Search Engine Optimization is the method and strategy of having your website highly ranked on search engines.

When I started my first company I remember being clueless about how to get my site ranked on the search engines. It turns out it is much harder than you think and is only becoming more difficult now that roughly half the world has their own website.

3 step breakdown on how to start planning your SEO strategy:

1. Build Content and be Patient.

Have a plan for your website. Take SEO into account when you start to build the framework of your website or blog. If you have a blog there are thousands of themes that focus on clear readable web layouts.

Know that nothing on the web happens without effort and patience. You could be competing with a website that has been around for 15 years and has thousands of incoming links that they have built up over time. Links don’t just happen, you must offer something of value to your audience.

2. Remember that SEO can become a full time job.

If you are not able to devote at least 10 – 15 hours per week to building up your SEO, then there are many services available that wont break the bank and can help boost your SEO.

Obviously our blog writing service is one example but there are many out there that will provide some needed assistance to help you start to see results.

3. Be active in your niche.

No matter what your website is about there are others who do it as well. Be the leader of those others. If its selling used vacuum cleaner parts then be the expert on used vacuum cleaner parts.

Join associations, follow others and befriend complimentary industries such as vacuum cleaner repairmen. In this sense you will promote each others business as well as benefit from each others service.

These actions will create valuable links that the search engine algorithms will recognize.

A link from a related industry website has more value than a link from your Facebook page.

If you focus your early days on these three strategies you will build a strong foundation for your future SEO strategies.

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