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		<title>Know How to Take Advantages from SEO Optimization</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 07:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Search engine optimization may sound intimidating and frightening until the time when you also become its specialist. Always remember, it only the latest way of internet marketing procedure with learning curves that require some commitment and dedication. There are a &#8230; <a href="http://www.seoservicescanada.com/know-how-to-take-advantages-from-seo-optimization/">read more <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Search engine optimization may sound intimidating and frightening until the time when you also become its specialist. Always remember, it only the latest way of internet marketing procedure with learning curves that require some commitment and dedication. There are a number of components and parts that makes the optimization process successful and effective. Two main components are as under:</p>
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<li>Off-page Optimization</li>
<li>On-page Optimization</li>
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<p>If you are not familiar with the proper use of <strong>Seo optimization</strong>, you can waste a lot of time researching and writing for the required material. With the help of right keyword, research and complete optimized pieces or piece of content, you will be able to get required results within a few seconds on the first page of any search engine. You will find lots of people claiming that they are professional in this field, so it is necessary to make a thorough research before selecting a person to follow.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.canadianseoagency.ca/search-engine-marketing-a-modern-way-to-compete-competitors" target="_blank">http://www.canadianseoagency.ca/search-engine-marketing-a-modern-way-to-compete-competitors</a></p>
<p><strong>Take the help of Blog to produce targeted traffic</strong></p>
<p>Launch a blog website to boost up your search results for long tailed keywords that are related to particular key element or niche of the company. In making <strong>Search engine marketing </strong>at Vancouver, it is important to carefully research the keywords and add in the website. Writing on a specific topic based on the keywords, will generate required and targeted site traffic. In addition, blogs are also a significant way to get back links from other websites to further improve rankings in different search engines. Fresh content will help you to get more and more traffic along with good rating.</p>
<p>To ensure your site remains up-to-dated, as the advancements in technology, search for the <strong>Seo marketing Vancouver</strong> as mobile tools. Famous keywords or phrases on mobiles are mostly different from those in personal computers and you must have to ensure that the website contains both. Some key phrase systems will provide you facility to see the rankings of specific keywords on mobile gadgets.</p>
<p>Make sure that you never use<strong> Vancouver Seo</strong> stop keywords like Default, Quit and Home etc as they might not clear for the readers. You can conveniently get words in suitable spots, still if your tag consists of on net SEO quit word, all your efforts will go in vain!</p>
<p>There are two kinds of coding methods that can really increase your on net <strong>Search engine optimization Vancouver </strong>results: the robotics text file and No-Follow tag. Both will instruct internet search engine optimizer not to index elements of your site. This could act as a counter protective, though blocking certain areas that consist of a number of little content and hyperlinks will direct the search engines to focus on the other important elements of your website.</p>
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		<title>Web Marketing Services–More than SEO</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:02:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some companies seem to forget that there is so much more to marketing than search engine optimization (SEO) or online marketing. Using other web marketing services can compliment your search engine optimization in ways you never thought possible, and any &#8230; <a href="http://www.seoservicescanada.com/web-marketing-services%e2%80%93more-than-seo/">read more <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some companies seem to forget that there is so much more to marketing than search engine optimization (SEO) or online marketing.   Using other web marketing services can compliment your search engine optimization in ways you never thought possible, and any good internet marketing company will tell you that…only if it’s right for you. What exactly are other <strong>web marketing services</strong> worth?   Should everyone use them?</p>
<p>Here’s a look at who needs to use what marketing services and why:<br />
Whether or not an <strong>internet marking company</strong> should focus just on search engine optimization has been a debate throughout the search engine optimization community for many years.  Some say any <strong>internet marketing company</strong> that uses other forms of marketing is hypocritical.   They claim that any company worth what it claims to be does not need any other so-called tricks to market websites.  In some cases, this might be true, but still, in others, it’s not true at all.<br />
