SEO - Search Engine Optimization
So it is the methods, tricks, strategies, and ......
Now you have question in your mind, "WHY ON THE EARTH I SHOULD OPTIMIZE FOR SEARCH ENGINE".
The answer is simple. Ask yourself a question "why do I write blog or create website? The answer is for people around the world to see / read.
Yes, but it is likely that there are millions of blogs / websites dealing with the same subject. How do the potential reader knows that you have a site that deals with a subject which is of an interest to he or she.
Most of the time your potential reader is going to "SEARCH" for the information. How do he/she search? Use search engines. Using keyword or keyword phrases. And there are many search engines around. But we all know the dominant one is Google and may be followed by Yahoo.
Let say your potential reader use search engine and still cannot find your site, then your site "does not exist". You site is not visible.
One more important point to note: Most people trend to stay with the first page of the search results.
Simply put you should optimize the site or blog such a way, when a relevant keyword is searched, your site should be in the first page (top 10). SEO encompass the actions required to achieve that.
Lets not forget about the money involved. Let say you are (i bet you are or will be) using adSense or other advertisement oriented services to make money through your site. Then you want high traffic to your site. SEO is critical to bring traffic to your site (not necessarily mean more money).
That's all on the definition why you need to do SEO.
Links:
There is nice write up about search engines, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_search_engine
Yes, but it is likely that there are millions of blogs / websites dealing with the same subject. How do the potential reader knows that you have a site that deals with a subject which is of an interest to he or she.
Most of the time your potential reader is going to "SEARCH" for the information. How do he/she search? Use search engines. Using keyword or keyword phrases. And there are many search engines around. But we all know the dominant one is Google and may be followed by Yahoo.
Let say your potential reader use search engine and still cannot find your site, then your site "does not exist". You site is not visible.
One more important point to note: Most people trend to stay with the first page of the search results.
Simply put you should optimize the site or blog such a way, when a relevant keyword is searched, your site should be in the first page (top 10). SEO encompass the actions required to achieve that.
Lets not forget about the money involved. Let say you are (i bet you are or will be) using adSense or other advertisement oriented services to make money through your site. Then you want high traffic to your site. SEO is critical to bring traffic to your site (not necessarily mean more money).
That's all on the definition why you need to do SEO.
Links:
There is nice write up about search engines, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_search_engine
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