On to next step;

Since you have google toolbar, just right click on mouse, and scroll down to "backward links", and click on it. This is another neat feature of Google Toolbar. It tells you how many other sites, or pages that link to page or site in question. Very powerful tool. The site in question... ZERO! Imagine that :)

Even tho this is usually enough to deter me, there is one more simple test, that really takes cake. Just do a search at Google for term "SEO" and "search engine optimisation". Is this site listed in top 10? The top 20? top 100?

In our case, yep you guessed it... A BIG FAT NO!

Ok, so here is a site, selling SEO work, and offereng link packages to thousands of other sites, for hundreds of dollars, claiming to give YOU top search engine rankings when..

1. They have no links to their own site 2. They themselves, don't even have top search engine listings!

Don't get me wrong. There are plenty of successful SEO companies out there. It is a very competitive field, but if you are looking to pay someone to do this kind of work, you need to be informed.

Do some research, and ask some questions;

1.Do they themselves, carry top positions in field they represent?

2.Do they have any real references? (It is not hard to get a top placement for keywords like "top used car salesman of year award", but it IS hard to get a top listing for something like "used cars") if they have helped sites get great listings for top keywords, then they know what they are doing.

3. Do they offer a guarantee or some other sort of compensation if they can't deliver?

These are just a few things that should be considered when hiring out for SEO work, and always ask for advice, if you don't know what you are doing. Your actions can make or break your website, and your business!

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Website Content If you don't utilize any of tips I've mentioned so far please make absolute sure you follow this. This is one of THE most important factors needed to increase online traffic. You must have quality content. I can't express exactly how important this is to targeted traffic you receive. Make sure content on each page is relevant to your site, to your title and meta tags and most importantly to your visitors. Don't have your title tag horses and make site about dogs. If your site is about horses, make sure you write about horses. Search engines love text. The more quality text you have better. Don't forget to have those keywords in your content!

Articles This tip always makes everyone run and hide when they see it. It's not really as hard as you think. Hopefully, your website is something you know about. So, if you know about it; write about it. Article writing is your own little arsenal for back links. There are tons of places online that you can submit your articles to for free. There are also tons of people out there searching for free content. It's a win-win situation. They get content and you get exposure. There is a list of places to submit your articles to located at http://www.mommyshelperonline.com/submit-articles-for-free.html

Be sure to include a bio at end of article. Include your Web site URL in bio. Make it a condition for free publication that article appears with bio and business link. A bio is a short paragraph about you, your business and of course a link to your website. You can view an example bio at end of this article. The good thing about article writing is that it establishes you as expert and therefore increases chances of people visiting your website.

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