FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS




Q: What is Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
A: SEO defines your website so that it is ranked on the Internet search engines. It is the process of improving the volume and quality of traffic to a website from the search engines by way of organic (non-sponsored) search results for targeted keywords and key phrases.

Q: Can I use Flash on my website?
A: Flash must be embedded Flash in order for the search engines to read your website. A site designed in Flash cannot be optimized.

Q: What is Social Media Marketing
A: Social media is the online social networks for communities of people who share interests and activities, while social media technology includes an assorted array of online communications hubs driven by users: Internet forums, message boards, blogs, podcasts, wikis, and videos.  Picture-sharing, vlogs, wall-postings, email, instant messaging, and music-sharing are also forms of social media.

Q: What is Link building?
A: Link building is an offsite web optimization technique that boosts your search engine presence and generates buzz about your website. The most important offsite optimization tactics are link building via links pointing to your site from other sites on the Web. Links to your website are the trump card for higher search engine rankings, and it is one of the most important steps for top placement with the search engines.

Q: What is a keyword analysis?
A: A keyword analysis is a report of the words that have a significant value to improve your search engine rankings. Keywords lead search engine users to your website.

Q: What are website analytics?
A: This process analyzes the behavior metrics that are gathered from visitors to your website, which can be reviewed and analyzed to determine the number of visitors and their behavior on your website. Analytics can be used to tweak marketing or Customer Relationship Management (CRM) programs to increase the dollar volume each customer spends.

Q: What is Content?
A: Content is written subject matter about a specific topic. Content on the Internet must be written differently than for print, and to get people to your website, your content must have keywords and phrases embedded for search engine optimization purposes.

Q: What is a blog?
A: Blogs first came about on the Internet when they were known as Weblogs. Blogs initially were a personal place on the Web where people could write about their thoughts about various topics.  Blogs then were adopted by the corporate world as a marketing tactic to increase visibility and communication between a company and its customers. Updated blogs, more than two to three times per week, also provides an excellent tool for better SEO.






Internet Statistics

The workforce of the U.S. is becoming more multicultural, more female, and more Hispanic – and must embrace innovation to become globally competitive.

LinkedIn is registering 250,000 to 300,000 executive profiles a week—and 23 million businesspeople total.

By the year 2025 the Internet has become the largest global network for ideas, commerce, health care, and education.

Sources: BtoB, The Extreme Future






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