September 17, 2011

Want to Optimize your Facebook Page for SEO…here are the Tips

Do you know… Facebook is currently the most heavily used Social Networking platform in the world, and to add to this is the fact that over 83% of web users from across the globe mention Facebook as their choicest Social Networking Site. Also worth noticing, is the fact that the platform which was created with the intention of allowing people to interact with others and socialize, today has become an important business stream too.

We all know, Facebook Page for an organization or an individual  is probably the best medium for connecting with its existing and prospective customers, past employees and future associates. However, one thing that not many of us are aware of is the fact that Facebook Profile is also capable of ranking (and ranking high) in the Search Engines, next to your website or blog page (thus promoting the brand/products/services/organization etc). Hence if you are looking for business promotion then it is necessary for you to optimize your Facebook Page for Search Engine Optimization.

So today, we will discuss some tips and tricks which will help you in optimizing your Facebook Page to get it right with SEO, have a look below:

a- Make a Custom URL- Facebook now allows us to create a customized Facebook URL and so we must make the best use of it to reap its benefits. Hence make sure to create a customized/custom URL for your brand’s/organizations’/products’/services’ Facebook page. If you had earlier  created an URL which has random words then now you can also customize it to create a more relevant and suitable URL which will help Facebook users in finding your profile easily while conducting searches.

b- Add content snippets with redirect link- Always remember, your Facebook page or account is not just a platform for social interaction, but is also a knowledge repository for many. An information hub which helps people in getting relevant information about you/your organization/brand/services etc. Hence, it is advisable for you to put some information in form of content. This content could be of your blog post, articles, press releases or lines from your web page…etc However, do not put the entire content. The best way is to put one or two lines, some keywords, gist and there you can place a redirect link, which when clicked will take the visitor to that blog, article, press release or web page etc. This will also act as the source of inbound link and additional traffic to your web page.

c- Pay equal respect to every section- When it comes to Facebook; it is not only your wall that matters… besides your wall, you also need to pay attention to other aspects like Info Tab etc. Info Tab is the best place to provide your company description, address and add links. The Description Area on Facebook is also a very important place for Keywords and hence it can be considered as the master area for Meta Tags.

The above mentioned will also help you with your local SEO efforts!

Note: Above mentioned are some of the easiest ways of optimizing a Facebook Page for SEO; however we have a lot more in store to offer you…

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August 12, 2011

Tips and Tricks for Effective Word-of-Mouth Marketing

Today let’s discuss Word-of-Mouth marketing and we shall begin with understanding what exactly it is?

Basically Word-of-Mouth Marketing is a form of marketing/advertising where information is passed on from one person to several others and this chain continues, thus creating awareness and buzz. However, technically there are several ways to define the term. For example,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_of_mouth says-“Word of mouth refers to oral communication and passing of information from person to person”. Storytelling is the oldest form of word-of-mouth marketing and this plays a great role in preserving the values of ancient tradition, folklore and mythology.

Hence if you are one of the marketers who have been spending huge sum of money on advertising/marketing/publicity of your organization/product/services then all that can be said is… it’s high-time and you need to think twice before spending any more money on something which is still less effective in Word-of-Mouth marketing. This practice though has been in existence for a very-long long time but the advent of internet technology and its ever-increasing usage has brought several modifications in its existing practices. And never-ever to be missed is the fact that word-of-mouth marketing on the internet domain is also referred as Viral Marketing, Guerrilla Marketing and also Buzz Marketing. The biggest benefits of word-of-mouth advertising are – (1) it helps organizations in better positioning their brands and offerings. (2) It brings peoples’ attention towards the brand rapidly. (3) It greatly influences consumers’ buying decision.

Now let’s discuss the methods for highly effective Word-of-Mouth marketing-

•    Testimonials and Reviews- These are one of the easiest ways of doing Word-of-Mouth Marketing and hence try and get as many positive testimonials and reviews as you can get, from your clients/customers and place them on your website. These are extremely effective in catching web-readers attention and inspiring them for buying it, also because now-a-days most of the people tend to read reviews before purchasing anything or availing services from. So it will help you in boosting your sales and will also create a good-will among readers.

•    Create an extremely attractive and informative Facebook Fan Page- Facebook fan page is indeed one of the best ways to connect with one’s existing customers, prospective customers and business partners. There are a number of ways by which you can participate in extensive word-of-mouth marketing, like- having status updates, adding photos & videos, creating interesting & informative events, inviting fans to attend, games, online contests etc are some of the best ways to do effective Viral Marketing and Buzz Creation on Facebook (fan page).

