Definition of SEO

Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the volume and quality of traffic to a web site from search engines via "natural" ("organic" or "algorithmic") search results.

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Solidsnake

Banned 18 years ago

Originally Posted by MommyEnterprises

How do you define SEO?

Search Engine Optimization means making your site get listed on top of search engines... a competition with other webmasters..

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Richardo

18 years ago

SEO services do help in bringing more traffic

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dburk

18 years ago

Originally Posted by SEO.Expert

The results of search engine optimization helps to drive targeted traffic from search engines, and can completely eliminate the need for paid advertising services.

I think that may be a bit of wishful thinking, but I thank you for trying convince my competitors.

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- zoobie 18 years ago
  
  I don't agree seo.expert. pay advertising will increase your credibility in search engines and you never what kind of keywords are in untapped waters where there are no competition....and PPC is a way to test the water before you jump in and optimize the keywords.
  
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  dburk 18 years ago
  
  Hi Brett,
  
  I have often found that the bulk of the business for any niche typically goes to those sites that are aggressively advertising.
  
  I suppose if you have a weak offer or a poorly optimized landing page, your business model may not be able to support advertising.
  
  If you are content to leave all that extra profit to us advertisers, then all I can say is "Thanks!"
  
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  strauss 18 years ago
  
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  Thinkfast 18 years ago
  
  Good SEO means complete satisfaction for your websites.
  
  Means if you have good PR, Good position in SERP and also getting good volume of traffics then you can say, yeah i am working on my site as a perfect SEO
  
  SEO == Happy Webmasters
  
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  seoexpert2009 18 years ago
  
  SEO = Search Engine Optimization
  
  * Refers to the "industry" that revolves around obtaining high rankings in the search engines for desirable keyword search terms as a means of increasing the relevant traffic to a given website.
  * "SEO Professional" refers to an individual or company that optimizes websites for its clientele.
  * "SEO Firm" refers to an individual/firm that focuses on optimizing for "organic" search engine rankings
  
  Why are Search Engines important?
  73% of New Web site visitors will reach a site from a Search
  
  Why websites should be Optimized?
  93% of searchers Do Not go past the 2nd page of Search Results
  
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dburk

18 years ago

Hi Stefani,

SEO - Search Engine Optimization is the process of improving ranking in search engine results.

I like Wikipedia's description: Search engine optimization is the process of improving the volume and quality of traffic to a web site from search engines via "natural" ("organic" or "algorithmic") search results.

Now a' days, most SEOs like to break it down into On-page and Off-page optimization. Off-page techniques aren't really SEO, but since it does improve a websites ranking in SERPs they are easily able to get away with calling it that. Personally, I call this promoting your website because that's what it is. In fact, any type of website promotion that brings quality targeted traffic to your site will tend to generate natural backlinks (the best kind) and improve your SERP results.

What many SEO folks don't realize is that Off-page techniques often bring more traffic directly to their website, bypassing the search engines all together. It's a bit of a stretch to call this SEO when search engines are not even a part of the traffic source. Even so, it's a generally accepted as part of SEO.

There is another area of search engine marketing that many SEOs overlook, particularly those that tend to focus mainly on off-page marketing. That is the quality of their listing in the search engines. It's not much good to get a top listing if your listing turns most searchers off. What a waste of potential traffic.

You need to write compelling meta tags, both your title and description tags do all the heavy lifting when it comes to CTR for your search engine listing. This is something that PPC advertisers know all too well and many "SEO only" folks tend to overlook.

If you've kept up with the latest changes, you are aware that search engines, Google in particular, are using behavior metrics as part of their algorithm. This makes your organic listing CTR of paramount importance, yet how often do you hear of a "Professional SEO" consultant that is actually attempting to measure and track this metric?

Many website owners understand the importance of Time on site, average page views and bounce rates, yet how often do you see this as part of a SEO consultant's tactics?

Sure, you can use website promotion to generate lots of targeted traffic to your website, but if your NOT optimizing all aspects of the website for search engines, should it really be called Search Engine Optimization? Maybe we should call it "Search Engine Promotion" or better yet "Website Traffic Promotion" since so much of the benefit has nothing to do with search engine traffic.

Now don't get me wrong, there is a certain aspect to building backlinks that definitly IS SEO and that's the anchor text aspect of your backlinks. This should not be ignored, but if that is all you work on, then maybe it should be called semi-optimization.

To be optimal, you need to address all aspects of optimization, otherwise I think it only fair that we call it SSEO (Semi-SEO).

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WebSlicers

18 years ago

I guess the next question would be:

"How do you do SEO?"

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dburk 18 years ago

Originally Posted by WebSlicers

I guess the next question would be:

"How do you do SEO?"

:rolleyes:

Very well, thank you.

Sorry, couldn't resist. :p

I know you asked sarcastically, but if anyone really wants to know, just read this forum on a daily basis.
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- WebSlicers 18 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by dburk
  
  Very well, thank you.
  
  Sorry, couldn't resist. :p
  
  I know you asked sarcastically, but if anyone really wants to know, just read this forum on a daily basis.
  
  Haha... I thought of that, too, when I sumbmitted that post.
  
  Nope, it wasn't sarcatically asked. It was a genuine question, actually. And yeah, reading the posts here on a daily basis will definitely give you answers.
  
  Thanks, though.
  
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Originally Posted by WebSlicers

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