A lot of it has to do with the company’s goals.  If they are working with a small business that is comfortable with what it is doing or couldn’t possibly take on more customers or business, then sticking with search engine optimization might very well be the way to go.  But if the company in question is looking to grow as much as possible, why not take advantage of the many other ways to market?  If those other forms of marketing are attracting new customers, growing the business’s reputation and popularity, and building profits, then what’s the big deal?   Essentially, it’s not an either all situation.<br />
What’s truly important is profit or return on investment.  Return on investment is simply getting your customer to do whatever it is you want them to do when they visit your website.  Do you want them to purchase an item from you straight from the website?  Do you want them to sign up for your weekly newsletter or do you want them to call your store for quotes?   Making that happen – no matter which category you fall under or what size your business – is key.  Sure, search engine optimization may be what brings in the most return on investment but if other ways of marketing work too, use them.<br />
Another way to look at it is to remember that most of the time, businesses are coming to companies because they are exploring search engine optimization for the first time.  In other words, they’ve probably exhausted all other forms of marketing.   Companies often turn to search engine optimization because it can be cheaper in the long run or because of what they’ve heard through other people who have discovered it.  If this is the case, no one in their right mind should tell a business to cease all forms of marketing and concentrate solely on online marketing.</p>
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		<title>Organic Approach to Web Marketing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 06:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you think of the word &#8220;organic&#8221; search engine optimization is probably not the first thing that comes to mind, but it is a term that can be applied to web marketing services and is in many instances. Web marketing &#8230; <a href="http://www.seoservicescanada.com/organic-approach-to-web-marketing">read more <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When you think of the word &#8220;organic&#8221; search engine optimization is probably not the first thing that comes to mind, but it is a term that can be applied to <strong>web marketing services</strong> and is in many instances.    <strong>Web marketing services</strong> are made up of three parts:  search engine optimization (SEO), online public relations, and website conversion.</p>
<p><strong>Search Engine Optimization (SEO):</strong><br />
Search engine optimization is essentially attempting to get your website to rank high amongst a search engines’ organic results for certain keywords and phrases.  (The organic results are the ones that are not paid for, but the ones that fall just below the ones that are paid for.)    Many people consider organic results to be more trustworthy because they have earned their spot at the top versus paying to get there.  You can do this on your own or by hiring an <strong>internet marketing company</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>Online Public Relations:</strong><br />
Online public relations includes sending out press releases and other articles about your business online.  It can increase traffic to your website and help build your reputation as a reputable website.  It can help you gain links, and keep word of your business circulating for ages, whereas a paper press release is usually seen only once by a person an discarded, never to be seen again.</p>
<p><strong>Website Conversion:</strong><br />
Website conversion is often overlooked by an internet marketing company or website owner, but it is important.  Essentially, it involves trying to figure out what the visitors to your website are looking for and how to work that to your advantage.  How can you get those visitors to take action when using your website?</p>
<p><strong>How the Three Parts of Web Marketing Services Work Together:</strong><br />
Search engine optimization works well together with online public relations by simply giving a business more exposure.  Press releases and well written articles distributed online help a company develop its reputation.  When those articles and press released are optimized using search engine optimization techniques, the results can be even greater.    In other words, in addition to the exposure an offline press release might give you, you’ve added search engine optimization to the mix, meaning press releases will work to help you move up in the rankings.<br />
Search engine optimization also works well together with web conversion.  Hiring an <strong>internet marketing company</strong> to help you with website conversion can be the greatest thing you do for your company.   If your website has any visitors, conversions will work, regardless of where you rank in the search engines, but if you rank high enough, you will attract more people to help you get more conversions.</p>
<p><strong>Conclusion:</strong><br />
Even though search engine optimization, online public relations, and web conversion work so well together, you should also take the time to examine them separately.   But it is almost a guarantee that you will get the best results when you use them together.</p>
