SEO Companies are not all bad

The answer to all these questions is yes. Can you do the seo work yourself? Definately. But although buying a few article blasts, web2.0 creations, directory submissions etc. may all help increase backlinks. They may have zero effect on your rankings or make a dent in your traffic stats. And this is because seo has become a little more sophisticated these days.

If you can create the right links at the right time and using the correct variety of anchor texts, then you can do it yourself. The problem is that most business owners do not have this knowledge, so maybe using a good seo company is worth doing in this case.

As to the question,  are seo companies just a rip-off? Well that is another yes, but only some. You see starting an seo company is as easy as knocking up a quick website and then becoming a reseller for all these low cost linkbuilding services that are floating around. If an seo company is set up this way then you may as well spend an hour doing it yourself and save on their markup. To find out if an seo company is real, do a little researc. How long have they been in business? Can they show some real results? Does their own website have good rankings for multiple keywords?

If you can get answers to all these questions then ask them what they will do if you hand over your hard earned cash. You would expect at the very least the following:-

Competitor analysis
Market niche analysis
A timetable and strategy of what they will do for you
Onpage checking and possible modification
Varied and timed link building
Content creation
At least monthly report
A contract that can be cancelled at any time.

If an seo company cannot (or will not) offer this then walk away and find another one. There seem to be hundreds around anyways!

So in summary, link building is easy and can be cheap. Unfortunately you will not kid search engines with these kind of practises anymore. A little more sophistication and effort will be required. The good news is that there are companies (us included) that have been around for a long time, have proven results and can offer cost effective and worthwhile results.

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Google Plus can give you an seo boost

One of the ways Google+ separates itself from the social media pack is its power to affect SEO. Google+ has something up their sleeve that the likes of Facebook and Twitter can’t compete with—Google+ links are dofollow links that carry PageRank and authority that Facebook and Twitter do not.

So any links you happen to share on social networks – Facebook and Twitter, are NoFollow links, in other words not so important for SEO ranking.

Two main areas where you can currently add links are in the Google+ posts and the “About Me” section.  The Google+ posts will give you a short term boost where you can post your latest news.

The ‘About Me’ area is a good place to talk about your business and drop a few links back to your website or blog. The links here will not change so become a more solid link with longer staying power.

So although we are all busy beavers, jump aboard Google+ for an seo boost.

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seo is a must nowadays

In the good old days, customers would find a service or product from the Yellow pages or see a company van driving around Essex and jot down the number. But the internet has changed. Now everybody Googles for their Essex service. Your website should be the equivalent of a salesman that works 24 hours a day and costs a lot less than the physical type.

The county of Essex is close to London, Kent and has easy access to important trading areas as well as the rest of the Country. Using seo you can target both customers from Essex and further afield . You want business from all over the Essex area but also to attract visitors from nearby that need your product or service.

Luckily for you many companies based and working in Essex do not realise the benefits of SEO just yet. Some companies and Essex businesses think they dont need seo. That is very wrong of course, all Essex businesses should have an SEO budget allocated. The good thing about local Essex seo is that you can target certain areas such as Harlow, or Southend, Basildon or Stanstead.

Although SEO companies are ten a penny, it is a minefield out there. You should find an seo firm that has a proven track record and walks the walk. SKS Services are based in Essex and work for many companies of all sizes and for any budget. Contact us now for an SEO service tailored for your Essex business.

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Get ahead by creating good content

Google’s algorithm is designed to promote and reward (with high rankings) good quality, content filled sites. Whilst penalising and de-indexing the low quality, spammy sites.

The questions Google ask, are ones that you as a website owner needs to ask as well. For example, “Would you trust the information presented in this article?” they also point to the importance of original content, asking, “Does the article provide original content or information, original reporting, original research or original analysis?”

Here is the ultimate question after writing on your website, “Would you expect to see this article in a printed magazine, encyclopedia or book?”

So there you have it. Rather than looking for the latest gimmick, trick or linking system. Just concentrate on content. Good content, original content and lots of it. Post regulalry and with good solid information. Then the links and traffic will come to you.

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Do some SEO today

Well now you can. We have put together some quick seo tips that will have your website purring like an seo’d pussycat.

1. Decide what you want to rank for

First off, decide what keyword or words you want to rank your homepage for most. If your a dentist in Wickford then Wickford dentists might be a good start. You can do a little keyword research to make sure browsers are loooking for your phrase. Now just make sure that phrase is in your Title tag and is mentioned a couple of times on your homepage. Make sure you put them naturally within your text.

2. Create a new page or a blog post for other keywords you want to rank for

Get writing new pages full of great info and concentrate each page on a search term your customers will be typing in. If you have a blog then a blog post with the keyword phrase in the title will work fine. Try to make sure you use 300 words or so and have your keyword phrase 3-4 times within the text.

3. Get Tweeting and Facebooking

Post links to your homepage and newly created pages using Twitter and Facebook. Ask friends, colleagues and customers to do the same for you. It creates backlinks and Google loves a social buzz about something.

Get everyone you know to link, post or write about you on their website

Everyone has a website, from multi national companies to Joe down the road with his blog. Ask for them to review, talk about or just link to your website using one of your keywords or phrases. Easily done and you can always return the favour.

