What is SEO and what are the uses of SEO?

[Arrogantnest118]

What is SEO and explain the uses of SEO?

[Santosh SinghK]

SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization. It is one of the tools that updates web sites to search engines around.

[Mr. Tacki]

"Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the visibility of a website or a web page in search engines via the "natural" or un-paid ("organic" or "algorithmic") search results. Other forms of search engine marketing (SEM) target paid listings. In general, the earlier (or higher on the page), and more frequently a site appears in the search results list, the more visitors it will receive from the search engine's users. SEO may target different kinds of search, including image search, local search, video search, academic search[1], news search and industry-specific vertical search engines. This gives a website web presence.

As an Internet marketing strategy, SEO considers how search engines work, what people search for, the actual search terms typed into search engines and which search engines are preferred by their targeted audience. Optimizing a website may involve editing its content and HTML and associated coding to both increase its relevance to specific keywords and to remove barriers to the indexing activities of search engines. Promoting a site to increase the number of backlinks, or inbound links, is another SEO tactic.

The acronym "SEOs" can refer to "search engine optimizers," a term adopted by an industry of consultants who carry out optimization projects on behalf of clients, and by employees who perform SEO services in-house. Search engine optimizers may offer SEO as a stand-alone service or as a part of a broader marketing campaign. Because effective SEO may require changes to the HTML source code of a site and site content, SEO tactics may be incorporated into website development and design. The term "search engine friendly" may be used to describe website designs, menus, content management systems, images, videos, shopping carts, and other elements that have been optimized for the purpose of search engine exposure.

Another class of techniques, known as black hat SEO or spamdexing, uses methods such as link farms, keyword stuffing and article spinning that degrade both the relevance of search results and the quality of user-experience with search engines. Search engines look for sites that employ these techniques in order to remove them from their indices."

SEO Tools:

Free SEO Services. Search Engine Optimization Tools: http://www.seomastering.com/?PHPSESSID=0...fa75def667
Top 15 SEO Blogs To Follow If You Want To Brush Up Your SEO Knowledge: http://www.webdesignbooth.com/seo-blogs-...knowledge/
6 Ways to Get Your Website Noticed by Mainstream Media: http://www.webdesignbooth.com/get-your-w...eam-media/
Google Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide: http://static.googleusercontent.com/exte...-guide.pdf
Google Webmaster Tools: http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/

Search engine submission: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Site...submission
Search Engine Optimization (SEO - Getting Started): http://www.htmlgoodies.com/beyond/webmas...hp/3828801
http://seo.alleycode.com/freetools.htm
http://www.websiteoptimization.com/services/analyze/
10 top SEO tips that you can use to improve your website's ranking on the search engines. Read the full article here: http://www.elated.com/articles/10-essent...trategies/

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[Kathleen Metzger]

Good keyword research boosts the probability that search engines like google will rank the pages on your website high for that target keyword; and bad keyphrase research (which frequently means no keyword research) will doom your site towards the internet search engine cellars.

Since internet search engine visibility is a main factor in attracting targeted search referral traffic, the higher you rank, the greater traffic your site will receive.

Just just got myself a handy keyword research tool on the internet called checkmate. Their website is http://cheapimsoftware.com if you are interested.

[Marie Gambel]

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[Rob]

Whenever you enter a query in a search engine and hit 'enter' you get a list of web results that contain that query term. Users normally tend to visit websites that are at the top of this list as they perceive those to be more relevant to the query. If you have ever wondered why some of these websites rank better than the others then you must know that it is because of a powerful web marketing technique called Search Engine Optimization (SEO).

SEO is a technique which helps search engines find and rank your site higher than the millions of other sites in response to a search query. SEO thus helps you get traffic from search engines.
On Page Optimization is basically the effort which you put on the website and is clearly visible, Like:
" Optimizing the existing content
" HTML code corrections
" remove broken / dead links
" Add Meta / Alt Tags
" Add Google and XML Site Map
" Analytic Setup
It is very important that On Page Optimization is done correctly for a website as this educated search engine crawlers and spiders about the theme of the website and which keywords you are targeting to rank on. On Page Optimization is usually done once on the website however SEO Agency does On Page Optimization after every 3 months to keep the site fresh for Search Engines.

Off Page Optimization Is something which is done offsite and usually not visible on the website however results in pushing the ranking higher on search engines, it is a regular process and must be done ethically for better and long term results.
" Creation of New Pages
" Link Building Services
" Directory Submission
" Article Creation and Submission
" Classified Ad Creation and Submission
" Blog Post Message Creation and Submission
" Press Release Creation and Submission
" E-book Creation and Submission

[Marshall]

Basically the definition of SEO is search engine optimization. You can SEO for your blog, websites and etc it is simply the procedure of bringing your web site or blog in the top pages of search engines like Google, bing, yahoo, msn .

[Imran Ali]

Good keyword research to enhance the search engine like Google will rank your website high probability target keyword pages; and bad keyword research (which often means no keyword research) will be doomed to your site Internet search engine cellar.

Because of the Internet search engine visibility is a major factor in attracting targeted search referral traffic, the higher your rank, the greater your site traffic will get

[Minakshi]

Search Engine Optimization.
SEO is the process of optimizing a webpage or website for a search engine to improve the visibilty on the search engine result page (SERP).

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SEO(Search Engine Optimization) is a Process that Helps the Website's links to Rank on the top of the
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