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		<title>Search Engine Optimization and Universal Search</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 06:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may have heard of search engine optimization, but you may not have heard of universal internet search. Chances are your internet marketing company has. It’s a new thing, and it’s changing the world of search engines. For the longest &#8230; <a href="http://www.seoservicescanada.com/search-engine-optimization-and-universal-search">read more <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You may have heard of search engine optimization, but you may not have heard of universal internet search.  Chances are your <strong>internet marketing company</strong> has.  It’s a new thing, and it’s changing the world of search engines.   For the longest time, search engine optimization’s goal was to make content on your website such that it showed up at the top of all the big search engines, such as Google, Yahoo, Bing, and MSN.   Then Google debuted Universal Search, a project that been in the works for years.   If search engine users like it, it could mean bad news for your <strong>internet marketing company</strong> and their current <strong>web marketing services</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>What is it?</strong><br />
Universal Search includes not just websites, but blogs, pictures, news pieces, videos, and any other media that you can find on the internet.   In the past, you could search Google for each of these items individually – something many people didn’t seem to know about – but now they are all incorporated.    Here’s an example:  if you were to search for “Japan” before Universal Search, you’d get several webpages relating to the country.  Now, incorporated into those results, you might get some news stories about the Japanese earthquake, some YouTube videos featuring Japanese music, or some pictures of a map of the country.</p>
<p><strong>Why is Universal Search a Good Thing?</strong><br />
Universal Search has many benefits for users.  If you aren’t looking for just one type of media, you won’t have to search through different parts of the search engine to get them.  One keyword or key phrase search gets you a multitude of various results.  In other words, you will get much more information.</p>
<p><strong>Why is Universal Search a Bad Thing? </strong><br />
Unfortunately, there are some drawbacks to Universal Search.  There can be so many results that your results page becomes convoluted.  You could more likely end up getting information that doesn’t have anything to do with what you were searching for in the first place.  Something else that users may find annoying is that you can’t turn it off.  There is no magic button to press if you do not want the Universal Search results.   Also, it’s not so great for people who are using <strong>web marketing services</strong> and search engine optimization because now they have a lot more competition than just other websites.</p>
<p><strong>Make Your Website Universal Search – Friendly</strong><br />
If Universal Search sticks, it will change the way your <strong>internet marketing company</strong> offers <strong>web marketing services</strong> and search engine optimization, because it will change the way people search the internet.   It may mean deciding what types of media are important for your website campaign.  Aside from getting your website ranked, what else can you work on?  When you do hire someone to work on your website, make sure they are aware of Universal Search, and do not be afraid to ask them how they plan to work with it.</p>
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		<title>Web Marketing Services You Should Know</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 06:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below you will find five web marketing services (along with a brief description) that you, as a website owner, should be aware of. They can change the way you do business. These tips and tricks will help you market your &#8230; <a href="http://www.seoservicescanada.com/web-marketing-services-you-should-know">read more <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Below you will find five <strong>web marketing services</strong> (along with a brief description) that you, as a website owner, should be aware of.  They can change the way you do business.  These tips and tricks will help you market your website to both visitors and search engines.</p>
<p><strong>1.	See to it that people can find you.</strong><br />
When a business decides to put itself online, they are vaguely if at all aware of search engine optimization and do not take advantage of it.  Over 80% of websites are discovered because a person is searching for some keywords or phrases in a search engine (Google, Bing, Yahoo, MSN, etc.).  85% of people online are using search engines to find a solution to a problem.  If you are optimizing your website for search engines, you can move your way to the front page and top spots on results pages, which helps people find you and thus, improves your reputation.</p>
<p><strong>2.	 Create Good Content.</strong><br />
People think they need a lot of flash to attract visitors – graphics, pictures, videos – these might be impressive, but will they leave a long-lasting impression to someone who is looking for an answer to a question or problem? Would they suggest someone else visit your website just because you spent a ton of money on a graphic designer instead of hiring a good <strong>internet marketing company</strong>?  Potential customers are more than likely going to be more impressed with good information and content.</p>
<p><strong>3.	 Send Updates to Customers</strong><br />
Having customers or website visitor sign up for a newsletter or other type of email announcement can be a wonderful thing.  But only do it if people sign up or you’ll be considered a spammer.   Sending out regular newsletters reminds people you are still in business and alerts potential customers to what you can do for them.  If people find content that they like on your website, they will continue to trust you and your business and possibly even recommend you to others.</p>