•    Share with as many friends as you can- make the best use of the unique facility (offered by Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn ) of connecting with your peers, ex-colleagues, family members etc, placed all over the globe. Talk to them, share your experiences, create awareness, be-aware and while doing all of this, participate in Word-of-Mouth marketing.

Above mentioned are some of the easiest ways doing of Word-of-Mouth marketing, but we have a lot more in store to offer you…

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Hence if you are one of the marketers who have been spending huge sum of money on advertising/marketing/publicity of your organization/product/services then all that can be said is… it’s high-time and you need to think twice before spending any more money on something which is still less effective in Word-of-Mouth marketing. This practice though has been in existence for a very-long long time but the advent of internet technology and its ever-increasing usage has brought several modifications in its existing practices. And never-ever to be missed is the fact that word-of-mouth marketing on the internet domain is also referred as Viral Marketing, Guerrilla Marketing and also Buzz Marketing. The biggest benefits of word-of-mouth advertising are – (1) it helps organizations in better positioning their brands and offerings. (2) It brings peoples’ attention towards the brand rapidly. (3) It greatly influences consumers’ buying decision.

Now let’s discuss the methods for highly effective Word-of-Mouth marketing-

April 25, 2011

Social Media Campaign_Tips for Regular Monitoring

Before we go deep into the details of Social Media Campaign, let’s first understand what does Social Media essentially mean…Basically Social Media is all about interacting with people online, getting to know them better, sharing views & opinion with them and then it is about networking i.e. social media member’s engagement which includes conversations/discussions etc. Some of the major benefits of social media are- it enable companies to get in touch with their past and prospective clients. Moreover it allows them to keep in touch with other business heads/associates/partners and even relatives and friends, easily via the social networking site. Thus like this, it becomes easier for people to create buzz about their brand/product/service, keep a tab of what their competitors are doing to promote their brand and for their target audience and even keep in touch with their relatives/friends/partners.

Having said all of the above, it cannot be missed that Social Media is never as simple and easy as it may seem to many. It is rather a time-taking activity which includes many long and systematic processes and moreover, it requires continuous effort. And never to forget, Social Media is very expensive! Because of these reasons, it is advised that one should never take their social media campaign for granted. Moreover, one should make it a practice to monitor their Social Media campaign on a regular basis. This not only helps in keeping a check on the running of the campaign, but also helps in improving its over all performance.

So, if you too want to start monitoring your Social Media Campaign but are unaware of the ways of doing it, then here are the tips for you…! however, the first thing you need remember is that ‘for  monitoring any type of campaign, it is very necessary for the person conducting the campaign to be clear with the four basic questions’…below mentioned are the same :-

*- What are the products/services being promoted through the campaign
*- What is the main motive of the campaign
*- Who all are the target group of your campaign
*- What is the expected result of the campaign

For example, if you have a website selling ladies footwear and now you want to start a campaign to create more & more awareness about your website so that maximum number of people comes to your site and buys footwear from there, then on the basis of the above mentioned questions here are the points to be taken in consideration before you start planning and organizing the campaign:-

*- Your products are- foot wears
*- Campaign objective is- to create awareness and gain publicity
*- Target Audience is – females of all ages
*- Expected result is – brand promotion and increased sales

So whenever you are thinking of launching a social media campaign make sure to go about it and prepare and monitor it  according to the above  mentioned questions and be sure of getting better results.

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March 23, 2011

Tips to Reduce Bounce Rate of a Website

It is a proven fact that the biggest concern of almost every website owner and web master is that of the bounce rate of their website. And if not just the bounce rate than the increasing number of bounce rate. This is why most of the webmasters always strive to reduce the bounce rate of their website because it not only affects the online business but also damages the reputation of the website among the search engines like Google Yahoo Bing etc. So if you too are going through this problem and even after putting constant effort have failed in stabilizing the bounce rate then below mentioned are some points which will help you get rid of this trouble…Have a read-through:

Website’s Compatibility with numerous popular browsers- Always remember, web compatibility with the browsers is the basic key to the success of the website. Because no one would like to visit and spend time on a website that is not compatible to the browser they are using, and is inconvenient-to-use, extra time-taking and causes irritation to the users. And this way, you might be loosing on quality leads.

Easy and Smooth Navigation- User-friendly navigation of a website is another important factor which plays a leading role in enabling visitors to spend more time on the website and go through it in a detailed manner. This is because a website which does not have a friendly-navigation, will never be able to retain the interest of the visitors. Rather it will distract them and the user will ultimately choose to move away instead of spending more time on an uneasy thing.