So there you go. Stop procrastinating and get doing some seo today. This time next week you will be glad you did.

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Seo companies use an Essex seo supplier

Where do you go next? There are literally thousands of seo companies, charging from £10 to £3,000 and you confused and unsure. Once you are in this position, the best thing to do is ask for advice. Not get the hard sell from some seo snake oil salesman but just a bit of advice on where to begin and the best way to dip your toe into seo.

Even better than talking is to get a visit from someone that can give advice and then leave you to decide on your next move. That is why if your an Essex business looking for essex seo then you should contact us and make that first move.

Because we are based in Essex and have been in Essex for over 20 years, we understand how the county works, where the potential customers are and more importantly how they search for services and products. It doesnt matter if you are based in and sell exclusively to Essex residents or are a national, even international company.

We can advise on where to start seoing your website. From local Essex business directories to getting your onpage internal linking right. We will advise even if it means we get no business from you. Why do that? Because we know that when you do need additional work doing or want to move to the next level, you will hopefully come back to us.

So if your in Essex do the right thing and use a well established and successful Essex seo company.

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Google Panda update

The changes which are also known as the Panda update have affected websites in different ways, some gained rankings whilst others fell away to page umpteen oblivion. If your site saw a tumble then there is no point complaining about it. Google have a habit of not changing their minds.

The changes all boil down to one thing and that is quality. Many link farms, low quality sites with tons of copied content all bit the dust. But then so did established sites like Ezinearticles.com lost position as well.

Shallow sites that carry dubious content and allow anyone to publish anything have been hit. Some web2.0 properties that many use for seo have also suffered. Sites have basically been told to stop publishing low quality, small crap articles designed just to get search engine rankings.

It appears that sites such as those mentioned above also got hit because they allowed users to promote bad stuff such as pharmaceuticals, gambling etc. This has had an effect on the whole website which has got a good slapping.

It appears that low quality was hit but also the length (number of words) in the website content was also a factor. Is it a coincidence that Ezine are now upping the maximum word count for articles submitted?

So what can you do to achieve good rankings and avoid wasting your time? Well for a start write good quality content and post it on your own website or blog. Then post to select article and web2.0 sites that are still in vogue. Look at the length of the post, number of paragraphs etc. Add social networking features so your content gets tweeted on Twitter and liked on Facebook.

If you have a blog then people should be comenting on your posts. Are you linking out to other quality sites?

When it comes to backlinks then just make sure you diversify. If a particular area like article pages are suffering then your links from a Press Release may still be strong. For most people, this update will have no effect whatsoever and for the rest? Well they probably got what they deserved.

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lsi for seo

So in a nutshell, latent semantic indexing is how the search engines associate words that are all similar or related to a certain topic. As an example, your website may be about plumbing. Google knows that the page should also contain related words, such as boilers, leaks, bathrooms, 24 hour callout, repair leaks etc.

This lets the search engines know what your subject is and how to organise the search terms. It knows that all the related words are refering to plumbing matters and not shopping or anything else. Once you have a list of related words and phrases, put them on pages of your website.

To find these related words pop over to the Google keyword tool and find all the related words the search engine finds relevant to the term. Then just use the words and phrases from your list to write or rewrite your content.

So instead of using traditional keyword percentages and density, use related phrases. Increasingly search engines are including LSI into search algorithms to evaluate your website pages better. And many experts now say that sites optimised for keywords can even rank lower as they are falsely over optimised.

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GEt social networking to get more visits

The reason why is now clear if you perform a search on Google. They have always had a Social Search feature but it has now been ramped up. Now when looking at a standard search result you may be asked ” Results from people in your social circle for {search term here}.” This makes having contacts, friends and follows on all the social networks much more important.

Google say that:- “relevance isn’t just about pages – it’s also about relationships” so they are attaching a great deal more importance to social media and networking.

Imagine for example you sell sheds and have a Twitter and Facebook page on your website. You then blog about or tweet that your having a special offer on sheds this week. If anyone following you searches for sheds in Google, they may get your result on page one of Google simply because you are a contact of theirs.

This opens a lot of avenues for businesses that may not have the rankings they want. And also means you may find yourself getting a lot more friend requests.

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The changes come after mounting criticism that Google are not doing enough and presenting users with irrelevant search results thanks to the many websites that use blackhat SEO techniques to influence search results.

Google getting tough on spam

In a Google blog post, Matt Cutts head of anti-spam said that Google are making a series of changes to their algorithm in a bid to reduce the levels of spam in search engine results. He also said that websites that have original unique content will benefit from the changes, getting better positions in their rankings.

Writing in his blog, Matt Cutts said:-

This was a pretty targeted launch: slightly over 2% of queries change in some way, but less than half a percent of search results change enough that someone might really notice. The net effect is that searchers are more likely to see the sites that wrote the original content rather than a site that scraped or copied the original site’s content.

So it all sounds good in theory, but what about in practise. I can still search for many terms and find blatantly spammy sites that use all kinds of dodgy techniques to achieve high rankings. But maybe we should wait for the results to kick in before making judgements.

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