Introduction
Learn how to start optimize your website for search engines.
Learn how to start optimize your website for search engines.
Posted on December 21, 2010 by Jacob Stoops Before I really get into many of the SEO guides that are forthcoming on this blog, I thought I'd take us back to basics. For SEO purposes, that means understanding search engines, their purpose, and how they are useful to us. A Brief HistorySearch engines were born out of the idea that
Make Your Site Appear in Google™Great Content encourages people to link to your pages and shows Google™ your pages are interesting and authoritative. This leads to search engine success because Google™ wants to show interesting and authoritative pages in its search results. It's that simple! Check our SEO Explained in Pictures page for a quick, simple overview. It's guaranteed to
Last week, we talked about what search engine optimization is and why you - as a small business owner - should care. But that said, knowing what SEO is pretty different from knowing how to implement this science on your own website! Now, what you need to keep in mind is that SEO can be complex. Companies like Google and
Step 2 isn't groundbreaking stuff, but it's approached in a slightly different manner in order to use and abuse further in our strategy document. It's your regular keyword research broken out into categories for segmentation and prioritization, and we'll use that for prioritizing and determining gaps and opportunities in Step 3 and for competitive research in Step 4. Before we