Make the best use of re-direction facility- Never ever compromise on the re-direction facility. Use it wherever necessary because it helps you present desirable and adequate information to the user at a relevant stage and it also saves the time of the visitor. Having said this, you must also never go over-board with it and use it only when it is genuinely required because excessive use of it makes the web page heavy.

Meaningful Relevant and Eye Catchy tag lines- Tag lines are first element that catches the attention the viewers and provides them the gist of the entire web page. So make sure the tag lines being used on your website are relevant to the information on the web page, are meaning and also attractive enough to catch the attention of the viewers.

Call-to-Action- Use call-to-action buttons on every page that talks about about your specialty and service offerings. This will stimulate users to put a query which will act as a business lead for you and will help you increase sales.

Allow user participation- Allowing user participation on your website will help you establish your brand identity, keep users aware of latest developments within your company and have their feedbacks. You can do this with the help of regular news posting, videos, live chat, discussions etc. However, do not add excessive and unwanted elements like images etc to your website. Remember, sober things always leave a long-lasting impact.

Try the above mentioned and if you need more information, feel free to get in touch with our consultants.

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March 10, 2011

Organic Search VS Paid Search !

Organic search is the search that has results appearing in SERP because they are highly relevant and well optimized from search engine’s point of view. They are the result of high-impact search engine optimization process and are completely keyword based. They are also referred as free search results. Paid search also known as inorganic search or even commonly termed as PPC (PAY PER CLICK), on the other hand are sponsored links used for advertising or promoting the business for a short period of time. They are used in the form of advertising campaign where the advertisers need to pay to the search engines, every time online visitors click on the ad. The position and rankings of paid search result depends heavily upon the bid money.

Organic search gives long time and life time results however, paid search results are quick and temporary, which means as long as you spend money on the campaign your ads will appear in the SERPs and the moment you stop, it will also disappear.

The basic difference between organic search and paid search are in the form of:

Position of appearance- organic search results appear on the right hand side of the page, just below the search box & above organic results. They have yellow background.

Duration of results- organic results are slow but life-time results which means once they start appearing, they continue to show for quite a long period of time. Paid search are quick in showing results but they quickly disappear too.

Trust level- in case of trust level, it can be said that they are moderate in case of organic search but it is less in case of paid-search as these result quickly goes off (the moment you stop campaigning)

Difficultly in achieving top positions- acquiring top positions in organic search requires lot of continuous effort but can be achieved relatively easily in paid search (first and foremost, it is the matter of the amount of money you spend).

Traffic volumes- Though traffic volume depends on the position of various keywords in organic search however, in the case of paid search the traffic is high for important keywords.

Advantages and disadvantages of organic search and paid search!

Organic Search (advantages):

- They do not charge any money
- They are natural results, thus more reliable
- These results take time to appear but are long lasting
- It has been observed that they are more appreciated than the paid search results, thus more clicked

PPC (advantages):

- Results come quickly
- The more money you spend, the higher ranking you are likely to get
- It has ability to assess most preferred keywords for organic searches
- It has the ability to connect audience to more targeted landing page

Organic Search (disadvantages):

- It is a time taking process
- At times it can be a costly affair because rate per hour of SEO can be expensive
- High ranking & visibility of every web-page in SERPs is very difficult.

PPC (disadvantages):

- It consumes lot of money
- The click scheme involved in it is very common

Organic search or Paid Search; which is more suitable!

Though both the methods have its own advantages and disadvantages and are beneficial for online marketing in their own right, but it is widely believed that Organic Search is far more effective in the long run as it delivers life time results. On the other hand PPC; which is extremely costly can be beneficial only for a small period of time. Never-the-less it is also highly effective because it helps to target the niche audience, as soon as one wants.

So if you too are thinking of promoting your business by any of the above mentioned methods, then it is necessary to say that you should first properly analyze your nature of business, budget and every other aspect and only then decide on the method you would follow. This will not only ensure good results but will also keep you on the safer side.

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March 3, 2011

Social Media Optimization and ROI in SMO !

By now I am sure you must be familiar with the term ‘Social media optimization’ but do you know how can you exactly measure your Return On Investment in Social Media Optimization…? No, then let’s begin with …by once again understanding the term…and then proceeding on to the measures that can help you in measuring the ROI in SMO.

Social media optimization can simply be explained as a newer medium of business promotion & branding, which aims at inviting targeted potential customers to the website with the help of online discussions, debates and many more user-engaging activities (and hence showing them their business-product-services etc). Although Social Media Optimization emerged as a form of cyber socialization and online information gathering but now-a-days it is primarily used for business promotion, branding and expansion. Over the years SMO has turned out to be one of the most widely accepted forms of business promotion which allows people to meet new members online i.e. on the forums, listen & voice different opinions and in the due time promote their business.

