve Shaw

Some people do SEO article writing. Others write articles that readers really love. The trick is to combine the two and write articles that are keyword focused but that still make sense and appeal to human readers.

I'm sure you've seen SEO articles that were anything but appealing. They were loaded with a certain phrase that was repeated very conspicuously throughout the article. The sentence phrasing was awkward and hard to understand. The article looked as if it had been written by a machine and not a real human being!

These are not the type of SEO articles that you wan to produce. You can do so much better than that!

Just use these 5 very simple SEO article writing tips that any beginner can execute, and you'll be writing articles that your readers (and Google!) will love.

Step #1: Research one keyword phrase to target in your article.

This will be a long-tail keyword phrase. A long-tail phrase is usually 3 to 8 words long. There is not a lot of competition for this phrase, so it will be relatively easy for your article to rank highly in the search engine rankings.

Step #2: Create an interesting title that uses this phrase.

Any time you use keywords in a title or article, they must be placed in appropriate context and sound natural. So, your title should sound natural and be grammatically correct. It should also be appealing to human readers.

Try to think of phrasing that a person might type into Google and craft your title after that.

For example, many people type 'how to do xyz' in the search box, so you could turn your title into a "how to". Also, many times people type a question into Google, so you might try forming your title into a question.

Keep in mind that your title must be interesting to a human reader, be grammatically correct, and make sense.

Step #3: Write an article that is useful to your readers.

Keep your eyes on the prize for now--your goal is to write valuable content that your readers will love. Forget about your keywords just now--just write an educational article.

The ultimate thing that makes your article valuable in Google's eye and your reader's eyes is the helpfulness of the content. Keywords do not mean anything if the article does not contain information that readers can use.

The article content must deliver on what the title promised. For example, if your title is "How to Teach Your Baby to Read in 5 Steps", then the article must present 5 steps that can be used in teaching a baby to read.

Step #4: Focus on creating timeless content.

Write an article that has relevance beyond this month and this year. If your article topic is evergreen, then people will be searching for information on that topic for years to come.

Step #5: Develop a list of phrases that are variations of your original keyword phrase.

For example, if the phrase you are targeting is "buying a puppy", semantically related variations of that phrase would be:

* buy a puppy
* buying puppies
* where to buy puppies
* where to buy a puppy
* how to buy a puppy

You get the idea! Google recognizes related variations of phrases, so it is not necessary or desirable to repeat the same phrase throughout your article.

Take your list of semantically related phrase variations and choose a few to put in your article in a natural sounding way. You don't want to force a phrase in the article--it should fit naturally in the context of your content and be grammatically correct.

Writing articles for SEO takes planning, strategy, creativity, and self-control. You are playing to both sides--you need to see your article from a human being's standpoint and also create content that would appeal to a search engine.

When writing SEO articles, your goal is always to create content that is helpful and interesting to human readers. It takes time, but if you do your SEO article writing correctly, the piece of content that you create can draw search engine traffic to your website for many years.

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by: Mudassir-ul-Islam Goursi

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