<p><strong>4.	Put Your Website on Other Marketing Materials</strong><br />
It might seem obvious, but you’d be surprised at how many people forget to put the address to their website on business cards, advertisements, company letterhead and other products used for advertising.  Put it in email signatures, voicemail messages, radio and TV advertising, and basically, anywhere that you advertise your business.</p>
<p><strong>5.	Make Your Website Customer-Friendly</strong><br />
If your website is a little too “me,” then you might want to consider making it a little more “them.”  Your customers want to know how you can help them, not learn about how great you think you are.  There are many ways to do this, some are as simple as using the word “you” instead of the word “we.”  This will help your customer feel like you are truly there for them and want to help.  You don’t need fancy <strong>web marketing services</strong> from an <strong>internet marketing company</strong> to tell you that.</p>
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		<title>Tips for Analyzing Your Website</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 06:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When is the last time you really took a good look at your website and how it’s performing? If you do not have time to do a ton of SEO or the funds to hire an internet marketing company to &#8230; <a href="http://www.seoservicescanada.com/tips-for-analyzing-your-website">read more <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When is the last time you really took a good look at your website and how it’s performing?  If you do not have time to do a ton of SEO or the funds to hire an <strong>internet marketing company</strong> to perform <strong>web marketing services</strong>, there are still some things you can do to make it a little more appealing to both visitors and search engines.   Below are a few tips to help you get started. While you may want to consider hiring an <strong>internet marketing company</strong>, most of these can be performed by anyone with just a little bit of technical or web knowledge.</p>
<p><strong>Redefine Your Site’s Goal</strong><br />
When you created your website, you had a goal for it in mind.  Maybe it was to promote your company or maybe to sell your actual products and services.  Regardless of what it was, you need to redefine that goal and make sure you haven’t lost sight of it.  If your goal has changed, maybe your website should too.</p>
<p><strong >Look at Your Website as Though You are the Visitor</strong><br />
This one’s pretty simple.  Set aside some time to go through your entire website.  Try to imagine that you are the new visitor and think about what your first impression is.   Is there anything that doesn’t make sense or is out of date?</p>
<p><strong >Use a Checklist</strong><br />
When you are evaluating your website, make a checklist of everything you find wrong.  You can even go so far as to put what would make it better on the list, or what web marketing services you might need to employ to fix it.</p>
<p><strong >Remove Bad Links</strong><br />
No one likes a bad link.  You’ve been there – you found a website that looked interesting, clicked on it, and you get an error page.  Having them on your website can be a big sign that you don’t care about the website or don’t maintain your website.   Delete them immediately if the websites are gone or replace them with the right links if there is simply an error in the address.</p>
<p><strong >Fix Your Fonts</strong><br />
If your website contains multiple fonts in multiple colors, it may be time to consider changing that.  One font or a few that complement each other is a lot more appealing to the eye than a hodgepodge of random fonts and colors.  Changing something as simple as your background color can give your website a whole new, updated look, and it doesn’t require you to hire an <strong>internet marketing company</strong>.</p>
<p><strong >Make Sure Your Info is Up to Date</strong><br />
Something else that is annoying for visitors is to view a website that claims your next sale is or, well, was about six months ago.  Keep your information updated as much as possible.  Anytime your information changes in the real world, it’s best that it changes online too, or again, it will look like you do not care about your website or your business.</p>
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		<title>Do Google Places Listings Really Matter?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 06:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’ve noticed, for many cases, if you have great organic rankings for your local terms, having the additional visuals of a map marker, logo image, and address/phone info, plus maybe star ratings, review snippets and review counts, from a Google &#8230; <a href="http://www.seoservicescanada.com/do-google-places-listings-really-matter">read more <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We’ve noticed, for many cases, if you have great organic rankings for your local terms, having the additional visuals of a map marker, logo image, and address/phone info, plus maybe star ratings, review snippets and review counts, from a Google Places listing, does not matter at all.</p>
<p>We have a certain LONG term client (5 + years) and have seen all the various iterations of Google Maps and Places mixed into the search results. From 10-packs to 7-packs and today’s blended local organic listings. This client has enjoyed #1 organic rankings for their primary local terms through most of that time (maybe the odd short term dip to #2). But here’s the issue – they are located just outside their city limits. This tends to restrict a number of things as far as Google Places listings and rankings go.</p>
