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SEO techniques Ebook made simpler

November 20th, 2008 jag Posted in Downloads, Internet Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, Web business No Comments »

Search engine optimization is very important with respect to any online business sites, to get it search engine visible. At the same time it is an ever-updating industry. When done in a proper and standard procedure, by experienced professionals, it is sure to give top long-term results.

Are you looking for ebook on SEO techniques, to boost your website’s ranking amongst the search engines? I am sure you can find a lot of them online, but how many do you think are actually reliable in their approach? Hear it from the experts of SEO, who have been in the industry for years together and have a very good theoretical and practical knowledge about the various SEO techniques!

SEO Ebook 

Follow this link “Practical SEO Techniques Ebook”, where we offer a free SEO e-book, which is written by our professionals who have a deeper knowledge about the site optimization industry and have explained it in a simple way that is understandable by anyone. So go ahead, download your copy today and get SEO enlightened :)

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How important is effective web content for SEO?

September 26th, 2008 jag Posted in Internet Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, Web business, Web content No Comments »

You have a well designed website with perfect usage of flash banners and graphic designs, with proper site navigation and easy accessibility. Still do you feel that you are not getting the desired visitors and sales to your site? I suggest you probably need to work on the content in the site. I believe it is essential to have effective web content in a website, to attract the search engines.  

So how can one write effective content for their websites? Read it as “effective writing” and not “lengthy writing”. Out of my experience as an SEO consultant and professional content writer, the more crisp and easy to understand the content is, the greater are the chances for it to become a hit among the readers. Also I am of the opinion that regularly updating your website with data that is useful for the visitors would divert more traffic to your site. When do you think one needs to consider re-writing their website content? I have come across the following observations that I have mentioned below: 

  • Traffic inflow is good, but the conversion is not as expected, because the visitors are probably not getting what they expected out of the contents.
  • When the content is very less and the site is filled with only graphics and Flash designs
  • The content in the website is not explaining more about your business and gives irrelevant information to your visitors.  

I have found the following tips highly helpful in maintaining effective SEO web copy for websites: 

  • Know your audience: Understand who are your audience and write keeping them in mind. Also write stuff that they can relate themselves to and what is realistic.
  • Give a clear picture of your business: The content in your website should give exact details of your business. This helps in your audience getting a better idea of your business, thereby encouraging an inflow of website-relevant traffic.
  • Make the content heading more appealing: Now that you know your audience well, next try writing stuff that will appeal to them. For example, if your visitors are going to be more of careful and budget-conscious family ladies, then you could write articles like “Top 8 ways to organize your household budget effectively”(Gosh! Am sure I myself would be interested to read it as well, and am not even married!) The heading has a striking impact to attract readers and wins a main part of the battle of bringing in traffic.
  • Give them some useful information: Well you have clearly understood who your visitors are going to be and you have catchy headings as well. But what if the content inside is of no use to the audience. Write stuff that contains utilitarian information to your clients.
  • Choose apt keywords: You have got to think from a normal layman’s point of view, who is searching for products. Choose probable keywords that your audience would search in the search engines.
  • Use Keyword phrases: Bank on phrases and not single words as keywords, because the probability of searchers using phrases of words is more.
  • Keyword phrases in Meta tags, links and headings: Now that you have frozen on the keyword phrases, use them in Meta tags, link them with text links, so that the pages get related to one another. This increases the probability of search engines spotting them out. Also use these phrases in headings as well
  • Check and re-check! And more importantly, check and recheck whatever you have written, to overrule any spelling or grammatical errors.  

According to me, these are certain ideal steps that you can follow from the SEO point of view, to optimize your site. I am sure, if written smartly and relevantly, web contents would help give a boost to your website, thereby increasing relevant traffic and sales conversion.

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10 Minutes SEO Checklist to review your SEO Considerations

September 11th, 2008 jag Posted in Internet Marketing, Search Engine Optimization 2 Comments »

This Simple SEO checklist will help you to follow steps to rank your site in major search engines

You just need to spend 10 minutes to review your site with below SEO checklist. If you can mark “yes” to most of the SEO considerations then your site will be having a reasonable traffic which can be developed further by consulting an SEO professional or by going through some good practical SEO techniques



S.No


SEO
Considerations



Met? (Yes/No)

 

Page Titles & Heading

 

1

Does the Site has different page titles for at least the main sections (preferably each page)

 
2

Are HTML text headings used rather than images?

 
3

Does the Page uses <h1> tags that preferably match page title and are located as far to the top and left of page as possible

 
4 Does the headings made bold and uses a style sheet  
5 Does the Title seems to be meaningful and enticing as a click able link in search engine results  
 

Site Platform & Coding

 
6 Is the Primary content on site is readable by a search engine and avoids use of un-index able technology/coding language to display (e.g. Flash, JavaScript, Images for text etc)  
7 Does the Site avoids use of frames or iframes to display content  
8 Does the Site avoids use of redirection scripts  
 

Meta Information

 
9 Does the Meta keywords and description for each page contain less than 64 words  
10 Are the Meta keywords and description relevant to each pages specific content  
11 Are the Meta keywords and description listed in order of importance not arbitrarily  
12 Does the Meta keywords and description include singular, plural and variations in spelling of core keywords  
13 Is the Meta description tag present and properly filled (not stuffed!) with keywords?  
 

