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By Hermila Forti


For any modern business that wishes to be successful, then garnering a strong internet presence is one of the keys to success. With, literally, the world at their fingertips, consumers can access significantly more options, when looking for products or services online. Search engine optimization can allow your business to remain competitive and if properly harnessed, can increase your profit margins significantly, by funneling new customers or clients to your business.

Although you may outsource some of the work, SEO is still your primary job as a site owner. This means you will have to oversee the process, as tedious as it may seem at times. You cannot let the little details slip by you. One wrong keyword or a broken link today could lead to a poorly ranked site tomorrow. So be sure to stay on top of things and micromanage your site.

Use toils such as Google stats to see which keywords are bringing users to your site. Are there any keywords that aren't getting the hits that you'd expect? These are the keywords that you need to improve. Make sure you've entered them as keywords in your page header, be sure that they are thoroughly used throughout your site, and perhaps use them in the title of one of your website's pages.

When attempting to optimize your business for a search engine, the number-one tip you can possibly use is to be committed to the process. Proper SEO isn't a one-time thing, nor will it happen overnight. Like it or not, you're going to have to educate yourself on many matters, from tags to keywords and XML maps and everything in between.

If you plan to retire or change your URL try to use a 301 redirect. This code is beneficial. The 404, or "Page Not Found" code can be damaging. A code 301 will tell your various search engines where they should transfer your old URLs search engine results page position to.

Make sure your keywords are both relevant and specific to site content. A tag containing a more generic keyword phrase (i.e.: Classic Rock Music) will face very heavy competition in the SERP, where as something more specific (i.e.: Rolling Stones Music) will likely get your higher up the list. A higher ranking is one way to increase traffic to your site.

Use a keyword tool, such as Google AdWords, to find out what keywords users are searching with to find sites like yours. The tool gives you approximations on the number or searches conducted with any given keyword. This will help you to fine tune your specific key word phrases. Doing so helps to drive the most traffic toward your site.

A good rule of thumb to follow when dealing with search engine optimization is to use your keywords and keyword phrases in your URLs whenever possible. Most search engines highly value the use of keywords in the URL, so rather than using arbitrary numbers, opt for replacing them with keywords.

Since the world wide web is full of useless information these days, it is important to take these tips given in the article with importance and not with a grain of salt. Otherwise, you will end up spending more time searching than necessary to find what you are looking for.




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