Monday, March 14, 2011

Search Engine Optimisation Services For Site Owners

By Willard Jensen


Search engine optimisation services are very much in value these days, and the trend looks set to continue. In fact, there's an acute shortage of experienced SEO consultants who can deliver, and it's only going to get worse given the number of sites launching every single day and the fierce competition. It's so bad now that a new site or business that doesn't do SEO might as well give up and shut down the site.

What needs to be done is to optimize a website and all of its pages, so that they rank higher in the search engines for specific and targeted keywords. This can be done by tweaking the site and its content, and a few other things offsite. All these things are services provided by SEO consultants, and it can be in the form of a package or website owners can pick specific services.

Keyword Research: There are keywords in every industry and sector that are more valuable than the rest, and there is heavy competition to rank high for these high-value, high query-volume keywords. The first service that an SEO expert can provide is to use tools to create a list of these keywords. The content of the site then has to be tweaked to focus on these keywords (see below).

Onsite Optimization: This is where the content of the site gets tweaked to focus each page on a targeted keyword from the above list. If necessary, the SEO consultant can create new landing pages which are designed to target a keyword. Additional onsite optimization can be related to the design template (reduce loading time, make fonts bigger, etc.) and a simpler menu that helps users navigate from one page to another.

Link Building: This is probably the single most important (and offsite) part of the process. The aim is to acquire as many incoming links to the site as possible from relevant and high-value domains. Methods used include directory and article submissions, blog commenting and link partnerships with other sites.

Social Network Outreach: Generating buzz on social media for a website provides direct traffic and brand exposure. But it triggers mentions on other sites and blogs that add to the incoming links and the site's power as far as SE rankings are concerned. There are many more such search engine optimisation services that can prove useful, but the ones above are the core components.




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