Well it's time for some of the hard numbers to be in and, they're far from bad.  Some of the words I should be going after have yet to blossom but it's just a matter of time.  Here are the rankings for Google so far:

• Atlanta SEO: 197 on Google. 
• Still a lot of work to go, but breaking in.  A lot of effort has been going into site development so far, and not rank gaining so within the next few weeks this should change dramatically.
• Atlanta SEO and Web Marketing: 1 on Google. 
• Within a relatively quick time we were able to jump into the number 1 slot for Atlanta SEO and Web Marketing. 
• Atlanta Webmarketing:  32 on Google
• Not where we need to be, but certainly getting there.  Again, in a few weeks should be much more visible for this ranking.

These are just a few rankings to show the differences in peaks.  Some of them we were able to get very quickly, some will take more effort.  This can be accomplished with any set of keywords, depending on the business needs.  I hope to be bringing some improvement numbers in the next few weeks to show what a true effort can bring.  


On another note, the website now offers Press Releases for smaller companies looking for a quick way to gain exposure.  This is a great way to rocket launch a company for specific key words that may not have as high competition.  It's relatively simple to set up, as we need only some information regarding the business, and can provide wide spread, positive exposure for the site.  It's just one of the many methods useable for search engine optimization companies.  Check back in a few days for a stronger run down of the Press Release process!

-Justin

When it comes to beginner SEO, there are many small companies that do business locally.  And usually people search for their business online.  It's a good idea if you're a small business to have your own website, the problem is having a website that people can actually find.  The key to having a website is knowing how to market it and often that means putting yourself in the psychology of your potential customers.  Ask yourself what would a customer type into a search engine if they were looking for your goods or services.  By knowing what keywords or keyphrases are the most likely to be searched for you can optimize your website to show up at the top of the search engine rankings for those keywords.  This is not only achieved by putting good content on your website that contains those keywords and phrases, but it is also achieved by getting good links to your website as well. 

When it comes to link building, directory submissions are a great way to get one-way links.  A great source with over 1100 free directories is Directory Critic.  Here you can find an extensive list of directories.  By submitting your website to as many of these directories as possible you can boost your search engine rankings, especially for less competitive keywords and you can do it in as little as a couple of weeks.  The way that you achieve this is by choosing the right "anchor text."  This is the text that hyperlinks to your website and usually you get to choose this when submitting your site to a directory.  Google usese the anchor text to determine what a site is all about.  If someone links to your website with the words "computer programming" then it tells the google spiders that the website is all about computer programming and that site gets a bump in the rankings for that exact keyword phrase.  By choosing less competitive keywords, you can bump very quickly.  This is often the case for small businesses that do business locally.  Often the keywords and phrases involve some inclusion of a city or town.  Although the phrase computer programming would be quite competitive, the phrase "computer programming in Atlanta" is not very competitive.  By acquiring hundreds of links to your site through directory submissions with this phrase as the anchor text you could move up very fast in the rankings for your site for that given phrase. 

Many webmasters frown on directory submissions because they recently took a hit in the search engine algorithms.  Although they're now weighted less in the algorithm, they can still be a powerful tool in the arsenal for a beginner at SEO and especially for less competitive keywords and phrases.  For many small-businesses it's a powerful tool to help them achieve top rankings for local searches and other less competitive variations of the major keywords that they still want to target.  Atlanta SEO and Webmarketing works with small businesses to help them map out a marketing strategy and promotes their websites with the use of a variety of search engine optimization tools, including directory submissions.

     Welcome back to my log and thanks for taking the time to read my second entry, in what should be a life long process.  I'm really enjoying taking the time to learn more about the search engine optimization world and what all it has to offer.  There is so much to know about the process, and every bit of it is interesting.  What would you do if you could get your website at the top of every search engine?  How much more business could you bring in when the first link people click is your's when they're looking for your product.  That is what search engine optimization has to offer.  The ability to take a website that most may never see, it put it right where they would look every day.  Now, this won't happen over night.  That's not how the process works.  But with patience and the right effort put into it, a SEO assistant can make things happen in just a few days that would take the average person years to accomplish.  Head over to my site, Atlanta SEO and Web Marketing, contact us and let us show you what we can do for your business.

-Justin

    Let me just start out by welcoming you to my blog.  I hope you'll join me as I delve into the wonders of Search Engine Optimization and how my own company is doing.  You'll have to bear with me as I'm new to the blog world and Atlanta SEO and Web Marketing is just getting off the ground.  It's an exciting new adventure for me as I'm also enjoying the ride with my best friend and business partner Matt.  He's a little more familiar with the SEO world but certainly has a lot to learn.

      Search Engine Optimization is the process of optimizing a website in an attempt to optimize a website to achieve the best search results in popular search engines, like Google and Yahoo.  By doing so, you create a greater amount of traffic to the site, resulting in better overall business.  That process, along with web marketing and design will be what our company offers to its clients.

             I’ve recently started up our website, AtlantaSEOandWebmarketing, and finding setting the set up quite enjoyable.  It’s a holder site at the moment while my partner and I get everything in line, but you should find it to have much more information and insight toward search engine optimization and web marketing soon.  As I get more involved with the site and the business, I expect things to grow exponentially.  Currently I’m doing a lot of research about the SEO world and the site has been slow coming because of it.  Within the next week or so the page should be completed and ready for the business to grow. 

             So feel free to head over to our site, explore and learn about what we’re starting.  If you have questions you can contact us at any time and we’ll gladly answer them.  I hope you’ll come back to my blog in the future to keep up with our progress.  I know I’m going to enjoy the ride, and I’m sure you will as well.

 
-Justin