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Search engine optimization
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"SEO" redirects here. For other uses, see SEO (disambiguation).
As an
Internet marketing strategy, SEO considers how search engines work, what people search for, the actual search terms or keywords typed into search engines and which search engines are preferred by their targeted audience. Optimizing a website may involve editing its content,
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 plural of the abbreviation SEO can refer to "search engine optimizers," those who provide SEO service.
Getting indexed
The leading search engines, such as
Google,
Bing and
Yahoo!, use
crawlers to find pages for their algorithmic search results. Pages that are linked from other search engine indexed pages do not need to be submitted because they are found automatically. Some search engines, notably Yahoo!, operate a paid submission service that guarantee crawling for either a set fee or
cost per click.
[29] Such programs usually guarantee inclusion in the database, but do not guarantee specific ranking within the search results.
[30] Two major directories, the Yahoo Directory and the
Open Directory Project both require manual submission and human editorial review.
[31] Google offers
Google Webmaster Tools, for which an XML
Sitemap feed can be created and submitted for free to ensure that all pages are found, especially pages that are not discoverable by automatically following links.
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Search engine crawlers may look at a number of different factors when
crawling a site. Not every page is indexed by the search engines. Distance of pages from the root directory of a site may also be a factor in whether or not pages get crawled.
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s a marketing strategy
SEO is not an appropriate strategy for every website, and other Internet marketing strategies can be more effective, depending on the site operator's goals.
[44] A successful Internet marketing campaign may also depend upon building high quality web pages to engage and persuade, setting up
analytics programs to enable site owners to measure results, and improving a site's
conversion rate.
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SEO may generate an adequate
return on investment. However, search engines are not paid for organic search traffic, their algorithms change, and there are no guarantees of continued referrals. Due to this lack of guarantees and certainty, a business that relies heavily on search engine traffic can suffer major losses if the search engines stop sending visitors.
[46] Search engines can change their algorithms, impacting a website's placement, possibly resulting in a serious loss of traffic. According to Google's CEO, Eric Schmidt, in 2010, Google made over 500 algorithm changes – almost 1.5 per day.
[47] It is considered wise business practice for website operators to liberate themselves from dependence on search engine traffic.
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International markets
Optimization techniques are highly tuned to the dominant search engines in the target market. The search engines' market shares vary from market to market, as does competition. In 2003,
Danny Sullivan stated that Google represented about 75% of all searches.
[49] In markets outside the United States, Google's share is often larger, and Google remains the dominant search engine worldwide as of 2007.
[50] As of 2006, Google had an 85–90% market share in Germany.
[51] While there were hundreds of SEO firms in the US at that time, there were only about five in Germany.
[51] As of June 2008, the marketshare of Google in the UK was close to 90% according to
Hitwise.
[52] That market share is achieved in a number of countries.
As of 2009, there are only a few large markets where Google is not the leading search engine. In most cases, when Google is not leading in a given market, it is lagging behind a local player. The most notable markets where this is the case are China, Japan, South Korea, Russia and the Czech Republic where respectively
Baidu,
Yahoo! Japan,
Naver,
Yandexand
Seznam are market leaders.
Successful search optimization for international markets may require professional
translation of web pages, registration of a domain name with a
top level domain in the target market, and
web hosting that provides a local
IP address. Otherwise, the fundamental elements of search optimization are essentially the same, regardless of language.
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