Search Engine Optimization - SEO

Ethical and Effective Search Engine Optimization

Search Engine Optimization or SEO is a key component of your Internet marketing strategy. If you're looking for high-ranking, professionally written search engine listing, our ethical and effective SEO techniques will help your chances at landing at the top of the web's major engines.

Ethical is mentioned above because there are many companies that employ unethical techniques that may work in the short run, but will get you blacklisted in the end. Google has a good article on "Google Information for Webmasters" that is very informative if you are considering hiring an SEO company for your website.

Search Engine Optimization is the process of boosting and maintaining your website’s position in the (non-paid) results that Internet users see when they run queries on different search engines. As you probably know by now, merely being listed in a search index is not enough to bring new visitors (or customers!) to your website. Your website must rank at or near the top of the search results in order to collect all the traffic that search engines can produce.

SEO Process at Squid Internet

More and more organizations are utilizing the Internet to market their businesses and gain an increased client base. Squid Internet Development can assist your company is this important endeavor. Our team will work with you to create relevant keywords, descriptions, and key content in order to create a list for search engine optimization and submissions.

Squid Internet will...

• Analyze your website for optimization
• Analyze your target market
• Analyze your competitors programs
• Create a Search Engine Optimization campaign
• Create keywords for maximum exposure
• Create meta tags for your site
• List your website
• Manage your Search Engine Optimization program

Our research and experience shows that the top search engines recognize when a site was submitted via a bulk listing program and could ignore your submission or place it near the bottom of the listing. Squid Internet does each submission manually to insure accuracy and maximum results.

SEO Importance

Search engine usage has increased exponentially. New figures released by Pew Internet & American Life Project and comScore recently show search engine usage is growing well above expectations:

• 90% of all Internet users are using search engines
• Daily search engine usage has jumped from 31% (June 05) to 41% (Sept 05)
• There were 59 million search users a day in Sept 2005 (up 55% from June 2004)

According to comScore statistics, search engine rankings and unique visitors for October 2005 were:

• Google - 89.9 million unique visitors
• Yahoo! - 68 million unique visitors
• MSN - 49.7 million unique visitors
• Ask Jeeves - 43.7 million unique visitors
• AOL Search - 36.1 million unique visitors

While Google maintains the number one position, the overall numbers suggest a promotion and optimization plan across the three major search engines would be integral for success in today's competitive online marketplace.

Increased traffic = increased customers

Being highly ranked in search engines is the most important way to promote your website and increase website traffic. With 90% of all traffic generated from 10 major search engines, it is important to get to the top of search engines.

Your site may be a virtual masterpiece, but if the public can't find it in the search engines, all the time and money you've invested will be lost. Squid Internet can combine web design with SEO and promotion plans to help maximize your website's exposure.

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