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Frequently
Asked Questions about Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
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What
is a Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Campaign?
A Search Engine Optimization (SEO) campaign is a web marketing effort
that customizes elements of the website while using external tools to
achieve the highest possible Search Engine Ranking Position (SERP) for
key phrases best describing what the site has to offer. A campaign may
include Website Optimization, Search Engine Advertising or Organic Search
Engine Optimization.
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What
is Search Engine Advertising?
Search
Engine Advertising is a non-organic Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
strategy which will potentially improve the site's traffic through financial
contribution to the primary / core engines by using PPC campaigns. The
listing will appear within the right result bar along with other paid
advertising and will NOT appear within the "real" Search Engine
Ranking Position (SERP) results.
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What
is Organic Search Engine Optimization?
Organic
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a campaign which will improve the
site's Search Engine Ranking Position "SERP" rating without
any financial contribution to the primary / core engines. The listing
result WILL appear within the left "real" result sector along
with other non-paid organic results.
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What
is Search Engine Result Position / Placement (SERP)?
Search
Engine Ranking Position (SERP) refers to a website's numbered ranking
in a related keyword or key phrase search.
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Which
Search Engines will my Search Engine Optimization "SEO" Campaign
focus on or target?
Organic
Search Engine Optimization focuses on major engines driving the majority
of traffic on the Web. At the moment the major players are the "GYM"
engines: Google, Yahoo and Microsoft.
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Can
I select my own key phrases and keywords?
Yes.
We welcome key phrase and keyword suggestions. If the suggested key
phrases are too general and therefore don't fit into a long-tail marketing
approach, our Search Engine Optimization Specialist will suggest a set
of slightly different key phrases, taking into account the fine balance
between searchability and the site's online competition.
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How will
I know how my Search Engine Optimization (SEO) campaign is progressing?
The
Entrepreneur Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Package will provide you
with quarterly Search Engine Ranking Position (SERP) reports. These reports
will be used to make slight adjustments to the campaign in order to achieve
the best possible results within the time-frame of your campaign.
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Why would
I need to receive quarterly SERP reports? Why can't my rating stay the
same?
Core
engines work on frequently updated algorithms. Algorithms are indexing
methods set by the engine to provide the best possible search results.
Due to these changes results will naturally fluctuate. Your results will
also depend on the Search Engine Optimization (SEO) efforts of your online
competition. It would be foolish to assume that a Search Engine Optimization
(SEO) company could interfere with the algorithms of search engines or
manipulate the websites of other companies. A great Search Engine Optimization
(SEO) company will never make such a statement, but instead will closely
monitor its campaigns and will adjust as required to any algorithm changes
while keeping a close eye on your online competition.
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Why is
it dangerous to hire an SEO company that guarantees top listings at all
times?
Please
read the previous answer first. As you can see, Search Engine Ranking
Position "SERP" results will naturally fluctuate. Stable results
can only be achieved by using unethical black-hat Search Engine Optimization
(SEO) strategies like keyword stuffing, cloaking, hidden inputs, meta
tag spam etc. This type of conduct may result in disqualification from
core engines. Reinstating your site's inclusion to the core engines after
disqualification is nearly impossible. Most Search Engine Optimization
"SEO" companies making use of such methods will indicate within
their "fine print" that they will not be responsible for any
engine disclosure.
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Why will
my Search Engine Optimization (SEO) campaign last one year?
Reaction
time and crawling intervals of the engines to site changes vary. XML sitemaps,
created for you within the Entrepreneur Package, will help this process
along, but even the acceptance of such sitemaps will take weeks. Continuous
and frequent adjustments to the site will result not only in a sudden
peak in Search Engine Ranking Position (SERP), but also a longer and consistently
satisfactory Search Engine Ranking Position (SERP), resulting in overall
increased target-marketed traffic.
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Can I
continue my campaign after a year?
Yes.
Continuing your campaign will reduce the chances of a slow but unavoidable
decline of your Search Engine Ranking Position "SERP" results.
After your first year of campaign, discount opportunities are also available.
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| What
can I do to further improve my Search Engine Result Position (SERP)?
The set-up
of referral links or back links will increase your site's Page Rank
(PR) rating. PR ratings are one of the many factors that engines consider
when rating your site. The links should be provided to you only by relevant
sites which have themselves the highest PR rating as possible.
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