Well, now that we are clear about social media optimization, let’s move on and understand what Return On Investment in SMO is !

In the last few years, it has been observed that social media optimization has been hugely successful in providing numerous business opportunities to online business owners and for this reason now-a-days most of the businesses find participating in social networking activities mandatory. However, very few of them have realized that conducting social media campaign and participating in media activities can be a business expense which is in the form of time. However, for the companies who hire media experts and professionals for conducting SMO campaigns, the expense can also be in the form of money.

Moreover, you will find it very strange that according to a survey conducted by marketer.com it has been found that almost 80% of the online business owners have never even calculated the amount of money that goes in conducting social networking campaigns and their ROI on social media optimization. The most common reason for this is that people think, checking Return On Investment on social media optimization is almost impossible as there is no such method by which it can be calculated. This belief is wrong because even Geoff Ramsey, eMarketer CEO once stated “marketers believe that measuring true ROI for social media is difficult,” but this belief is relatively wrong because there are many metrics available with which it can be easily measured.

So the question is, if the companies want to measure their ROI on SMO, then how should they do it?

So here are a few tips which will help you in doing so !

- One of the most common methods is to simply calculate the amount of traffic that your website is receiving from different social media networks.

- Use the simple formula which is ROI = (x-y)/y – here x is final value and y is starting value. For example if your investment value is $ 20 and what you have got back is $ 60 then your ROI on SMO will be: (60 – 20) / 20 = 2 times your initial investment. Though in financial sense ROI is calculated completely in the form of dollars and cents but the capital can refer any form of investment – monetary or not.

- Metrics tool- It is accepted that ROI ? metrics but when it comes to ROI on SMO you can rely on the metrics like traffic counts, social media followers and fans, comments etc. Here, the main idea is not to go by the numbers but to identify what is the reaction of people, what are they ending up with and are they agreeing to what you are saying?

- Google Analytics- it is a free option for the measurement of ROI, but one should never go by the free tag because it can really provide a strong baseline for checking numerous factors like backlinks, users’ activity and many more.

- PostRank analytics- it is a bunch of tools which help in measuring social engagement on other platforms and services. The only good thing about it is that, instead raw numbers you can get to see compliments and comments from other sites that contribute to your statistics. It is also a powerful tool for checking the sentiment analysis.

You can also use tangible metrics form like:

- Number of increased visitors
- Number of returning visitors
- Number of page views
- Average time spent on the site
- Total amount of Adsense revenue &

Intangible metrics forms like:

- Customer satisfaction
- Improved communication with the members and customers
- Quality reviews
- Increased sales and quick brand perception

The above mentioned are some of the easiest ways by which you can measure your ROI on social media optimization.

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February 16, 2011

4 Factors that will help your Blog Outshine Others

Now-a-days, almost every organization and individual owns a blog and their ardent desire is to make their blog a very popular one on Google with maximum back links and high page rank. However, there are very few who actually know the correct process for making their blog popular and successful with increasing traffic coming to it.

So for all such people who lack in proper knowledge that can make their blog a popular and successful one, we have mentioned some information which will prove to be useful.

Have a read-through:

Publish more frequently- Always remember, the more posts you publish on your blog, the more authenticated and reliable one your blog will be considered by Google. It means if there is a 2 years old blog site which publishes 1 post every month or every 2 months and there is your blog which is just half-an-year old but on it 2-3 posts are published every week, then chances are quite likely that your blog will be considered as more matured and trusted one by the search engine and its page rank will also be higher than the older one. So make it a point to publish as many posts as you can and as frequently as you can.

Quality is more important than Quality- Although as mentioned, it is very important for a blog to publish posts frequently in order to remain in the good books of Google however, not to undermine is the fact that quality is more important than quantity and always be so, not only for Google but for every other search engines. So when you are publishing posts on your blog, make sure you are not being driven by the time factor and compromising on the quality. Ensure whatever you are posting has quality and is worth being posted on your blog, thus they are unique and informative.

Proper Interlinking- Efficient linking is as important as posting. No matter how many posts you publish every week, it will be of practically no use if your blog is not interlinked- read more and keyword based linking. Interlinking of the inner pages of the website with the home page with high page rank and keywords within the content linked with other relevant content always proves to be beneficial as it shows the vastness of the blog and gives an impression of the detailed information it contains.