Content Imaging & Graphics

 
14 Do you use a naming strategy for images including appropriate keywords linked to the page theme  
15 Does all the clickable images have alt tags that include appropriate keywords  
16 Is the relevant key phrase appropriately sprinkled throughout the page’s text content?  
17 Have we Specified image height and width for all images?  
 

Navigation

 
18 Does all pages be able to be reached via text links. Dynamic and exploding menus can often not be read by search engines  
19 Do we Use anchor tags wrapped around keywords for long pages  
20 Does all the pages have header and footer links  
21 Does the site has sitemap will all the navigational links  

And in addition above simple SEO checklist will be very much helpful for designers who tries to follow best SEO design practices Cheers :)

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Cost of SEO

August 21st, 2008 admin Posted in Internet Marketing, Search Engine Optimization No Comments »

When you plan for your site promotion, there are few things you should keep in mind before working out a cost or make a budget.

I will make that as few questions to ask yourself or your marketing team.

How important SEO is to your website?
Do you want to make your website as a primary business gateway?
Do you know SEO is a continuous activity as your conventional marketing methods?
Do you know your competitor online?
Have you determined your keywords and targeted visitors?

If you say Yes, you probably know the importance of SEO and now you want to know how the process is going to be priced, and what factors determine your budget.

1. Your present site and its status.
If yours is a simple brand new site or a site which is not visible to any search engine - Your site will need Search engine readiness review and preparation. Commonly called as SEO setup. Your SEO consultant will start from this, and will make your site ready for Search Engine spiders, while they visit the site.

2. Your Industry/Market:

There is a difference between promoting a site which is selling houses and selling antique rocks. You know which segment would be more competitive and costs more to do SEO.

3. Link building efforts:

This is somewhat related to the previous factor, and based on the keyword and its competition determines the volume of link building efforts to be made. Link building will be a continuous activity, and mostly done on fixed monthly costs.

Finally, you should know SEO is not a onetime task, and can not be done for a one time fixed cost as your answer was Yes to the questions asked above.

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Immutable Laws of Marketing and online Branding

July 29th, 2008 admin Posted in General, Internet Marketing No Comments »

As a Web Marketing professional, I was attracted by Two books during last week. One is on Marketing - this is for every business in the market and one is for the Internet marketing. Both are from the same author(s). The first book is The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing and the second one is The 11 Immutable Laws of Internet Branding. The Amazon links are in the bottom, and if you are in (internet) marketing professional, I am sure they are great books which you must read and own. This blog entry is just to introduce you those laws, and not a book review. The laws will ignite some thoughts and

I have just given those laws, But in the book they are dealt in detail.

22 Immutable Laws of Marketing:

  1. It is better to be first than it is to be better.
  2. If you can’t be first in a category, set up a new category you can be first in.
  3. It is better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.
  4. Marketing is not a battle of products, it’s a battle of perceptions.
  5. The most powerful concept in marketing is owning a word in the prospect’s mind.
  6. Two companies cannot own the same word in the prospect’s mind.
  7. The strategy to use depends on which rung you occupy on the ladder.
  8. In the long run, every market becomes a two horse race.
  9. If you are shooting for second place, your strategy is determined by the leader.
10. Over time, a category will divide and become two or more categories.
11. Marketing effects take place over an extended period of time.
12. There is an irresistible pressure to extend the equity of the brand.
13. You have to give up something to get something.
14. For every attribute, there is an opposite, effective attribute.
15. When you admit a negative, the prospect will give you a positive.
16. In each situation, only one move will produce substantial results.
17. Unless you write your competitor’s plans, you can’t predict the future.
18. Success often leads to arrogance, and arrogance to failure.
19. Failure is to be expected and accepted.
20. The situation is often the opposite of the way it appears in the press.
21. Successful programs are not built on fads, they’re built on trends.
22. Without adequate funding, an idea won’t get off the ground.

 The 11 Immutable Laws of Internet Branding

  1. The Internet can be a business or a medium for your brand, but not both.
  2. Interactivity is the single most important ingredient of any Internet site.
  3. The kiss of death for an Internet brand is a common name.
  4. Being second in a category is tantamount to being nowhere.
  5. You have to be fast. You have to be first. You have to be focused.
  6. Everyone is talking about convergence while just the opposite is happening.
  7. Build a brand that will dominate a category over an extended period of time.
  8. Find a proper name (instead of a common one) for your Website.
  9. Take your brand into the global marketplace.
  10. Avoid the biggest mistake in Internet branding: the belief that you can do everything.
  11. Take advantage of the transformations that will occur in all aspects of life, thanks to the power of the Internet.

  22 Immutable laws of Marketing    11 Immutable laws of Branding

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