Search Engine Optimization

How do search engines find your website? Many business owners struggle with getting their websites listed in Google because they simply don't understand how search engines work. In this post we'll be take a beginners look at how search engines work, how they find your website, and what you can do to attract their attention.

Google's policy that linking should be for editorial purposes only, and not to improve your search engine rankings has been pretty consistent for nearly a decade. There have always been gray areas, that have been open to interpretation and debate. Sometimes tactics that were perfectly fine and considered acceptable, will be abused, and be frowned upon by Google. These edge tactics can put you on the receiving end of an "Unnatural Links" warning letter in your inbox, followed by dramatic decrease in traffic.

There’s an often used line in the internet marketing industry: Content is King. This means that the site that has the best content for its intended user base is going to garner the most rewards. Higher CTRs (Click Through Rates), revenue, goal conversions, keyword rankings are all possibilities. In this article we'll discuss how to find out if your website is hitting the mark and is truly relevant content for your users.

When your website is your only business presence it is even more important to ensure that your website is fully optimized. This article is the first in a series discussing aspects of site optimization and what Active Web Group can do to help your site to gain traction in the Search Engine Result Pages (SERPs). One of the aspects of a website that will impact it’s rankings and must be inspected is a site’s link structure.