Compulsive search engine ranking checking is not good for your health. There are some people that are checking their rankings every day waiting for the explosion from page 132 to page # 1. This will drive you crazy with an obsession to keep checking your rankings. In fact, it might even hurt your rankings.
Here are a few things to remember to keep you balanced in your thinking:
Is Your Website stagnant?
The dictionary defines stagnant as:
1. not flowing or running, as water, air, etc.
2. stale or foul from standing, as a pool of water.
3. characterized by lack of development, advancement, or progressive movement: a stagnant economy.
4. inactive, sluggish, or dull.
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American Idol offers a very interesting lesson when it comes to marketing for your business. In what way? Think about this for a moment…
Who is behind the “American Idol” program? It is none other then Sony records. What is Sony’s goal but to sell music & Cd’s and mp3’s to the public. Everyone knows that for every artist that a music label signs, that the majority of them will not make them money. Think about that– the winners are a small percentage of artists signed.
Well then how could Sony increase the odds of signing a winner? More on Search Engine Optimization: Lessons From American Idol
One of my clients is a professional massage therapist. He happens to be blind, so I help him with his blog posts to market his massage therapy business. This has been a slow process in trying to get him to dictate it to his wife who then will email it to me. Only then can the blog posts be updated & optimized.
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So how much is Search Engine Optimization for my website going to be?
Perhaps you are wondering this very thing. More on Atlanta Search Engine Optimization: How Much Will It Cost Me?