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  Search engine optimization (SEO) can be achieved through a combination of organic, paid inclusion and pay-per-click methods. Utilizing these techniques along with good keyword/phrase choices and a sound viral marketing campaign will produce optimum results and bring targeted traffic to your website.

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Organic Optimization
— a low-cost method to promote your website and it usually takes three to six months to see the full results of optimizing your website. The plus to an organic approach is that once you optimize your pages, the main part of the work is done. You may tweak your keywords and text here and there, but unless you completely re-design your pages you have what you need to draw targeted traffic. Organic/non-sponsored traffic typically get more traffic and typically produce better close or sell rates online. Our experienced and knowledgeable team will monitor your site and track your results, including checking rank status and reading logs, especially for new keywords visitors are using to find your web site.

Pay Per Click Programs — can drive traffic to your website immediately and may help your Google and Yahoo rankings. Pay-per-click programs are very helpful and can give you a presence when you can't get a strong organic ranking or keywords/phrases are very competitive and it is difficult in getting in the top 10 rankings. Our team will do the homework in selecting the right keywords/phrases to bid for and to add to your ad copy. We will also track your budget and results

Viral Marketing — websites can generate high rankings and draw targeted traffic by containing quality content. This content can be supplemented by producing a quality newsletter (ezine), press releases and affiliate marketing. These three tools will drive immediate traffic, increase your build credibility and improve relationships and improve search engine rankings. Our team of copyrighting Virtual Assistants can develop and implement strategies that continue to brand your business and achieve your goals, seamlessly supporting your business growth.

Affiliate Programs — creating an effective affiliate program is like having an online sales force. It can get others to promote your program/product and help drive traffic and sales to your website. Our webmasters can design and automate your affiliate program to maximize return and generate revenue even while you're asleep. Search engines will return again and again to your site, because your link is placed on related and similar industry sites.

Media Releases — On and offline media are always looking for interesting stories and good content. Often, you can receive free promotion for topics like launching a new website, introducing a new product, winning a new award, etc. Our communication specialists can create a media campaign to help get the word out about your company.

If you feel you lack the knowledge, time or inclination to perform these time consuming and detailed processes, our webmasters, copywriters, and virtual assistants are your one-stop go-to team. Through consultation with you or your designee, we can develop a "winning" web site strategy that will help achieve your overall goals and produce results.

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Reverse DNS Lookup Description: An accurate way to figure out what spider your website is to track their IP Address. Just as your computer log files record Agent Names they also record IP Addresses, and you can easily look this up on the web.
Example of an IP Address:
209.73.14.129

 Keyword Density Analyzer Description: Research your keywords and general page properties from an SEO point of view. Shows your keyword density and placement prominence.

 Link Checker
Description: For the very best FREE link checker, depend on W3C. It will also show you an in depth report of re-directs. (including links resulting in your custom 404) To force it to check all your pages, make sure you check the box, "Check linked documents recursively".

 Link Checker
Description: Enter the address (URL) of a document that you would like to check. Please note this tool will check to a maximum of 250 urls. It extracts a list of anchors and links and identifies problems.

 Compare Search Engines
Description: Tools to compare two or more 'SERPS' , search engine results pages. How does msn.com compare to msn.nl, what ppc engines have low bids for your keywords, or what's up with the Google update? Find out here.

 

 
 

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