GET MORE MILEAGE FROM YOUR SEARCH ENGINE
What would we do without search engines.Search engines are incredible resources for every one of us, whether we’re looking for a bus timetable or to design a spacecraft.They can also be an extremely powerful tool for organisations using the web to market their products or services.
The world’s best-known search engine has been around since 1997 when Stanford University colleagues, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, decided to change the name of their search engine from ‘BackRub’ to Google.The name relates back to the mathematical term for the number 1 to the power of 100, ‘googol’, which they saw as an appropriate description of their search engine’s capacity to provide access to a limitless amount of information.There’s no denying how right they were!
AOL research reveals that a page one, position one ranking can result in fourteen times more traffic than a position ten ranking.In the same vein, findings from the 2006 iProspect Search Engine User Behaviour Study revealed that sixty two per cent of searchers will click on a link on the first page of results from a search engine. For any business, achieving a position one, page one ranking on search engines is the ultimate marketing prize.That can be done with the right web design and search engine optimisation strategies.
Search engine optimisation is the term used to describe the strategies and techniques that websites used to get high rankings in the free listing sections of Google, Yahoo, MSN etc. In simple terms, it is the generation of traffic to a website by building incoming links through a variety of sources.Links can be accummulated through internal links in the website itself as well as by linking out to others.
A reputable web design company will be able to take advantage of search engine optimisation technology and opportunities.Results aren’t achieved immediately as it is a constantly evolving and complex environment.Careful planning, roll-out and review of an SEO programme is vital.
GTP iCommerce has established a reputation over the past 13 years as a leading Perth web development company which has a track record in SEO.Over the years, GTP has fine-tuned its SEO process that includes areas such as marketing objectives, market segmentation, keyword analysis and research, seo copywriting, link building, traffic analysis and ongoing review.
MD of GTP iCommerce web design in Perth, Dale Carter, says identifying and targeting the best keywords and phrases used to search for a particular business is one of the most crucial aspects of an SEO programme. “It is surprising how many organizations don’t do this properly.After setting up the website to be search-engine friendly through the use of appropriate keyword coding and website design, the next step is to build layers of links coming in from outside websites.Traffic to a website is built up through these links which are also recognised by the search engines when they calculate the rankings. Google uses a very complex algorithm to rank websites and it is important to build as many internal and two-way external links as possible,” he said.
There are many ways of building links, including setting up reciprocal links with compatible websites, linking to credible web resources, regular newsletters, downloads, blog posts and article writing.
GTP iCommerce is prepared to put its money where its mouth is, guaranteeing its clients a page one ranking for its clients’ websites using its SEO methodology.Now that’s a bigger advantage for a business than a backrub!
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