Why is Search Engine Optimization Important?

@kingadnan (1538)
Pakistan
January 6, 2007 12:11pm CST
When you start any business, you have a lot to worry about. But above all else, you have to concern yourself with visibility. If the customer doesn't know you're there, how can you expect him or her to ever visit your business? In the physical world, stores and other businesses have many ways of getting noticed. Radio, television, newspaper, and mailing ads are all ways that they get noticed. But what about the person traveling through the town where you do business? Chances are that the traveler will not have received any of these advertisements. What else can you do to bring in these potential customers? And the answer is your signs. The signs you place are a clear beacon to the customer of where you are. You see it all the time, driving down the highway. And the bigger the sign, the better it catches your attention. It really works quite the same way with search engine optimization. You need to be noticed. The best way for you to get noticed is to have, figuratively speaking, the biggest and the best sign. That's how traffic on the Internet, zipping by, notices that you even exist. It's the words you use and how you use them to describe your site and its content that get you the customers. This is where it becomes so important to use search engine optimization to your advantage. If you can come up with that all-important list of best keywords to describe your site, and if you can incorporate those words into the content of your site, then you stand far greater chances of directing that Internet traffic to you instead of your competitors. Remember, if you don't get the customers, they will. It doesn't cost you anything to show up on a search engine's results. But it can cost you everything if you don't show up on a search. The amount of revenue you have planned for your company is going to depend on how well you can utilize this feature of Internet Marketing. If you can't get the customers to notice you, you may as well throw those revenue goals in the fireplace. The traffic on the Internet is much pickier than the traffic on the roadways. It is focused traffic, looking for a specific want or need. They will search, find, and buy. Who they buy from is of little importance to them, but to you, it is everything. So when you think about why it's important to effectively use search engine optimization, just remember that everyone on the Internet is really a traveler through your town, and if you don't have that sign they'll notice, they're going to pass you by. this information has been taken from E-Book, Let me Know What you think about it.
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@ssnaqvi (283)
8 Jan 07
TO ENHANCE NEW RESULTS UPDATION
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@kingadnan (1538)
• Pakistan
8 Jan 07
i think so. thanks
• Philippines
7 Jan 07
Hello guys, this is my first post. hehe, by the way, Am glenn from Philippines. You know what? Search Engine optimization helps me a lot, am working as a graphic artist, and doin freelance web designing as a sideline. Am not satisfied on my salary thats why am doin web design.. but the problem i dont have time to offer web design, or to promote my services. but thank God, thru SEO or Search Engine Optimization.. i have my clients automatically.. when you search "web designer philippines", or "filipino web designer" in yahoo, msn, my site http://www.gl3nnx.net is in the top 1-3. SEO rules!
@kingadnan (1538)
• Pakistan
7 Jan 07
oh great dude i am also a freelance web designer and programmer but i am not currently working with any project, wel search engine optimization helps web designer and devloper to get traffic to their web site, wel in simple word get your website list in search engines, thanks dude
• India
7 Jan 07
can u please tell me what is search engine optimixation. thank u.
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@kingadnan (1538)
• Pakistan
7 Jan 07
Seo means get your website listed on different search engine, you can get lot of visitor. thanks dude
@PhonetiX (339)
7 Jan 07
yeah the info you have supplied is very good and usefull. the hardest thing about building an online business is getting noticed
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@kingadnan (1538)
• Pakistan
7 Jan 07
oh thanks dude i like it
@sagarbx (732)
• India
7 Jan 07
i have no idea on that....................
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• India
7 Jan 07
yes man....i truely agree with you. the chances that someone hitting exactly what they are searching on any search engine is 1 in 10000. i may be wrong, but it holds true for me. tell me when did u find exactly what you are looking for by just entering few keywords in the searchbar and hit return?..chances are that u get many unwanted resulta n you have to try again n again before u hit bingo. or just take this case.. i have my own website n i want traffic attracted towards it, the chances of my puttin keywords n the user searching for the exact same words are remote, it may happen that your site may turn up against the thousands of others, so its you who has to put in effort to put as many exact and precise to the point keywords in the search engiene signup page.,,,because its you who has to loose, others may just go to better result, ignoring you n your site that you so painstakingly built
@kingadnan (1538)
• Pakistan
7 Jan 07
Wel you should create relevent keyword in you web page and then submit to search engines, it requires some time to list your web page in search engine then if any one make a search with relevent keyword, he will get see your webpage in search result, wel i will create my website officially after my exams, then i submit my website , thanks dude
@Netsbridge (3253)
• United States
6 Jan 07
Important for all the good analogies you just stated, plus the fact that desired results is crucial for success. Very good argument. Was this your term paper? If yes, then you did well.
@kingadnan (1538)
• Pakistan
6 Jan 07
Thanks my friend
@matt608 (843)
8 Jan 07
I have coverd this in my blog: http://matt608.blogspot.com
@sahergul (774)
• Pakistan
7 Jan 07
well do not think that am that compitant to talk about the matter...
@ilvrshn (463)
• United States
6 Jan 07
Thanks for the information. I use SEO for my business and it has increase my sales! A whole lot better than CPC!
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@doncris (637)
• Romania
7 Jan 07
Because it helps you improve you searching techniques.
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@kathy77 (7486)
• Australia
7 Jan 07
Yes I agreee with what you are saying about visibility, as if the customer does not know your there how is your business supposed to grow. Yes that is a great idea to have signs and the bigger the better, and I realize that keywords are most important and thank you for your information it was very informative.
@shywolf (4514)
• United States
6 Jan 07
search engines - look at all the search engines! *laugh*
You are right. Search engine optimization is very important if you want to get a lot of visitors to your website. A few years ago I was really looking into this myself, search engine rankings and the like, because I was trying to create website traffic in order to make money. I failed pretty miserably, but you have given some good advice here.^_^
@kingadnan (1538)
• Pakistan
6 Jan 07
Oh thank you so much my friend , i gave you plus point . thank you so much again i will try to keep inform about useful tips and guides, Thanks dude
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• Switzerland
7 Jan 07
There is BLACK side of SEO (Search Engine Optimization), many time firms who offer SEO services, try to manipulate in tag words or link exchange.If such things noticed by Search Engine, your site might be black listed from search raking.
@EvrWonder (3571)
• Canada
7 Jan 07
Search engine optimization is important for the anology stated in this post. Simply your key words are important and more importantly to match your key word phrases in your web page. IE: Name and ID. As is the description and title of your page. When choosing your words in your page as well as in your keywords it is important to think of being someone who you may want to find your page based on what they are looking for. So if you are looking for car engines, you may put a search in the search engine that says something like car engines, v8, 4 cylinder or even the name of the type of engine. If your website is based on automotive and you have a page on car engines you may want to include word phrases and matching key words that someone may use when looking for the type of information that you are providing. Lastly, there are a number of great web master tools available on the internet, free to use and kind to show your appreciation by including a link back to them in your website, where you can test your key words, description tags and more, simply by inserting your web page URL. Search in your favorite search engine for Meta tags and see what you get. We need to optimize our web pages for search engines so to be included, hopefully in the top ten so when people are searching for information similar to what your site provides, your website address will come up in their search therefore driving that little bit more traffic your way.
• India
7 Jan 07
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