Organic Search Engine Optimization

December 19, 2007

To do successful business online, we must have a website. We also have the knowledge of search engine algorithm and idea about the search engine guidelines. Without respecting the search engine rules, we never reach on top in result. More than 80% visitors comes from search engines.

It is very important to read the search engine algorithm because it changes frequently. If you have no time to spend on your website then PPC is best option but it is not a permanent solution to increase visitors. For permanent solution you have to optimize your website using organic SEO.

Organic search engine optimization is white hat seo techniques for optimizing a website that donot involve any paid advertisement. It is delivers results for long time means visitors visit your websites without paying for it. If you follow the rules and guidelines of search engines and read it carefully, it is not very difficult for you to get listed on top.

Remember few points before optimizing the website :

1. Do not use hidden text.
2. Ignore flash and java script in the code.
3. Use meta tags relevant to the page. No keyword stuffing.
4. Use sitemap and add the link of all the webpages and connect it with home page.
5. Do not use copied or duplicate content on the website.

These are the basics and very important points. Also collect inbound links from other good theme sites. Blog writing and article submission are also useful and these are also helpful to increase the link back of your website. Go to the competitor websites and collect their link back reports and exchange link with link partner of your competitors. But reciprocal link exchange may harm your website also. So better post new articles about your business in article directories and provide a link of your website the articles. Update your blog at regular interval and when Google provides page rank to your blog then add the link of your website in the blog.

Organic search engine optimization takes time but in return you will get visitors free of cost in the future for long time.


Keyword Research

December 19, 2007

Out of the many aspects of Search Engine Optimisation, selecting good, well researched keyterms is of vital importance.

If you do not get your keywords right, then you can spend many, many hours working away raising your rankings for keyterms that nobody is typing into Google!! Keyword research is more than a small part of ethical seo, it is a whole subject in itself!

The ideal is to manage to find keyterms that have a high volume of monthly searches but low competition! Remember, just because a keyterm returns millions of results in Google it does not mean that it is a good keyterm, just a competitive one!

Another aspect of Keyterm research is long chain aka long tail keyterms. For example, you would think that ranking No.1 for the keyterm “mortgage” would be amazing! It has MILLIONS of results after all!

But the clever ethical SEO would be more bothered about ranking for “low rate mortgage”, “fixed term mortgage”, “variable rate mortgage” or “buy to let mortgage”. these keyterms are likely to have less competition, and are actually probably closer to what people are typing into google!

Finding keyterms that have low competition, but high search volume really is a skill of its own. Some people often use a keyword tool to help them.

A good SEO specialist will know what to do, and will often start by researching about your specific niche to give them a good understanding of your customer base before starting out on any seo campaigns for you.