Sunday, October 25, 2009

Ten Effective And Free Ways To Show Up In Search Results Of Search Engines

By Virginia Chou

If you are in a limited budget also there are many effective ways to show up your business website in search results of search engines and to drive free traffic to your website. Very successful online marketers have used the following methods to get their business off the ground to start generation sales.

Below I have listed some of the different ways to show up your website in search results of search engines.

SEO (Search Engine Optimization): Search engine optimization is the technique used to make your website appear higher in the search engine rankings. The objective of Search Engine Optimization is to increase web visitor counts by ranking very high in the results of searches using the most appropriate keywords describing the content of your site.

Some Quick Tips to Improve Your Site's SEO

1) Select the best keywords 2) Put your main keyword in your URL. 3) Put your keyword in the title on your home page. 4) Get incoming links using your main keywords is anchor text. 5) Link back to internal pages on your site using your selected keywords as anchor text.

Exchange Links with Partner Sites: It is a great idea to trade links with partner sites. Exchanging or trading links with other relevant sites, both of them could benefit from it. The efforts will beneficial both sides and it will generate doubly enhanced traffic. So try to find more partner sites and exchange links with them, but make sure your site in not like a link-farm, that would be even worse, usually 10 to 20 sites are good.

Pay per click (PPC Advertising): Pay per click is an advertising technique used on websites, advertising networks, and search engines. But cost is really big and it depends on lots of factors. First being it depends on which keywords you use and how many people click on your ad. Advertisers bid on keywords that they believe their target market would type in the search bar when they are looking for a certain type of product or service. The key to PPC marketing is to start out small and test. If you start getting the desired results then gradually increase your daily budget because you have a winner. If not, then look at your campaign and tweak your ad copy, your cost per click and your keywords.

Press Releases: A Press Release forms the very beginning of a public relations campaign. Press releases can bring high quality prospects to your site. You can optimize your press release for targeted keywords. When someone goes to Google or any other search engine to type the keyword, your press release can show up in the search engine results. As a result, prospects will have the opportunity to read your press release, and review your site.

Online Classified: An online classified ad is just like a classified ad in a newspaper with free of cost. The ad is usually two or three lines of text with a link to your website. There are hundreds of free online classified sites. Just do a search and you will find numerous choices.

Article Marketing: Article marketing is a very easy, low cost effective way to bring very high quality visitors to your site. Writing good articles and getting your articles posted in popular online article directories is the basic strategy here, and it does wonders for your credibility. You can optimize your articles for targeted and specified keywords so that they appear in the search engines when prospects search for your keywords. There are many places to distribute your content in the internet, so that you have the largest audience possible, reading your articles.

Facebook and Twitter Social Marketing: Facebook, twitter these social networking sites are not just for teenagers, it's an awesome place to network with many entrepreneurs who come here to begin building their own personal and business brand. Be yourself in these social networking sites, so you can attract followers and friends that resonate with you.

Blogging: The term blog is a short term for Web Log, and it describes a certain type of website surfacing across the internet for the last several years. A blog is like a website, but you can add your own content when ever you wish. Blogs can be about personal life, business life, or a combination of both. Your blog posts can show up in the search engine results of Google and Yahoo, for specific targeted keywords what were in your blog post.

Forum Marketing: Forum marketing is a simple and cheap way to establish you as an online authority figure. One good thing to always remember is that people buy from people they like and trust. Your job is just to be an effective participant by adding value to conversations that you are interested in. You are able to add a link to your website in your signature.

Video Marketing: Video marketing is everywhere anymore. More and more people are utilizing the power of video marketing on their website, in emails, and in online sites like YouTube. The possibilities are endless. To see and hear someone tell you about something is a very powerful marketing strategy.

Social Bookmarking and Social News: Allow your users to share your website so that your users will bookmark your site with popular online bookmarking services. Also submit your site into various social news sites as appropriate.

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