The Simple SEO Guide for the Small Web Business

This guide is designed specifically to teach small web business owners about the basics of SEO-based web design and search engine optimization for the short and long term success of your website.

Why Solas Web Design explains SEO in a people-friendly way.

What is SEO and how do search engines operate?

Understanding why search engines play a vital role in every website.
So what is SEO?
How do search engines operate?

SEO begins with good web site design, from the ground up.

Design the structure of your web site correctly now to save headaches later.
A basic outline for creating an SEO-friendly website, step by step.
Purchasing a domain name.
Purchasing hosting for your website.
Designing an SEO-friendly web site.

The Internet is all about Links.

Where do you need to have links on your website?
Let's quickly clarify what keywords are.
Make the most of your keywords by devoting a separate page to each main product or service.
Where else should links be on my site?

The Key Components of an SEO-friendly Web Page.

URLs can be good or bad.
Title Tags announce your web page's purpose in a big, bold way!
Are Meta Tags important or not?

Good web content makes the Googlebot your friend!

The reason for creating shining web content is three-fold.
Well, what kinds of web content do people get excited about?
So, where should all this great web content go on my small business web site?

Launching your new web site and playing in the Google Sandbox.

What is the Google Sandbox? Does it really exist?
Accomplish 2 main tasks while you wait for the Googlebot to take you seriously.
Reciprocal Links.
Paid Links.

Go it alone or hire a pro for web design and SEO.

Which route will be best for the success of your small business website?
If you decide to hire a pro.

Solas Web Design is a San Francisco Bay Area-Based Web Design
and SEO Company.

Phone: (707) 981-7651
info@solaswebdesign.net

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Frequently Updated Small Business Education from the SEOigloo Blog:
Step out of the cold into the SEOigloo - it's informative, it's dedicated to small businesses, and it's toasty!

Latest SEOigloo Blog Posts,
January 2010:

» Using Google Maps On The Nexus One
Leave it to Google to provide a much nicer solution for Mobile users. The Nexus One comes with a built-in icon for the Mobile-ready version of Maps. I thought I'd kick things off with a basic post about using the built-in Maps feature on the Nexus One.Read More »

» It's The Ideas That Count
I'd like to take a moment to reflect on human beings and their technology. Since the Industrial Revolution, the scenarios in which machines have taken work away from people have been too numerous to count. Downsizing, outsourcing, redundancy...all common words in our lingo.Read More »

» There's a Nexus One In The Igloo Now...
We're going to learn how to design for Mobile; we're going to work to understand how advertising is transitioning into a powerful Mobile force; we're going to walk the walk of a life where critical Local decisions are enabled via a device that will help us find places, read reviews, make calls and do business on the road.Read More »

» Yippee! 3 Articles Nominated For The 2010 SEMMYs!
I'm so honored to announce that 3 of my 2009 articles have been nominated in the Local Search Category of The SEMMYs. How exciting! All of the pieces nominated are top notch and I am wishing everyone super luck in this year's SEMMYs.Read More »

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Happy Web Client 2 "The site you created is a real reflection of what I have to say about my business. I so enjoy working with you as a team...you make everything easy. I really appreciate all your tips of how to ease into the blogosphere and the pointers of how to maximize FriedmanRealtor.com. If I do half of what you recommended, I'll be eons ahead of where I was."
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Happy Web Client 4 "Working around the challenges, coming up with creative solutions and using best in class and state of the art web design principles, Solas gave us much more than expected. If you are in a situation where you would like to stand out as an exceptional company, Solas Web Design should be your first call."
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Take a look at Solas Web Design's most recent web projects, and see what we can do for you.

Web Design and SEO Article Library

Improve your website development and SEO knowledge with these educational and informative articles from Solas Web Design.

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The Simple SEO Guide for the Small Web Business

This guide is designed specifically to teach small web business owners about the basics of SEO-based web design and search engine optimization for the short and long term success of your website.

Solas Web Design is a San Francisco Bay Area-Based Web Designand SEO Company.

Solas Web Design is a San Francisco Bay Area-Based Web Design
and SEO Company.