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Search Engine Marketing - No Panacea for Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

Probably every one of you who has a business and a website have been approached through email or personal contact, and asked to spend money on Search Engine Marketing (SEM). Search engine marketing is simply buying advertising for your business from Google or another search engine company.

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Many Websites Look Like Zombies to Google Search

Startup Professionals Musings

The solution is keeping your site alive and vital, and following basic search engine optimization (SEO) suggestions. Here are some high-value elements you need, if you hope to see your company on any page of results for relevant user queries: Relevant and constantly updated content. Create inbound and outbound links.

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Startups Stick with Organic vs Paid Search Results

Startup Professionals Musings

Their computers then cleverly merge your ads with search results when users search words imply an interest in your products. If you sell widgets, and a user is searching for widgets, your ad will appear on the first page of search results for widgets. This is NOT the same as Search Engine Optimization (SEO).

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Get Your Website Out of the Internet Dead Zone

Startup Professionals Musings

Search engines like Google depend on website HTML tags, inbound and outbound links, and relevant content to do its ranking and matchmaking, and hopefully get your company found and near the top of customer search requests. The solution is basic search engine optimization (SEO).

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Pour And Stir II – Managing Your Cost Per Customer

InfoChachkie

Unpaid Search – Never pay a consultant to help you achieve a higher search ranking. Such Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is modern-day snake oil. Thus, avoid link farms, mindless keyword content and similar techniques designed to make your site more Google friendly.

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