Comments on: Search Ranking Tips for Small Businesses

By: Gry

Gry — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:29:39 +0000

If your website is not in the first 10 results you’re basicaly screwed. Barely anyone looks past the first result page. So if yours is 32 it might as well be 30000 – noone will find it anyway.

By: smallbizbee

smallbizbee — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:43:38 +0000

@Alex
First off, thank YOU for sharing your expertise with our readers!

As for other topics, let’s ask the audience. If you can give me say 3-5 topic areas you’d like to write about I’ll run a poll here and on Twitter and we can have you back to answer the most popular of the topics you suggest…deal?

Matt

By: Alex McArthur

Alex McArthur — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:36:55 +0000

Thanks everyone for the kind words about the article.

@SmallBizBee I appreciate the offer to post again in the future. Any specific topics related to search marketing that you or your readers are most interested in?

By: smallbizbee

smallbizbee — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:55:28 +0000

@Rich
It’s certainly not a get rich quick endeavor, but it will pay dividends over time. Many people lack the patience and give up, long before their websites and blogs can begin working for them. But I totally agree with you there is no better medium to create a dialog with your customer than a website/blog.

Matt

By: smallbizbee

smallbizbee — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:53:45 +0000

@McLaughlin
You’re in an interesting position. Let us know how it goes for you if you try google maps for yourself.

Matt

By: smallbizbee

smallbizbee — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:52:55 +0000

@Luke
I’ll say that I am better off, and have saved thousands of dollars over the years by knowing a bit of HTML. It’s not that hard to learn and the effort you put in will pay you back in the long run.

Matt

By: smallbizbee

smallbizbee — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:51:32 +0000

@Stephen
As a blogger I don’t think we should fixate on keywords, but be aware of them. If you write in a conversational tone/style I think most keywords come naturally without the need to “stuff” the post with more. Taking a second look to make sure our posts have some keywords is definitely worth the effort though.

Matt

By: bizsugar.com

bizsugar.com — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:36:25 +0000

Search Ranking Tips for Small Businesses…

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By: Rich Dansereau

Rich Dansereau — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:00:33 +0000

These are some simple tips that most people could use. I think that many people believe they will pay $XXX to have a nice looking, though often poorly optimized site built for their business and they expect it will open the flood gates of cash flow. Even if a site is visually appealing and well optimized, it may take a period of time for the flood of business to happen. Once business is consistent and self-generating many business owners do not revisit their site on a regular basis to check the continual relevance and searchability of things like keywords that you mention. And letting a site’s blog die or fade away…just seems lazy to me. Blogs are such an easy way to create a dialogue with consumers and continually update your site with fresh relevant content. To me, if your blog dies, your site is not far behind.

By: McLaughlin

McLaughlin — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:33:45 +0000

I had a friend tell me the importance of getting on Google maps, but I live in the middle of nowhere (cross-roads in a forest), so I never really tried. I submitted my partners site, but never did more. Will have to look at that again.