A few years ago you could put up a web page up and traffic would come. That is not the case anymore. If you want your online business to be successful, you must work to get it to be noticed by the search engines.
The ability to research topics and work hard to keep up with change.
Time.
Step1
Make a short list on key words your site uses allot. Like if your site was selling cleaning supplies, you would list common cleaning supplies and terms you would use to search for a site. I found a few systems to be useful, check my recourse at the bottom of the page for the links.
Step2
Link your site to other sites. Do not link it to sites that do not share common interests. For example you would not put a link for house cleaning supplies in the middle of a website made for Hunters.
Step3
Make sure your site has plenty of content and informational articles that support your key words.
Tips & Warnings
Do not put articles in your site that does not relate to your site. Search engines are getting smarter and will just skip over your page.
Just because you are getting highly rating with one site (such as Google or Yahoo) does not mean you are even showing in another search engine.
Comments
ursaminor said
on 5/21/2008 Good information. Thanks for doing the research. 5 stars.
GreenGardenChic said
on 3/23/2008 Good to know.
lovinlife said
on 3/7/2008 Yes. Informative!
joni123 said
on 2/29/2008 very informitive