• Step 1: Consultation

    CONSULT. Speak with us and let us consult you on the best way to add-on to your current site or build a new site as we develop a targeted approach and strategy specific to your site, projections and goals.

  • Step 2: Plan of Action

    PLAN. Once the consult and strategies are approved, we move into a planning phase that will project timelines, milestones, what can be expected, create payment terms and get the ball rolling with a targeted approach.

  • Step 3: GO Time!

    EXECUTE. We put the plan into action. With all the updates mapped out, we execute the project plan with a projected focus on end-results. We will deliver frequent updates and improvements as they arise.

How SEO Works

How SEO Works and What Is SEO?

SEO organic traffic is difficult, but there is a method to the madness… Search Engine Optimization explained.

Search Engines like to see specific things either on your web pages (Onsite SEO) or to see information about your website in other links outside of your website (offsite SEO).

Search Engines use algorithms to analyze data about all the web pages they search in order to determine what website they should place in the organic results when someone performs a keyword search, as well as the order the search engines should display them in.

Our Webmasters then look at your target audience and your competition and “reverse engineer” what Search Engines want to see…and then make sure that your website has everything in place in the right order and balance, both Onsite and Offsite.

How SEO Works…

Even though search engines are continually updating the algorithms used to rank websites, two important rank factors remain that are the foundation for successful Page 1 result…

  • Onsite – your content and website infrastructure
    • targeting the best keyword clusters
    • matching existing content to target specific keyword clusters
    • creating new content to target specific keyword clusters
    • having the best website infrastructure and architecture
  • Offsite – how your website is referred to from other online sources
    • developing a profile of high quality, on-theme incoming links
    • having a relevant and active social media presence
    • creating citations (non-linking references) about you
    • at least half of your SEO outcomes are influenced by elements outside your direct control

…and everything else is about strategy, techniques, tactics and finesse – the Search Engines look at over 200 “rank factors” when evaluating websites, and every year they add over 400 updates – so a big part of our services is keeping your website at the leading edge…because we do really know how SERP works and why it is important to your business.

Keyword Research

Every day 25% of the search terms the Search Engines see, they have never seen before. So, we focus on creating what we call “keyword groups” – groups of keyword phrases focused around high volume “core” keyword phrases. For example, a core keyword phrase might be “wholesale” and that cluster may include “wholesale California”, “products wholesale” and “wholesale pricing”. Using the latest SEO tools and software, it is our job to find you the optimum balance in your keyword phrase list to be targeted, that delivers the best ROI (Return On Investment).

Matching – Existing and New Content

Our approach to Onsite SEO is to try to match one keyword phrase from each keyword cluster to a single page on your website. Typically your home page will be focused on your “gun” keyword phrase and your main navigation pages will target your next most important keyword phrases and so on through your web page hierarchy. Often your website won’t already have web pages to target some of the important keyword phrases you will want to target; in these case we work with you to create new pages to reach these terms.

Behind The Scenes – The Code

Not all websites are created equal. Some websites are great and are ideally search engine-friendly, but many we come across are not. A key part of our role is to assist you and your web developer to ensure that as many pages of your website are correctly indexed and that there are no technical impediments to your online success.

For a preview of how the Search Engines are currently indexing your website, go to Google and in the search box type site:www.yourwebaddress.com …and see how many pages have been indexed and how Google is displaying your pages…and then call us if you have had a nasty surprise.

Yes, “look and feel” is vitally important in motivating visitors to explore your website, and in guiding them to act or buy…but they need to find your website first.

Offsite Link Profile

In the simplest of terms, a Search Engine sees a link from another website to your website as being like a vote of confidence in your web site. Search Engines believe that if other websites are linking to your web pages, you must have something good to link to and a Search Engine will rate your page that is being linked to more positively.

Today Search Engines take into consideration many additional factors other than just the sheer number of links when evaluating your offsite link profile:

  • the Reputation or Trust value of sites linking to your web site
  • the Theme or Relevance of sites linking to you
  • the “Anchor Text” (the words that the link is embedded behind) in links to your site

Offsite Social Profile

More and more, the Search Engines are starting to consider social media references as important signals about your website and your company in general. It’s not just about having a Facebook page, a Twitter account or a Google Plus page, but also how active you are and in what manner your social media associates refer to you, your company and your website content.

Offsite Citation Profile

Citations are references to you company name, address, phone number or website that may not actually link to you but are recognizable to Search Engines. Although these citations are indeed helpful across the board, they are particularly useful in enhancing your Search Results in the Search Engines’ maps and geo-location rankings.

So That’s What SEO Is and How SEO Works…

As we mentioned earlier, everything else is about strategy, techniques, tactics and finesse – the Search Engines look at over 200 “ranking factors” when evaluating web pages, and every year they add over 400 updates to their algorithms and data analysis methodologies.

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