Researchers have found that when people arrive at a website, at least 50% of them will leave that website within 8 seconds. We want to make sure your website isn’t in that 50%!
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Here’s where all good SEO starts – optimising individual pages in a website to make them as attractive as possible to Google and Yahoo etc. It’s estimated that Google checks up to 200 onpage SEO parameters. And since Google keeps its ranking algorithms a secret, no one really knows what these checks are, or even if the estimate is anywhere near correct. But as long as you can apply the main on page SEO rules, you can begin to get your web pages to rank and draw traffic.
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What is a backlink?

One of the most powerful tools in our SEO arsenal is building lots of high quality backlinks to our client’s websites. But what exactly is a backlink?
A backlink is just a link on another website that leads to a page on your website. For instance, a link on this page to a page on another website would be a backlink for THAT webpage.
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Social Media is pure SEO gold

Today, people spend more time on Facebook, Twitter or other social network sites than on any other type of website – Google included! 

Aside from connecting people, social networks also provide fabulous online marketing and brand building opportunities.

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Social media networks Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter present active online marketers and people who simply want to generate better Google rankings with awesome opportunities for link building.
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Mobile Web usage is growing every day. The popularity of this service is one of the main reasons behind the smartphone’s dominance of the mobile communications market.

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Website promotíon is essential if your site is to be successful, and directory links can be used to improve your search engine listing. Link directories such as a website directory or article directory provide you two benefits:

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Paying for SEO seems to be a bitter pill for many business people, especially when they’ve just spent heaps on their new website. But if you want anyone to actually visit SEO is just a fact of life.

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Here is a brief overview from the merry team at Page One Consultants of what we can look forward to in 2011.

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Here’s the one owners of quality websites have been waiting for! Google has added a nifty new feature known as “Instant Previews” to its results page. This cool new app lets you preview your search results without having to click-through to visit the page – you get a large thumbnail glimpse of what the page looks like just by clicking on the Preview icon – sweet!

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When you built your first web site, didn’t you just want to promote it everywhere with big bold letters saying, “HEY EVERYONE! COME HERE AND LOOK AT MY WEBSITE! ISN’T IT GREAT?” Or, when you submit your web site to forums for web site reviews, what do you typically ask for? You may write, “Tell me what you think of my web site” or “Which color do you like better, blue or red?” or “Did I optimize for search engines properly?”

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From time to time we like to reproduce on our site some of the wisdom of the new economy’s leading light Seth Godin. Here a recent post of his. It’s worth a read…

Embracing the upcycle instead of the downcycle
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Visualize your site achieving top search engine results. Now imagine the wonder you would feel if your well-ranked website’s copy jumped off the screen, lodging itself in the mind of each site visitor and unconsciously causing every one of them to take the action YOU want them to take.

Writing for site visitors or writing for search engines is certainly not mutually exclusive.
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Website Design is an issue every business confronts. Most businesses looking to save money do it either by hiring a freelancer, a student, friend, or a design company. The process of web design can be expensive and extremely frustrating and lead to ongoing service fees.
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