Find out what you are up against on the web

When a client comes to VBWebSites seeking a re-design and optimization, we first start off by analyzing what they currently have. Then we look at page content and organization of the site. We further analyze their target keywords and phrases.

After we gather the keywords and phrases, I then go out and check the competition. Many people aren't aware on how to do this so I am going to tell you.

Lets take this key phrase for example at Google: how to come up in search engine or Click Here (by the way, as of today, VBWebSites holds 1st place!). Now, depending on where you are you may see slightly different results. Google has many many servers around the world and it takes time for all the servers to catch up with each other. Anyway, for me, The keyphrase how to come up in search engine is showing Results 1 - 10 of about 70,800,000. Now I know if i want to market "how to come up in search engine" then I am competing against about 70 million websites.  Go test your keywords / key phrases and see where you are in the results and most importantly see what you are competing against.

Seems like a hard task, right? We didn't even mean to do that and that's what makes it so much cooler. I noticed people were searching that exact term by analyzing my traffic reports, to the tune of about 1600 searches this week.

After you have a website setup correctly and setup tracking you too will see a trend of keywords and keypharses you never even thought about.

If your company is lacking a great website with logical search engine optimization, let VBWebSites help. Get a Quote

I have a ton of tips and tricks under my belt and will share them from time to time so follow this blog and follow us on facebook. After reading this, remember the most important factor in SEO, write clear "off the hip" content. You don't have to get very technical, just tell it like it is. Then look at your content and revise it a bit throwing in a few key words and key phrases. It takes time to prosper on the web.

November 2009 Newsletter

Each and every day there are new opportunities for your company on the web. We aim to enlighten you on the greatest web trends. Social Networking, the latest BUZZ. We have all heard of FaceBook, but are you using it? It doesn't much matter what you're services are or what you sell, Facebook is great way to brand and market what your company does and how your company is reflected. Facebook can also can open up many doors to your company & website.

We were lucky to attend an e-Conference that was held in Washington DC, The "Grow Smart Biz" Conference shared many key elements for the small business achieving positive results from the web. Read our Notes Here: Personality in Business , Brand Equity , Top 10 - Good SEO Tricks , Common Barriers. I promise it's a worthy read no matter how savvy you are and if you have made it thus far, you may as well.

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Always value what our website design and development customers say

We can't say enough about the endless hardwork that VBWebsites has put into the design and maintenance of http://www.harperhardwareandtools.com/. It has been a pleasure working with the VBWebsites' Team and we're looking forward to moving on to the next phase of development integrating puchout catalog for EVA via ARIBA Network.

VBWebsites has a firm grasp on search engine optimization which has been the key to driving sales to our website. We are excited about the progress thus far. It's refreshing to work with straight forward professionals that value the importance of educating the customer as well as providing them a quality product and service.

Tee Daniel
Vice President / Sales & Marketing
Harper Hardware, Co. Inc.
Richmond, Virginia