I found an article on the web related to British SMME websites that claimed that only 47% of websites had any Search Engine optimisation features. The study showed a shocking lack of care for the websites by Small businesses. 1000 websites were audited.
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In this search engine optimisation video I am going to tell you why being at the top of Googles front page means more money, more exposure, more results and more profit
Only Matt Cutts and his team know for sure what factors are used in the algorith that ranks websites on Google. The Google website proclaims that there are over 200 of them and then goes on to say that there are three main factors that affect your ranking. The first of these is can Google find your site or Blog? This article will show you how to make sure your blog can be found.
Search Engine Optimisation is considered by some to be a dark art. This allows unscrupulous individuals to take advantage of the uninformed. Much misinformation is being spread by so called “SEO Experts” Over the next few days I am going to delve into the facts. I believe that the more you know the less you will fall for the lies of con men and tricksters. On another forum I was told that nobody knows exactly how Googles algorithms work.
I just read a horrifying tale on Jason Bagleys Blog. Basically someone that he knows got scammed by a so called “direct marketing” company. They offer to send out emails on behalf of the client and offer all sorts of guarantees. They claim not to be spamming. Their results as seen on Bagleys site speak for themselves.
Getting known on the internet is a daunting task, I always equate putting up a website to placing a classified advert in the major daily papers, taking the last years worth, toss them in a room willy nilly. Now find the advert without being sure of the date it was placed. I am sure you would agee this is a huge task. At the last count there were over a billion webpages littering cyberspace.
Search Engine Marketing is usually the province of high flying marketing types. Nelspruit web design professional Guy McLaren designed his first website in 1996 and has worked on contract for big names like Richard Branson’s Virgin Net and the London underground. Guy brought his skills to Nelspruit in 2004 and has helped his clients gain good results from the Search Engines.
You have an invisible website, Well 90% of the web is invisible. It may be indexed but nobody is seeing the sites. Statistics tell us that 83% of the webs traffic comes from search engines.
Statistics also tell us that if your site is not on the front page of the search engines 86% of that traffic will never see your website. If you are not even on page two 99.4% of the search engine traffic will ignore your website.
Yesterday we talked about backlinks from forums. Today I want to tell you how to get backlinks by blogging. There are many free blogging sites on the web. Today I want to talk to you about Tumblr.com Tumblr is a micro blogging site. You can use Tumblr as a full blog but I would not do that. Tumblr do not like spammers be warned. If they deem you to be a spammer they will delete first and ask questions later.
Micro blogs are blogs that basically are used to do quick short articles. I use Tumblr because it gives me the advantage of a Tumblr this toolbar. When I find something interesting about my chosen field I tumbl it. I copy a section that really grabs me and I post it to Tumblr. I post random stuff from other peoples blogs and websites to my Tumblr and they get backlinks from my efforts.
I also use Tumblr to write articles that point back to my website. The reason I add other peoples stuff to my Tumblr is for two reasons. I share the love and my Tumblr does not look like it is purely to promote myself. My tumblr site will get good traffic from people interested in the subject because I am adding regular good content, yet they will see my links back to my site and best of all Google likes Tumblr and I have seen Tumblr Site ranking higher than the site they promote.
Mweb is a smallish blogging community, They have a lot of sparkly brain dead bloggers with a few worth reading. Blogging here allows you to add backlinks to your blogs but expect complaints if your blog is purely commercial. If you blog here keep copies of all your posts. You have been warned.
24Blogs is another small community, Staying under the radar is easier here than most as most pages don’t stay on the front page for extended periods. If you blog here keep copies of all your posts. You have been warned. These guys are owned by the same people that own MWEB.
WordPress Do what you want here, I have not yet heard of anyone being banned or having their blogs deleted for commercial activity.
Blogger Googles blogspace, I have seen some pretty offensive blogs and know that they don’t often get censured.
Hubpages differs from the traditional blog in many respects. A Hub page is more like a wikipedia entry. You have a number of categories that you need to add content to and each hubpage is a stand alone information pack about the chosen subject.
Squidoo like hub pages is not a traditional blog site. Each lense is a stand alone info pack about the chosen subject.
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Guy McLaren is an SEO and webdesign fundi. He has been doing this since 1996. If you need help with your website visit his website about Search Engine optimisation here.