The major search engines, especially Google and Yahoo, in many ways control a vast amount of the internet. Search engines have become gig business and at first glance it might not seem so, but when you consider the sheer amounts of traffic search engines get, then Google's share price starts to make more sense. Search engine placement for marketing purposes is indeed a very smart way to market online.
In many ways the search engines controls and directs which websites will get the most traffic. Each search engine has their own 'secret weapon' which is their 'robot' - the algorithm that determines which sites will get high search engine placements. Although many people speculate as to what these robots are looking for, very few people actually know how these complicated algorithms determine which sites will get the best placements. When it comes to search engine placement marketing, the worse thing you can do is not to get sucked into 'the latest' tactic for getting high search engine placements.
Search engine placement marketing taps into a strategy that I call F.A.T which is an acronym that sums up why search engine placements are so effective as a marketing strategy. Here's what F.A.T stands for:
F = Free. Search engine traffic is free.
A = Autopilot. Once you are listed you will continue to get traffic without any more work or maintenance.
T = Targeted. Traffic you get from search engines are highly targeted and this translates directly to higher sales and conversions on your website.
There simply isn't any better or more effective and efficient form of traffic than the search engines. The real challenge however with search engine placement marketing is in getting a top placement. Being stuck on page ten of Google's search results will bring you very little traffic. Most people give up after the second page of search results. You got to get yourself on at least page one or two of the search results to really tap into the power of F.A.T marketing.
So, how do you get yourself to the first two pages of Google's search results? Well, several books have been written on the subject, but there are no hard and fast rules. The search engines are continuously engineering their algorithms to be more effective. Remember that the search engines provide a service and the better and more relevant their search results, the better their service. The better their service the more popular they are and the more money they make with advertising. When you do search engine placement marketing you got to keep one primary idea in the forefront: RELEVANCE.
If you want to rank well with the search engines you got to think like they do and that is to provide valuable and relevant information that real people (not just robots) are searching for. As a general rule, if people like it, Google will catch on and also like it. Although there are many strategies for getting top search engine rankings, not all of them are a good idea. Many 'black hat tricks' only lasts for a short while and often you will get your site banned when found out. To be highly effective at search engine placement marketing in the long term, you got to focus on highly relevant content that real people are actually looking and searching for.
If you look at the internet on a global scale then it really is still in it's infancy. Most of the third world are still deprived of this privilege. In the coming years the internet will only keep expanding and so will the search engines and their control over traffic on the internet. All your efforts on getting high search engine placement, marketing with the search engines and developing quality content will ensure your long term success.
When you market online, think F.A.T. Not only will this boost your current results, but it will ensure sustainability for your online business. Getting top search engines placements are tough, but well worth it and more often than not, your results will exceed your expectations. Search engine placement marketing is still the most effective way to consistently drive high volumes of targeted traffic to your website.
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