Links are the heart and soul of the internet. When the internet was first created, it was comprised of two things… web pages and links.
As there were no search engines, the only way you could find other web pages was to follow a link. Each webmaster linked to pages they liked and as a result, ascribed authority to the pages they linked to.
This effect still occurs today. The search engines .
SEO is short for “Search Engine Optimization.” It’s a collection of tactics designed to help your web pages rank better for the keyword phrases you’re targeting.
The main difference between SEO and say, Pay-Per-Click advertising, is that the visitors you receive from your listings will not cost you anything. These free listings are also called “organic listings” and there are usually ten such listings per page.
Your listings are triggered whenever someone .
While there is much more to optimizing your Google Places listing than first meets the eye, these five tips will give you a “leg up” on your competition:
1. Fill out every field completely.
There are about 20 fields to fill out when completing your Place Page listing. I recommend that you fill out each and every field as skipping even one can negatively affect .
Every successful SEO Plan is designed around the keyword phrases that will be targeted.
Do this right and you’ll likely get the results you are looking for… improved rankings for the terms you’ve optimized for and an increase in targeted traffic.
Do this wrong, however, and you will have wasted a whole lot of time (and possibly money too!)
Keyword research is what separates novice SEOs from true professionals. Most anyone can find .
This post isn’t likely to make me many friends from those in the Web Design community but you know what they say… “sometimes, the truth hurts.”
The problem is that the “left hand” generally has no idea what the “right hand” is doing and as a result, important details are left undone. In this case, the left hand represents the web designer and the right hand represents the client.
Most client’s assume .
