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Search
Engine Optimization
What's the
fastest way to improve the visibility of your business website once you are
satisfied with its design?
Fierce
Thought's search engine optimization consultants know what it takes to raise
your result rank on Google, Yahoo MSN and the rest. What does this mean? If
you own a bar, for example, and have a website dedicated to your
establishment to increase your number of nightly patrons, and I run an
online search for “[your city] bars,” you want your website to appear on the
first page of results, as close to the top as possible. Furthermore, if your
hypothetical bar specializes in martinis, you also want to be on that first
page of results when prospective customers search for “[your city] martini
bars,” or even just “martini bars.” Search engine optimization or simply SEO
as it is referred to in the tech industry is the quickest way to grab the
attention of would-be customers that simply have yet to make the
acquaintance of your great establishment, product or service. Fierce
Thought's search engine optimization helps your business to cut in front of
the line and be the first to introduce itself.
The keys to Fierce Thought's search engine optimization are search engine
friendly website design, search engine optimized content authorship and
inbound links.
First,
your business needs a website designed in such a way as to attract search
engine “spiders”. When search engines search, they are reacting to your
website in its encoded format or “back end”. Your business needs a website
designed properly so that the search spiders do not encounter errors when
they visit and also to increase the frequency of their visits.
Second, search engine optimal content will increase the frequency of spider
visits. How does this work? In short, continuing with the bar example, the
more often your website employs certain key phrases, i.e. “martini bar,” the
likelihood of a receiving a high ranking on “martini bar” searches is
greater. Moreover, as a simple part of standard website operating procedure,
you will need to add and revise the content of your business website as time
goes on (1) to keep
patrons
up-to-date on the latest products and services and (2) to keep up with your
online competition.
Once you have a well-designed business site with relevant content, you are
ready to start your online campaign.
The
third key to search engine optimization success is getting other sites to
“vote” for you and your business by including links to your site on their
web pages. However, unlike our present political system, you are not
participating in a popularity contest—when it comes to online “votes,”
quality and not quantity is what matters most.
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