<p><strong>Here are the various changes to Google results they’ve witnessed over the past 5 years:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Before Google started showing map listings in the SERPS, they were #1 organic.</li>
<li>When the 10-pack local listings rolled out they were #1 organic but below the 10-pack and map.</li>
<li>For a while (most of 2009 and early part of 2010) we were able to trick Google into thinking they were in the city and they showed #A in the 7-pack and again #1 organic below the map.</li>
<li>Later Google caught on to our trick and they got kicked out of 7-pack but still showed at #1 organic below the map.</li>
<li>New blended local organic results now has them at #1 above any of the local listings that get the bonus map markers and such.</li>
</ul>
<p>What do you think we saw for changes in traffic to the website and changes in lead volumes (we track email leads as goal conversions in Analytics) through each of those significant changes?</p>
<p><strong>Answer = none</strong></p>
<p>By none we mean nothing that could by any means be attributed to places listings vs. no places listings. What we did see was year over year growth in traffic and leads Look at the peaks in the image below. (The <strong>YELLOW </strong>columns signify the client&#8217;s high peak seasons) We attribute the increased traffic to the growth of the internet and search in general as a source to find local businesses.<br />
<a href="http://www.seoservicescanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/traffic-and-leads14.gif"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3884" title="traffic-and-leads1" src="http://www.seoservicescanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/traffic-and-leads14.gif" alt="" width="600" height="296" /></a></p>
<p>You would think that there should have been a noticeable difference between being in the 7 pack <strong>noticeably above the organic results</strong> and being only in the organic listings below the map. But it simply is not the case.</p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Now the peak for 2010 was not much different than 2009. Could that  peak have been higher if the business was located in the city limits, or  we managed to still convince Google it was, and we continued to show up  in the local 7-pack? To check against that I checked their primary  local term in Google Insights for historical traffic trends. You’ll see  2009 and 2010 at about the same levels there as well.<strong><br />
<a href="http://www.seoservicescanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/total-traffic1.gif"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3885" title="total-traffic" src="http://www.seoservicescanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/total-traffic1.gif" alt="" width="518" height="241" /></a></strong></p>
<h2>One Small Difference, Primary Service Term With No Location Qualifier</h2>
<p>If you search certain broad terms like dentist, pizza, plumber,  etc.., Google recognizes it as the type of query that may have local  intent and will mix in map results with the broad organic results.  Without a true local presence in the city we now miss out on that  traffic. But it is small, puny even.</p>
<p>For the year + we had the spoofed (sort of) local presence and high  map rankings, the volume of traffic from the singular terms was about  1/10th of those that included that word plus the city name before or  after. Plus there is the other iterations that use city names with state  or province abbreviations as well as those that use <em>‘in’</em> city-name, <em>‘near’</em> city name, etc… Combine all the other search terms for their various  related services, with a city name in the phrase, and the singular broad  terms amount to close to 1/100th of their local traffic.</p>
<p>Another thing about the insignificance of the single word terms,  conversion rates (email leads) were a mere fraction as well. Terms that  included the city name convert at 8% to 15%. Single word searches on  their 2 primary service type variations, converted at 0.39% and 0.64%  respectively.</p>
<p>Goodbye single phrase terms with pseudo-local intent – we don’t really miss you.</p>
<h2>Hold On, Not So Fast!</h2>
<p>We have other clients ranking well organically for areas they don’t  get local map listings – they pretty much see the same thing. But <strong>for some industries the pull of the map is a little bit more noticeable</strong>.</p>
<p>People have slightly different intents when searching certain local  businesses. Those industries where need tends to be urgent – <em>“I need it now and I don’t care who it is, just get it done, NOW”</em> – see a slightly different trend.</p>
<p>We’ve worked with a number of plumbers in various cities and they all  tell me the same thing. Searchers are looking for phone numbers and  simply start “dialing for dollars”. They have a leaky pipe that’s about  to ruin their flooring and they want a fix now. First plumber to answer  the phone gets the business, not the guy who can’t answer his cell while  elbow deep into a toilet. They can’t even be bothered to leave a  message on voice mail. Instead they hang up and call the next plumber on  the list.</p>
<p>Google Maps/Places listings show phone numbers quite prominently, so  in those urgent cases the Places listing in the search results matters  more. But that can be overcome with good organic rankings too. Simply  include a phone number in your title tags, and/or meta description tags.</p>
<h2>Reviews Can Matter, Sometimes</h2>
<p>Blended local search results are sometimes displaying snippets of  reviews right there on page one. They can have an impact, in extreme  cases. By extreme we mean a glaringly negative review showing as the  review snippet. Right there, page 1.</p>
