Search Engine Optimization

Search engine optimization basically means making your website as pleasing as possible to the various search engines on the internet to get you the highest possible ranking when somebody comes looking for something in your field. Sound confusing? Well, there are a lot of people out there who claim to be experts in search engine optimization. Unfortunately, not many of them are. But there are those who do this type of work for a living and can give you some great advice on the subject.

Below are some places to go to learn about optimization. Further down are the names of some optimization professionals you can pay to take care of it for you. (Click here to learn how to get your site listed quickly with pay-per-click search engines.)

1. Search Marketing Lab
The Search Marketing Lab can show you how to really get your website to the top of the organic search engines. They have video tutorials and a monthly newsletter that gives you updates with any new SEO information to make sure you stay on top. See all of their features in my video review.



2. Webposition
Webposition is a great piece of software that offers many of the tools necessary to improve your web site's search engine rankings. It will do a lot of the tough work in search engine optimization for you. You can also sign up for their MarketPosition Newsletter which will keep you updated on the latest online business trends. See all of Webposition's features in my video review.



3. SEO Elite
SEO Elite is a downloadable program that you can use for optimizing your website for the search engines. For proof of how well it works, go to Google and type in "search engine optimization software" or "seo software" and see where their website ranks for those keywords. Click play to hear my audio review.


4. Traffic Geyser
Traffic Geyser is simply incredible. Believe it or not, search engines love video. Especially now, as video sharing sites become more popular by the day. Traffic Geyser is the perfect tool for getting your video ads uploaded to all of the major video sharing sites quickly and easily. It even has a tool for creating your own videos without having to ever touch a camera. Follow their easy instructions and you could have your site at the top of the search engines in no time. Now's the time to enter this growing market.


5. StomperNet
StomperNet would be a lot higher on this list except for the fact that their service isn't always available. They teach search engine optimization to their customers, but only so many at a time. So they open up their service for a limited time, accept a certain amount of clients, and then work with them only for a select period of time.

But you can sign up for their weekly newsletter and they'll send you really good information about search engine optimization and business building. Plus, if you get on their newsletter list, then you'll be notified about when they start accepting new customers.


6. Site Pro News
Site Pro News is a free newsletter and webmaster resource site. Get the latest updates on everything that's happening in the world of search engine optimization from some of the most knowledgable people on the internet. Click play to hear my audio review.


7. SearchEngineHelp.com
SearchEngineHelp.com has an ebook with a lot of tips on how to improve your search engine ranking called "The Unfair Advantage Book on Winning the Search Engine Wars". This book is very good and they update it every month with new information and new strategies for getting your website to the top of the search engines.


8. XML Sitemaps
XML Sitemaps isn't a search engine optimization tool exactly, but they can help you create sitemaps for your website that you can upload to your Google Webmaster Central account. Using a sitemap is the fastest way to get your website indexed by Google or any of the other search engines. You can type up your sitemaps yourself, but it's a lot easier to have it done for you, especially if you make a lot of changes to your website regularly, and need to update your sitemap regularly. XML Sitemaps if free to use, so give it a try and see what you think.


9. Secret Spider Generator
Secret Spider Generator works the same way as XML Sitemaps above, except that it is a piece of downloadable software that you run from your computer. It quickly creates sitemaps for your websites that you can upload to your Google Webmaster Central account.

10. Search Engine Optimization Professionals

You may prefer to have this work done for you by one of the professionals.This will be much more expensive, but can be worth it if you don't have the time to take care of it yourself. There are a lot of self-proclaimed experts out there who aren't experts, so be careful. I recommend the three companies listed below. They get some of the best results I've ever seen. You won't be disappointed with their work.

Submit Plus offers a few different optimization services. You can use them each separately, or get one of their package deals. You can also use their full service where they will take care of everything for you.

International News Media has some of the most innovative and technologically advanced digital marketing programs and online properties ever assembled. They get fast results.

BizAtomic offers many tools for ecommerce, website content management, and promotion.

A Note about Incoming Links
Remember, links from other websites help your search engine rankings. One of the best ways to get people to link to your site is through an affiliate program. Click here to learn more about how an affiliate program works.

A Note About Blogs
You can also increase your search engine ranking by starting your own blog. Click here to learn about a great course called "Blogging for Dollars" that can show you exactly how to turn blogging into a top search engine ranking.