What is SEO?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by !Unreal, Jul 9, 2008.

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    What is SEO? Ive never really understood it. I always see people saying that you will need to dedicate lots of time and money to it.

    Is SEO just getting your site to rank first on a search engine for a specific word? Or is there more too it?

    Please enlighten me.
     
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    hermione_dies Peon

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    SEO is optimizing your website to make them search engine friendly. This will make it easier for the automated search engine crawlers to index your content. There are many realms to SEO such as link building, content optimization, mark up optimization, etc. SEO/SEM is an essential part of internet marketing and you should never ignore it.
     
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    !Unreal Well-Known Member

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    Ok. So why is it so expensive and hard?

    Dont you just have to make sure that the URL are words instead of ID's and enter meta information on every page? The only hard bit there is selecting good keywords to put in the meta information.
     
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    SEO is a very long process. It's not just making SE friendly URLs and adding meta keywords/descriptions anymore. You also have to get other relevant sites to link to your site to establish you in your specific niche, create alot of content, and other miscellaneous tasks.
     
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    That's the easy part. The hard and most important part is to get all the backlinks with the anchor text you need to rank for your keyword.
     
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    priyakochin Banned

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    SEO or Search Engine Optimization is most important internet marketing method.It bring traffic from Search Engines.
     
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    !Unreal Well-Known Member

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    Oh, I didnt know that getting backlinks was part of SEO. That can be very expensive.

    Ive heard of anchor text but I dont know what it is...?
     
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    <a href="http://yoursite/">This is the anchor text</a>
     
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    Oh i see. Thanks :)
     
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    SEO is very important if you bussines in internet marketing hehe
     
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    if you ask me, most of the big names are so over priced, like billing you for $1,000 for an hour or $50,000 a month. that is ridiculous!!!

    but if you ask me, a big business company will earn multiples of millions if they avail their services, so it's a lucrative job to have.

    but i fairly give up the big time players and focus on the middle class. in the long run i am ranking in a lot of moolahs with diversified projects compared to the big players which bores me a lot;)
     
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    SEO means Search Engine optimization practically Search Engine Optimization (SEO) services May not put your site on the top positions of the major search engines overnight, but they certainly will optimize your site so that Web pages of your presence and visibility is improved sufficiently for your audience to find you.
     
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    SEO is a continuous process and need maintenance. SEO can be done only for specific keywords or keyphrases. It is best way to enhance your website traffic.
     
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    Such simple question make a good condition for everyone spamming! You can search this ques on Google, tons of answers will show you.
     
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    I prefer answers from people where I can reply and ask more questions.
     
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    wow this is soo interesting and confusing...
     
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    SEO is a tool that advertises your site and bring to your site/blog the clients...Search engines identify the most relevant pages to user query. In this case your site must be the most relevant if you practice proper SEO!
     
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    Search Engine Optimization (SEO) can be stated as a highly specialized process of building a successful website. We say successful because if a commercial website cannot be found in the major search engines, it is not successful, it just isn't doing it's job.
     
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    SEO is nothing but to display your link in first page at the time of search on the search engine by using your particular keyword.

    SEO is done through two things first is on page optimization and second is off page optimization.

    First is on page optimization in it you have to improve your site by internal linking and metatag. also you have to focus different aspects like alt text and site map etc..

    Second is off page optimization in this you have to do link building in diffrent directory and posting forum, article, and blog.

    In this way you can do your SEO work.

    Unfeigned Regards
    Letsnurture.co.cc
     
    letsnurture, Sep 25, 2008 IP