SEO – Fact or Fiction?
Search Engine Optimization (or in the trade known as SEO) is a big topic when it comes to getting more people to visit a website. There is a really big issue when it comes to getting a blog or website into a money making enterprise. You have 100 plus web masters all telling you their prospective client they can put your little website in the top 10 search results for greyhound dog collars.My question is who is number 11 to 100? You do the math. There are only ten top spots on the Google search engine for greyhound dog collars. Webmasters are promising their clients those top ten spots. Very unreal! There are going to take 90 plus people who are going to get burned, web master who are not going to deliver what they promise.
Big Money is being paid out to get websites and blogs noticed. Where there can be 1000’s of websites that are trying for the very same spot. The competition those top spots in Google can be on the level of the Super Bowl. So what is the answer?
Bottom-line: Don’t believe all the hype. When it comes to getting your website notice, nothing beats good old fashion hard work. It is not any magic pill. I have found that works the best. It can all be boiled down into three practices.
- Get other websites to link to yours. Go out talk to people who have other website have them link to your.
- Tell everyone you can about your website and its address. The best example I see is John C. Dvorak. Every time I hear him on a podcast he is plugging his blog (JohnCDvorak/blog).
- Print your websites address on piece of literature you publish. This is all part of branding your website. Every time person thinks of dog collars they will see you domain name in their minds.
Tags: Search Engine Optimization, SEO, Web Search
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February 29, 2008 at 6:08 pm
thats a well deserved post.
totally agree with the remaining 11-100 posts. SEO is a competitive arena. Got to work hard at it.