<p>From the perspective of what a user see’s in the search results,  things like positive review snippets, review counts, rating stars, etc..  have little impact on clickthroughs to the website and phone calls.  It primarily comes down to rankings. But one bad review, for all to see,  can have a dramatic impact – but not on traffic to the site. It impacts  lead volumes – both phone calls and emails.</p>
<p>A client in <strong>Toronto</strong> had that dilemma with a <em>false</em> negative review being pulled from Yelp. The bad review showed on page  one of Google search for close to two months and during that period lead  volume dropped by 75% (phone calls saw a bigger impact than email) but  no discernible change in total traffic to the website.<br />
<a href="http://www.seoservicescanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/traffic-and-leads15.gif"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3886" title="traffic-and-leads1" src="http://www.seoservicescanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/traffic-and-leads15.gif" alt="" width="600" height="296" /></a></p>
<p>Seems that rankings still pulled the clicks as they usually do but  people chose not to contact them. Obviously because of the review they  saw in the search results. Based on the content of that review we could  tell it was either an intentional fake from a competitor or a mistake on  the reviewers part mixing them up with some other business.</p>
<p>We posted a business owner response to that review,  and a couple weeks later Yelp ended up placing the bad one as a  filtered review and Google then scrapped a different one to show as a  snippet. Lead volumes are shooting back up to normal levels. Needless to  say, the client is breathing a sigh of relief.</p>
<p>In general terms, organic rankings trump all and the extra fluff of  review snippets, star ratings, review counts are just that -fluff  (unless it’s glaringly negative). I wonder then, at the mass user level,  what they actually think of those extras.</p>
<ul>
<li>Is it merely a little side bonus that might, for some users in some cases, maybe, maybe, maybe influence a decision?</li>
<li>Is there a lack of trust for user reviews that are easy to fake and have little to no quality control?</li>
<li>Do they ultimately put more trust in the ranking algorithm, regardless of stars and reviews?</li>
</ul>
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		<title>Methods of Using Local SEO Services to Boost Your Business</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Because there are many companies that now provide <strong>local SEO services</strong>, it is clear that local SEO has a significant place in Internet marketing right now. A number of reasons exist as to why you should obtain <strong>local SEO services</strong>, but the most important reason is that you will be able to have a presence in markets that offer you a decent rate of response. You will always have potential customers near your location, which means you can use a <strong>small business SEO company</strong> regardless of what you sell. You can expand your business into new arenas and still draw the attention of more customers that are interested in your company.</p>
<p>The key to successful local <strong>Search engine optimization services</strong> is to determine what your customers need and want. You need to understand how they perform searches on the Internet. You should attempt to recreate the searches that your potential customers make. You need to select specific keywords that will bring your company up in the search engine results rather than general keywords that will bury your site. Certainly, you can get a lot of visitors by using more general keywords, but they are less likely to be converted to sales than are specifically targeted customers.</p>
<p>You also do not want to do anything that appears to look like spam. This includes putting your site twice or more on a single company directory. As such, if your company has multiple offices, you need to make one landing page per retail location so they can be listed separately in each of the various directories. This means you can send potential customers to a particular location’s page, and they can go to your home page from there. You should not be sending potential customers to your home page using multiple listings.</p>
<p>You should also include a local telephone number on your website. Search engines cannot read numbers so be sure to use words for the numbers in your telephone listing. You must also have a local number as evidence that your company actually exists. This means you should not be using a 1-800 number exclusively. The reason for this is that toll free numbers to not represent a physical location. You need to ensure that your telephone number and your business are real.</p>
<p>To reiterate, local <strong>SEO services</strong> are necessary to improve certain features that will lend you credence with local directories. This is important if you want to expand your business to local consumers. This is a main reason behind the influx of companies who are turning to <strong>small business SEO</strong> companies to better connect with their potential clients.</p>
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		<title>Reasons for Hiring a Local Canadian SEO Services Agency</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why should you pick a <strong>local SEO services</strong> agency instead of one that is located abroad? Many positives and some negatives exist to selecting a <strong>small business SEO </strong>company.</p>
