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By Drew Barton
If you are not doing so already, you’ll want to make sure you’re included in the top search engines and directories. Millions of dollars each year are spent to make sure sites are properly indexed and promoted in the many search engines. However, you don’t need to spend anything to appear in the top search engines.
Many search engines will find you anew if fresh content appears on your site; they reward you for this through updated links.
In addition to the search engines, you’ll want to see that your product is part of a larger marketplace. You’ve probably heard of some of these channel marketplaces, like eBay, CraigsList, and Froogle.
If you sell a service, make sure you are listed in service directories and online guides that help people find services. Many of these directories are free.
By increasing the number of sites that link to yours, you can dramatically increase the number of visitors – and hopefully, the number of sales, too.
Publish or Perish
Content is king in the search engine game. Be sure to have great, relevant copy on the pages of your Website. Search engines will reward you greatly.
If you’re wondering why you’re not prominently featured in the search engines for your term(s) of choice, review your Website for that keyword. Your site should be replete with the keywords that are important to your business.
To help facilitate your generation of copy (text), you’ll want to consider adding a blog to your site to add more content to your site frequently. A blog, or Weblog, allows you to add more content to easily add content; you may even want to blog daily. You can use the blog as a business diary of sorts, or provide news and updates about your business or about related items that may interest your clients and potential clients.
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