Archive for the ‘SEO’ Category

Do Site Owners Need SEO Education?

Monday, September 19th, 2011

In my career as an SEO consultant, I have come across some clients who have been very keen on learning SEO and something they can do on their own while few others think SEO is something as complex as rocket science. Both these extreme positions pose a problem for SEO companies.

I generally make a point to explain my SEO client on knowing what exactly SEO is and what all methods we adopt in a SEO campaign. We try to demystify SEO for a layman. This SEO education not only makes client wiser about SEO but also makes him appreciate our work. No longer does an enlightened client have an unrealistic expectations and deadlines. The best part is since the client understands his business better than us s/he will come up with great ideas, suggestions and insights which assist us a lot.

On the other hand there are some SEO clients who want to learn SEO more deeply. Such people insist on micromanaging the SEO campaign and sometimes try to takeover the campaign. A lot of such clients eventually try to attempt SEO campaign themselves. What they fail to figure out is that SEO consists of many activities which range from keyword research, on-page optimization, link building, content generation, social media, blogging and competitive analysis. True that the client will be able to handle some facets of SEO but it will be too much to expect him to undertake all activities himself at the expense of concentrating on his real business.

We at Enovabiz.in advocate a middle path where we welcome SEO education for our clients and close co-operation with clients which results in a SEO campaign which delivers great results for our clients each time!

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Checklist for conversion rate testing

Friday, September 24th, 2010

When you are looking to increase conversion rates on your PPC accounts there are some test that are important to carry out within Google website optimizer using the multivariate testing option.  Here is a comprehensive checklist to help you improve conversion rates on your pay per click campaigns:

Test 1 – Call to Action

Here you need to check the button colour, test the location on the page and also test different copy on the button.

Test 2 – Shopping Cart or Form

Check the length of form, how the link location works and also thoroughly test the content within the form

Test 3 – Headline

Test the overall size, font type and colour used.  The copy should be well tested using your keywords and decode via testing whether or not to use a subheading.

Test 4 – Copy

Test out various tones be it emotional, sales driven or urgent.  Look at the structure of your copy and compare minimal copy versus lots of copy.  Finally try bullets compared to paragraphs to see how this affects conversions.

Test 5 – Trust Symbols

Try combinations of case studies, testimonials, client logos and trust logos.

Test 6 – Additional testing elements

In addition to the above you can try the following elements:

•           Landing page colours, flash, images and videos

•           Contact forms

•           Types of navigation – drop down versus basic

•           Promotions and offers

•           Single conversion funnel or multiple

•           Product comparisons

•           Shopping cart funnel

At http://www.clickconsult.com we can assist in all elements of pay per click management and campaign analysis.

Don’t focus on PageRank

Friday, September 24th, 2010

PageRank has always been a watchword in the search industry. As soon as Google became the Big Thing in search, its patented system of assessing websites became an important thing to every site owner on the planet. Ignore PageRank at your peril, is the general message around the search engine optimization industry, whether Google SEO is at the centre of your campaign or not.

Yet PageRank isn’t the be-all and end-all for search. In fact, it’s not even the be-all. Many sites with low PageRank have managed to achieve search engine marketing success. It has emerged over the years that PageRank is exactly what it says it is on the box – a way of assessing sites. This doesn’t mean that it’s always going to factor in every representation of assessment on the search engines.

Site owners can end up in interesting positions in regards to PageRank. Focussing too much on it can be detrimental to the rest of your online plan. It’s important not to underestimate the importance of PageRank to your site, but also not to overestimate it either. You can talk to our experts at www.seoconsult.co.uk about PageRank and your site’s SEO plan.

Here are some things to remember about PageRank.

*PageRank tends to improve with links, but links don’t automatically improve PageRank. Site owners have been known to become obsessed with improving their PageRank, and concentrating only on their link profiles to this end. Links have a connection with PageRank, but they don’t guarantee a boost.

*A high PageRank doesn’t guarantee good placement in the SERPs. This is the most important thing to remember about PageRank. Ultimately, you want your site to be in a good position in the search engine results pages. If you have a top PageRank, but consistently get hidden on the second or third page of results for your keywords, your business is going to suffer. It’s important to remember that PageRank is one of hundreds of factors used in rankings. Search engine optimisation should be about getting your site viewed in the search results.

*Important sites are likely to get a good PageRank. Google does have a tendency to promote sites that are important in their field. If your site seems to have a central importance in your industry, you have a better chance of getting a good PR.

*Linking to sites with high PR may improve your PR. It’s been noted that links have some effect on PageRank. Pages with a good PageRank are better sources of links.

*A quality site is more likely to receive a high PageRank. One of the most grumbled about facts in SEO is the seeming unfairness of PageRank. A site that its SEO expert considers high-quality might not get a good PageRank, whereas a site that seems to be low-quality can get a good one. On the whole, however, quality is required for a good PR. The extra benefit of this is that a high-quality site is more likely to please your site users, and to get you decent rankings in the search engine results pages.

Phoenix SEO Company for HUGE website traffic!

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

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What is blogging?

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

A blog is basically a journal that is available on the web. The activity of updating a blog is “blogging” and someone who keeps a blog is a “blogger. A blog is a website in which items are posted on a regular basis and displayed in reverse chronological order. The term blog is a shortened form of weblog or web log. Authoring a blog, maintaining a blog or adding an article to an existing blog is called “blogging”. Individual articles on a blog are called “blog posts,” “posts” or “entries”. A person who posts these entries is called a “blogger”. A blog comprises text, hypertext, images, and links (to other web pages and to video, audio and other files). Blogs use a conversational style of documentation.