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The Big Three - Content, Keywords, and Inbound Links

Remember when building a new or maintaining a current website, content plays the most vital role along with keywords and inbound links. When done correctly, advertising dollars will be saved.

Author: Stacy Wells

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The wonderful world of website business has suddenly become a frenzy for those who vie organically in search engine results. Keeping up with the constant changes in the three big search engines is enough to weary those who want to remain competitive.

I have developed a great pessimism when faced with pay-per-click campaigns to promote a business. I have also researched cost-per-acquisition campaigns which seem to be more economically viable when dealing with a limited advertising budget.

However, despite the need for advertising, content and keywords relevant to the site are the desired results any successful web store owner should want. The third goal to strive for is inbound links also relevant to the store's content.

Content

Search engines are more likely to direct traffic to a website when the bots see more than just description tied to a product or service. For example, content rich sites possess detail which can be descriptive in paragraph format related to the search or educational shaping the viewer's perspective on a product or service.

Content should always be original. Search engines are now able to pick up on duplicated information which can lead to a site being penalized and not showing up organically in search-related results. So, keep in mind if you receive vendor information on a regular basis laced with ‘romance’, note to make changes in verbiage because your competitors are receiving the same information.

Keywords

Keywords are also very important. They tie your site to the relevancy of the subject matter on your site. Though content is likely the most important element driving traffic organically to your site, keywords can also help the customers find your site faster if specific to the queried results. Keywords are like the supporting structure reaffirming the content and the products or services on the site.

The average customer will stay on a site the maximum of four click throughs if they cannot find what they are looking for. Then, the site is abandoned. Here keywords are crucial especially using another mode to get people on the site – like the PPC campaigns. Money will be wasted if the keywords do not match the description accurately in the ad campaigns.

A lot of work and thought will go into the keywords for each page; so, plan on spending time researching what works best in relation to the site.

Inbound Links

Lately, the number inbound links to a site has become another important factor to keep in mind when building a website. Blogs, forums, articles etc. containing helpful or pertinent information about a related subject matter tied to a site with a hyperlink increase the ranking organically.

Writing for a site is quite intensive. Choosing to do it yourself or hire out is an option to consider. Please note, some companies will charge quite a lot ($6000) to write up to 15 articles a month. The problem of outsourcing is the lack of knowledge about the companies they write about causing the question of relevancy again.

About Author

Stacy is the webmaster for Shopper's Discount Outlet one of the Northwest's newest outdoor virtual stores. This article is free to republish provided this resource box remains intact.

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The Big Three - Content, Keywords, and Inbound Links