Internet: Website Promotion – Writing Articles May Be Better Than Hiring SEO Firms

Website Promotion – Writing Articles May Be Better Than Hiring SEO Firms

Written by Charles Essmeier

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But what about hiring a search engine optimization (SEO) company? Can’t you hire someone to promote your site for you? Yes, you can. These companies will modify your site to make it more search engine friendly, and they may recommend some other promotion techniques, such as pay-per-click advertising. Depending on your financial situation and repparttar

amount of free time you have, such companies may represent a good investment. Unfortunately, there are also unscrupulous Website promotion companies out there, and there seem to be more of those than legitimate ones. I got a call just last week from one such company that promised to place my Website at repparttar 143097

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first page of Google’s search results. They also promised to provide thousands of links to my site. I declined their offer, but did some research on repparttar 143099

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last year, they’ve used hidden link, hidden code and other techniques that search engines don’t like, they’ve built Web pages that plagiarize from other sites and they’ve done work that results in their clients being blacklisted from repparttar 143101

major search engines.

These things weigh heavily against their promise of having thousands of links that point to my site. I see no reason to pay thousands of dollars for a service that may obtain links for me or may get my site blacklisted on repparttar 143102

major search engines. I’d rather save my money and obtain repparttar 143103

links myself by writing and publishing articles. It’s safe, fast, and inexpensive. And it works.

©Copyright 2005 by Retro Marketing. Charles Essmeier is the owner of Retro Marketing, a firm devoted to informational Websites, including End-Your-Debt.com, a site devoted to debt consolidation and credit counseling, and HomeEquityHelp.com, a site devoted to information regarding home equity loans.

The Hidden Fortune in Website "Stats"

Written by Jim Edwards

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It does you no good to attract general traffic to your site - you want unique, targeted visitors actively seeking your product or service.

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If someone won't give you a valid email address, chances are they won't give you their credit card to make a purchase either.

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Sales - repparttar 143098 number of sales as compared to unique visitors represents your most critical statistic because it tells you whether or not you've made a profit.

For every hundred visitors to your site, how many sales do you make and how much money do you net?

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