Wednesday 18 September 2013

Is SEO Still Effective?

By Meagan Smith


While search engine optimization is often confusing for rookies, it is essential that you understand the concept if you have a website, especially if you depend upon that site for income. Using the proper tools can help to improve your rankings considerably. But the SEO game has changed a lot so make sure you follow the tips in this article.

There are many old things that are still working in the SEO world and I suspect they will not change no matter what Google does. For example the use of sitemaps, sitemaps have multiple purposes like being useful for visitors to find older content on your site. It also allows search engines like the Google spiders to crawl and index your content much faster than without a sitemap.

It's important your website stays clean and you always have the latest upgraded version, especially if you are using platforms like Wordpress. These days content is everything, is crucial that your content is valuable and not duplicate or spun articles. Search engines might penalized your site for having duplicate or spammy content.

Outsourcing your SEO efforts is something most people like to do to avoid the tedious tasks of building links to a site. Sometimes it can be very difficult to build quality links which is why most of us like to outsource the work to other people. You can also find many reliable SEO services online, just make sure you do your research and look for reviews and testimonials from other customers.

Right now quality and unique content is what most people are focusing on mainly because SEO has changed a lot and search engines no longer want duplicate, spammy content. If your content is good visitors will share your content and it will most likely receive more visitors and positive points from search engines like Google. Your SEO strategy needs to be applied by following the latest working methods and be ready to adapt to any future changes.




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