SEO (Search Engine Optimization) SEOcontest2008

SEO (Search Engine Optimization) SEOcontest2008
On February 1st 2008, I entered this "SeoContest2008" to see how my SEO skills match up to the professional SEO consultants. If I do well in the contest I will consider doing seo work for other web sites. As of today, 17 February 2008, I am in 3rd place. I have been as high as 2nd place and as low as 8th place in this contest. I suspect that the competition will get stronger the closer we get to April 1st 2008, the end of the SEOcontest2008.

SEO (Search Engine Optimization)
Some people feel that search engine optimization (SEO), is a smaller part of search engine marketing (SEM). SEO involves “optimizing” your website so it becomes more appealing to search engines and as a result your website is placed higher in the search results for your desired key terms. Your SEO professional should take the time with you to explore as many possible key words and phrases to use in your website pages. The SEO professional should also have sources to get additional key words that would be attractive to your target audience. Your SEO consultant should also be able to do a website competitive analysis of your top competitors and use that information to your benefit.

The most difficult part of SEOcontest2008 is waiting the time required to get your website to the top. Search engines do not update their information daily or even weekly, it can take six to eight weeks or more to see the full effects of a professional SEO job in your website’s search engine search results. Nevertheless, Organic SEO costs a lot less than PPC. PPC (Pay Per Click) is a marketing program where the user must pay each time a person clicks on your advertisment or link. SEOcontest2008