by Zac Johnson.

Recent data has shown that the average search made per user keeps increasing every year, and that over 25% of these searches has never been made before. The same data also shows that the percentage of searches made in some categories has increased by as much as over 20% in just one year. That might not seem like much, but considering the number of searches made through Google every day, that will be several billions of additional searches every year.

n case you’re not yet convinced about why to invest your time, or money, into SEO, according to the data linked above, below are a few reasons why SEO can be the best investment of your time and money.

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by Kieron Hughes.

Many people running search campaigns for ecommerce websites can often get too caught up in gaining new traffic via standard organic listings as well as product aggregators (i.e. Google Product Search), meaning they miss out on a high-potential stream: image search.

It’s common place for every ecommerce store to show product images, as people need these to make buying decisions, but this should be taken a step further to cater for the people who are actually shopping (or at least doing research) via image searches.

Here are some quick and easy tips to optimise your images on an ecommerce site:

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by John Smith.

If you’ve been blogging for a few months now then you know that traffic is very essential to success in blogging and that traffic isn’t that easy to get.

There are many ways to get traffic to your blog but my most preferred traffic type is search engine traffic because of how great it is and how effectively it converts. For example, if you’re looking for the answer to a burning question or you want to buy something online urgently but don’t know which site to get it from, what will you do? I’m very sure the first thing you will do is visit Google and search for the thing that bothers you, and that is why in this article I will be giving you 4 tips to help you increase your search engine traffic.

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by Lee Odden.

With nearly 50% of consumers reporting that both search and social media influence purchases, Social Media and SEO are hot topics for most online marketing firms. But there’s a world of difference between the notions of social dominance, super-powered with search ubiquity and the ability to successfully implement – especially in large companies.

One of the most common issues is that social media efforts themselves are often uncoordinated activities, let alone working in sync with search engine optimization.  Additionally, many online marketing consultants are accustomed to Social Media or SEO projects for small and medium sized businesses, which is a very different thing than working with a large or complex organization.  Being prepared to adapt independent and coordinated social media and SEO processes requires a unique combination of organizational finesse, adaptability and subject matter expertise.

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by Graham Charlton.

We’ve covered SEO tips for SMEs and mobile search, now we’re asking contributors to Econsultancy’s new SEO Best Practice Guide about the ‘low hanging fruit’ – things that companies can implement easily to improve their search rankings.

Suggestions include the use of online video, Google Places, making use of social signals and optimising for research queries…

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from SEO Design Solutions.

It’s understandable why many feel the same way as the woman in the picture about organic SEO. You’ll need patience to see results and cultivating enough patience to reserve judgement is a true test of character; especially when money is on the line and your internal mental dialogue is more like a child on a long trip with the incessant mantra echoing – are we there yet?

In many ways, SEO is like planting seeds in a garden and waiting for the seeds to blossom into vibrant, self-sustaining plants (ROI generating keywords). There is a light at the end of the tunnel however, and today’s post discusses the relationship of time, rankings and return on investment.

The longer it takes to get ranked in search engines means the longer you are “out of pocket” on your SEO investment waiting for ROI to “put money back in the bank” to fuel  another more lucrative or profitable keyword conquest. Affiliates know this more than anybody and business owners engaging an SEO campaign also need to be aware of this cycle.

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from Macho Arts.

Working in SEO is a bit of a rollercoaster as you never know just when Google is going to change the goalposts, in particular if you are in US where changes are typically rolled out first. The rest of the world at least gets a little warning sometimes. There are many other variables that affect how many visits your site receives from day to day – changes to competitors’ sites, topics in the news – even the weather.

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by Arafath Hashmi.

On-page SEO is influenced by many factors, search engine optimization can be achieved using many ways but the main and important thing is on-page optimization of your website. Off-page isn’t bring organic traffic very much, but with the help of a neat on-page optimization techniques you can easily get top on SERP rankings. On-page SEO is nothing but fine tuning your web pages and make them search engines friendly. This is a very simple and step by step process if you are willing to do it, so let’s start the session on the on-page SEO tips.

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By Brody Dorland

You’ve just finished writing a great new blog post. You’re excited that you’ve shared your ideas and expertise with the world. But what should you do next?

As we work with companies to develop a regular content marketing and social engagement routine, blogging is always key. A strong corporate blog can pay big dividends in the form of increased customer engagement and search engine rankings. But what many companies forget is the “marketing” part of content marketing.

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by Diya Kapoor.

Search engine optimization(SEO), is the process of getting to the right target point and improving the visibility of a web page or website in search engines through various natural and unpaid SEO techniques. With the arrival of SEO, website design has taken to an arena of competition in having interactive and innovative facilities.

SEO is regarded as a developing science, where its tactic keeps improving, continuously learning and altering their strategies into far future prospects. It works on what people search for, help in editing content and may target different kinds of search like search of image, local, video, shopping carts and industry specific search.

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