Keep the fundamentals correct- Make sure you never loose out on the basics of content. It means, while writing the content for the post, ensure that the basics of content writing – keyword density, keyword proximity, keyword prominence etc are kept intact. Being SEO friendly is a very important thing to be for the blog contents. And last but not the least, neither ignore the keywords nor be over-obsessed with it. What precisely I mean is that the content for the blog post should be unique, informative, grammatically correct, rich and social media as well as SEO friendly. Intact

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December 2, 2010

Optimizing URLs for Google…How Necessary is it…?

Now that we are talking about URLs and optimization of URLs today, let me first ask you all… Do we really need to optimize URLs for better functioning or just leaving them as they are is perfectly fine…?

The above mentioned is one of the most common questions among the webmasters and search engine optimizers these days… and there seems to be some confusion about them. The confusion prevails because once Google had clearly stated that the search engines does not have any difficulty in crawling over long and moderately complicated URLs and if the content present on the webpage is significant and keyword based then the spiders can easily understand their meaning and theme of the web page/website. However, in recent times Google initiated a new parameter for filtering the URLs which in return could help Google bots make logic of the less relevant characters present in the dynamically produced URLs.

So what does it mean, should we use it to filter the URLs for helping Google or simply leave the dynamically created URLs the way they are…? Well considering the repercussions of easy crawling of the search engines, it is advisable that you must always use the parameter and keep the URLs well optimized all the time and this should be done to make the crawling and understanding task easier for the search engine: Google. And in return it will always benefit your site!!!

Thus, it can be said… “Yes it is necessary to Optimize URLs “ for Google and this is necessary only for making them similar to the content and to give clear indication about the content to Google.

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November 8, 2010

Links…Which Are Important For Google

It has been observed that now-a-days, like a trend every SEO content, Blog and even Web Pages are flooded with Links also called contextual links from top to bottom. For example there are a number of links in the content section of the blog and web pages, there are links all over the sidebars and not to forget the numerous anchor text links in the header and footer apart from the navigational links. Keeping this widely spreading trend in mind, it would not be wrong to say that it seems webmasters/SEOs are just blindly following the trend and placing as many links as they can on their web pages or SEO contents…just for the sake of getting extra attention from the Search Engines. And that too without giving a second thought to the result of it. i.e. without thinking, whether placing as many links will really be helpful or not…is it true that Google gives extra weightage to the links or treats them equally etc.

As a matter of fact, most of the webmasters generally place links because they think the more links they will have on their web pages, blog or content, the more importance it will be given by the search engine; Google. And this will consequently also boost the chances of their page getting high Page Rank & showing in SERPs and all this will lead to increased traffic…However, for the correct information of all these people it needs to be told that what they believe in, is only partly correct and is partly wrong. This is because though links play an important role in getting attention from the search engines, however we as well as the Google Bots which are quite intelligent very well understand that links on the sidebar, footer, header etc are navigational and mostly copyright links and thus does not mean much to the  Search Engine. Moreover, links in the content or article which are also referred as in-content link, is what is most important for Google.

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September 20, 2010

SEO Tips to Keep Your Site in Good Health

Routine SEO check-up of a website; which includes timely scanning, page rank analysis, link monitoring and content updating among others, is one of the most important activities that needs to be undertaken to keep a live site in a good condition. Not only these maintenance activities help in keeping a site in a good condition but also greatly helps in its reputation management (if performed after a detailed study of advantages & disadvantages of any particular activity that is undertaken as a part of routine SEO check).

However there are a few activities, which are of utmost importance and should necessarily be conducted as a part of SEO maintenance.

Some of such activities are mentioned below, let’s see:

Complete site index check-up- In most of the cases it happens that the search engine optimizer tries to get away with his/her responsibility by just monitoring the number of web URLs indexed on Google. However, it is advisable that you should get a thorough check done in terms of repeated Meta tags, number of dynamic URLs, similar header tags etc.

Robots.txt protocol verification- Never let your webmaster ignore the presence of Robots.txt file on the site as it is what you can tweak to control content indexation in case of proper content strategy in mind.

SERPs’ Meta check- “Search Engines Result Pages Meta Check”; this is one of the most important things that needs to be done on a regular basis because as a matter of fact, most of the problems can be figured out by scanning the search index. Moreover, also because Meta tags, page titles, URLs etc greatly signifies the importance of the content present on the website.

Duplicate content check- It is a fact that everyone should be aware of… ‘Duplicate content in most of the cases can prove to be fatal for a website’. Therefore it is very necessary for the webmasters to ensure that not even a single paragraph containing duplicate content should be present on a website.

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