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A Quick Guide to Effective Website Optimisation

Overall design.
Try to include effective search engine optimisation concepts when planning and designing your website. There are certain design issues that you need to be aware of. These include trying to avoid frames, FLASH driven sites or designs with a lack of textual content.

Create an effective title.
Make sure that your title has keywords that represent your site effectively. For the most part the title should be short but always include your keyword(s).

Include important content in your pages.
The actual text on your website is very important. Search engines (spiders) read this to determine rankings. Some engines will place a higher rating of importance based on where they find the text in your page. Closer to the top is usually better, but having keywords throughout your page develops a “theme” and that too is important.

Good Content should be your number one priority.
Your quest for high placement must start with a good website. It is important to have a lot of text describing what you do. Use your keywords in the content, but don’t repeat them over and over. Many search engines rate sites based on ‘keyword density’. This is usually a formula that looks at META Keywords, words in your TITLE, words in paragraph text, words in links to other pages, and even words in the ‘ALT’ text on your images.

Don’t include too many images.
Many web pages are almost all images driven with little or no textual content. Search engines will typically only see the image name, for example ‘yourimage.jpg’, and ‘yourimage.jpg’ doesn’t go far in terms of content and relevancy.

Add Links to your web pages.
We can’t emphasis enough the importance of links, both from your page to other pages. First consider links on your pages. Make sure they relate to what you do (and keywords that are important to you). Links from others website’s. Some search engines place a very heavy rating of importance on how many other sites in their index have links to your website.

Finally and very importantly, don’t try to fool the search engines.
This is probably the biggest trap people fall into. People will always come up with ways to try and ‘fool’ the search engines, which may work for a little while. Eventually though the search engines wail discover these tricks and write routines that penalize sites that use this practice. Examples of this include, but are not limited to: repeating keywords over and over; using invisible text (white text on white background); using very small text to jam the keywords in a small area.

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Direct Submit & I Survey Software
Direct Submit are pleased to announce another new client. I Survey Software are a leading provider of Property Inventory Software applications for the property services sector throughout the UK. Direct Submit will be working to help the business achieve success in the search engines.

For clear advice on the range of Internet Marketing Services and Search Engine Optimisation Services available from Direct Submit call now on 0191 2673030.

Choosing and Researching Keywords
It can be difficult to choose the keywords that describe your company and its products or services so that users will see your website when they perform an online search. Obviously, you want people who are searching for what products or services you provide to find your website near the top of the search engine results pages, so how do you achieve this?

The answer is “by using keywords and key phrases in your website content.” These are the words that people type into search engines when they are looking for something.

Choosing and researching good keywords is a process that takes several steps that can essentially be broken down into the following stages:

Initial keyword Research
Have a brain storming session with your staff and, if possible, customers. Ask other people for ideas, too, including your family, try to get as many opinions as possible. You will often discover that what you consider your optimal key phrases are not those typically used by your customers.

Use Key Word Research Tools
There are several online keyword research tools that offer information about the number of times users perform searches for specific words. These can help you identify key phrases ‘related’ to your products or services that might help generate quality traffic to your website.

Selecting of Key Words
Use the research you have done and select the most appropriate key words that is likely to deliver the best results for your business. Note this may mean you choose a key phrase that isn’t the most searched for (which will probably be the most ‘competitive’ in terms of achieving a page 1 result on the web) but which will bring you high quality traffic in numbers that should help generate you business.

Analytics
After you’ve chosen your keywords and optimized your site, you need to perform measurements to see whether it’s delivering the amount of traffic and conversions you expected. You can use this information to make adjustments and refine your keyword strategy.

The above represents a fairly basic overview of choosing effective key phrases for your website and the web is full of more in depth articles and guides to help you.

For more information on choosing the right key words for your website call Direct Submit and see how we can help you make the most of your Internet project.

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Locating the MOT Testing Station
Direct Submit are pleased to announce they are working with yet another new client. MOT 4 Cars will help motorists find their local MOT Testing Station and, if required can send a text reminder to the motorist advising them their MOT Test is due. Direct Submit will be working to help the business achieve success in the search engines.

For clear advice on the range of Internet Marketing Services and Search Engine Optimisation Services available from Direct Submit call now on 0191 2673030.

Internet Marketing Services for your Business
Having your website found in the major search engines is important for many reasons. Increased sales opportunities, achieved by attracting quality traffic to your website. Increased branding opportunities for your product or service and a higher market profile for your business.

The typical range of Internet Marketing Services may include the following:

- Keyword Analysis
- Meta tag Optimisation
- On Page Optimisation
- Manual Submissions to the Major Search Engines & Directories
- Search engine submission
- Link Popularity Development
- Monthly Ranking Reports
- Dedicated Account Manager
- Application of Google Site Map

Internet Marketing – A Great Opportunity
Every day millions of people use search engines to find a product or service on the Internet. Can your potential customers find your web site in the leading Search Engines? If not, you’re missing out on the local and global audience of customers who could be visiting your web site and, potentially at least, providing your business with new orders.

There are many Internet Marketing companies in the UK and beyond who provide a diverse range of Internet Marketing solutions. These ‘SEO Services’ are designed to get your business or service noticed in the major search engines such as Google and Yahoo.

Direct Submit are a leading UK Internet Marketing and Search Engine Optimisation company who offer services including Website Optimisation, Search Engine Submission, Pay Per Click, Optimised Web Design, Website Management services and more. If your website can’t be found on the World Wide Web, then you are missing out on a potentially huge market place.

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Marketing Property in Newcastle
Direct Submit are pleased to announce they are working with one of Newcastle’s foremost estate agents, Andrew Lawson, who specilise in Student Accommodation in Newcastle and properties for sale and rent in Jesmond, Newcastle and the wider North East region.

For clear jargon free advice on the range of Internet Marketing Services and Search Engine Optimisation Services available from Direct Submit call now on 0191 2673030.

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Far Better Gifts Online Shop
Direct Submit are pleased to announce they are working a new client. Far Better Gifts are a leading online provider of gifts for men and gifts for women in the UK gift market place. They have recently ventured into the world of ecommerce and specialize in gifts such as Children’s Jewellery boxes, Swarovski Candle Holders and Metal Wall Art. Direct Submit will be working to help the business achieve success in the search engines.

For clear advice on the range of Internet Marketing Services and Search Engine Optimisation Services available from Direct Submit call now on 0191 2673030.

Choosing and Researching Keywords
It can be difficult to choose the keywords for Internet Marketing that describe your company and its products or services so that users will see your website when they perform an online search. Obviously, you want people who are searching for what products or services you provide to find your website near the top of the search engine results pages, so how do you achieve this?