A Local SEO Company - Why You Need Them
The advertising medium in 2010 is quickly changing. Phone books, radio, television, and print advertising are falling away. When people want to look something up or or need information they go to the Internet. Of course we all know that Google is the top search engine they use.Checkout search engine optimization agency for more info.
Considering this fact it has become tantamount for local companies to be in top placements for their local keyword if they want any kind of significant online targeted traffic.
If you own a plumbing company in Vancouver, WA, then you need to be on page one of Google for that keyword "plumbing Vancouver WA" when someone looks it up.
Whatever business you are in you should have your website ranking on page one in the three major search engines for the main keyword that describes what you do and the city or town you do that in. If you do not, you are leaving leaving tons of business on the table. And again, people are not looking in the phone book like they used to. Its far easier to go online.
Oh, but if it were that easy! Who would not want to have their website #1 on Google for their keyword? But here is the catch. To be able to accomplish this you need on page and off page search engine optimization.
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As far as on page SEO goes your website needs to be coded correctly with the proper CSS, your URLs need to be properly titled and optimized, you need to have at least 150 to 350 words of keyword rich content on every landing page, your H1 and H2 tags need to be adjusted for your desired keyword as well as secondary keywords, you need to have images, and your linking structures needs to be structured in a way where the "PR juice" all flows to your homepage but is also passed on to your sub pages based on how important they are.
Sounds like a lot. That is just your on page SEO optimization. What I just mentioned takes a lot of work and that is just on your actual website.
Once you have completed this you are only halfway done.
Unless your site is exceptionally strong, or powered/sponsored by another powerhouse website, you will have to do some off page search engine optimization. This mainly includes getting targeted back links.
And everyone wants them!
Getting good back links to help your organic rankings used to be much easier. It still took a lot of work but there were more angles in which you could get them. It was easier to drop links in forums, you could post comments and give yourself a link back, submit 100s links in general directories, massive link exchanges, and so forth.
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It is not that easy any longer. Google has eliminated more than half of the linking strategies search engine optimizers used just four years ago. Now there is a premium for article writing, social media book marketing, networking with other bloggers and website owners, very targeted link exchanges, directory submissions to niche directories, and paying a high PR site to "review" your site (officially paying for any links is a big no no with the big G).
It takes a lot of work to do this. When you want a to be placed at the front of phone book with a bigger ad than everyone else you just pay more and they place you there. It happens as soon as you sign your yearly contract.
When you want to be placed at the top of the search engines it takes time and a lot of effort. No one can really guarantee you will get to a spot in a pre-determined time. All you can do is put your site, or your client's website, in the best position to do that. And with the proper techniques it usually happens.
Here is my point. If you are local company you do not have the time to do everything that I just mentioned. You can try to do your own search engine optimization to be ranked number one for your desired keyword but unless you have time to time on your hands and the expertise you will not be able to do it.