<p><strong>SEO</strong> can be a difficult concept for many people to understand. SEO is short for Search Engine Optimization. Essentially, if you hire an <strong>SEO agency</strong> to optimize your website, your company will show up sooner in search engine results. This is important because you want your site to be one of the first ones a potential customer sees. SEO is advantageous because it drives more customers to your site that can translate to higher profits.</p>
<p>If you have an SEO agency working to optimize your results, you are going to be rewarded in a couple of ways. The most obvious way is that your website will show up sooner in the results on various search engines. The second way is through the development of backlinks. You want to have as many backlinks as possible so the site gets better rankings. Backlinks are typically located in your content that provides info on your business. This content is most often in the form of articles that contain links to the website that has been optimized. As such, these articles also show up in the results, which is even better for your site.</p>
<p>One important aspect to obtaining the services of an SEO agency is that they should know quite a bit about your business. <strong>Local SEO services</strong> agencies have an advantage over offshore SEO agencies in this regard. There are certain facts about companies that <strong>small business SEO </strong>companies will have knowledge of that non-local companies will not. Customers like to choose companies that are familiar. They want to see words they know, which makes them feel more connected to the business and there will be an increased likelihood that they will click on your site, and eventually make a purchase. For these reasons<strong>, local SEO services</strong> agencies are a great choice for business owners to make.</p>
<p>Local SEO agencies though, do not have to exist in the exact same place as the actual company to be effective. The website should be located where the SEO agency is. The majority of SEO companies employ full time writers to create website content so you want them to speak the language you are using on the website. The reason for this is that customers who are looking for an item that is locally available they will feel comfortable with the language of the articles produced by the SEO company.</p>
<p>Basically, the only reason local SEO companies are necessary is to write keyword-dense articles for SEO purposes. If search engines didn’t base ratings off articles, there would be no reason to have local SEO agencies at all.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[When considering an investment in SEO packages. You have got to do so knowing that SEO plans do not give you a quick return. Search engine optimization will require you to spend money now for a marketing strategy, but the &#8230; <a href="http://www.seoservicescanada.com/at-what-point-should-one-contract-seo-plans">read more <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When considering an investment in <strong>SEO packages</strong>. You have got to do so knowing that <strong>SEO plans</strong> do not give you a quick return. Search engine optimization will require  you to spend money now for a marketing strategy, but the ROI might be a  long time coming.  When you want to invest in <strong>SEO packages, </strong>there are some absolutes for you on your end of the <strong>SEO plans<br />
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<p>Absolutes:</p>
<p>First:   Remember that people are buying a product from you so you absolutely  must have a good, functioning website or you will shoo people away  instead of gathering them in to your great business.</p>
<p>Second:  You had best be absolutely certain that your product is good or you are going to be sorry that you used <strong>SEO packages</strong> for internet marketing.</p>
<p>Third:  There must absolutely be a way to analyze the money you are spending. If you can’t track the money spent on <strong>SEO plans</strong>, the whole project will be a failure.</p>
<p>With the absolutes taken care of, you can take the big step to get the <strong>SEO packages</strong> up and running. There is a choice of methods to do this and those include the DIY method and the <strong>SEO plans </strong>consultant.  There are a lot of thing to be done to get this type of marketing off  the ground. There will need to be a key word search, information about  how to build structure, analyze the current market, decide on specific  content and maybe devise links to your great website.  This preliminary  work is extremely important. You may wish to have your <strong>SEO packages</strong> do all of this for you.  When you decide to put <strong>SEO plans</strong> in place, you will need to know what people are essential to successful marketing.</p>
<p>You will need a person called a developer who takes care of codes, and server issues necessary prior to use of good <strong>SEO packages</strong>.  You need to get your site updated with more content and more artistic  appeal and you need a search engine friendly content writer. Finally,  you need your business head of  marketing to be totally with the program  and to be able to work with the <strong>SEO plans.</strong></p>
<p>Prior to the contract with the <strong>SEO plans,</strong> be certain that you have the money to invest in what could be a great  method but that could take months to show any results. When the <strong>SEO packages</strong> offer their recommendations, will you be able to execute them in a  timely fashion?  Decide if there might be other less costly ways of  beefing up marketing that might bring quicker results.</p>
<p>SEO  marketing strategies are terrific, but anyone considering their use  should be really certain they can put in all the effort to make the  program successful.</p>
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