When you begin SEO for your Web site, you first need to select your main keywords.

Keywords are the terms that Google’s users use to seek out a Web site like yours. “For example, if an individual needs a Philadelphia orthodontist who supplies invisible braces, he or she could search for ‘orthodontist Philadelphia’ or ‘braces Philadelphia’ or ‘invisible braces Philadelphia,’” says Master Google’s Ali Husayni. “Those are all possible keywords for a Philadelphia orthodontist’s Web site.”

Some businesses need only one keyword and others use hundreds. If your list of keywords is long, you need to know how to prioritize them. The most important keywords are not always the most popular – because those are frequently very competitive. A national or international keyword like “physical therapy” is a good example.

Devoting your SEO activities and budget to just very competitive keywords means that you probably won’t get the results you’d like. You’ll get exhausted and discouraged after only a couple months. However, if you select your keywords carefully, you can make progress in a fairly short period. “Once less competitive keywords such as ‘physical therapy software’ have worked for you and your business increases, you can allocate more money to SEO and go after the more competitive keywords,” suggests Husayni.

Below are steps for compiling a list of prospective keywords:

1. Spend some time thinking of the words or phrases that guests at your Web site might employ in a Google search.
2. Search for these keywords on Google and visit the Web sites you find on the first page of your search results. Scrutinize those sites to identify other keywords you may not have already pinpointed.
3. Use Google Adwords Keyword Tool to search on one of your keywords. This tool will provide a thorough list of the keywords from the previous month that relate to your original keyword. Add these terms to your keyword list.
4. A different Adwords column displays those keywords’ volume for the past month. So you can learn which keywords were the most popular that month. The greater the search volume, the more vital that keyword is.
5. Some keywords will have fewer than 1,000 searches per month. Delete them from your list. They usually aren’t worth your time.

What you have left is your list of keywords. These keywords can help rank your Web site on any search engine; however, we only work with Google.

Another option is signing up for a service like WordTracker.com whose function is to help you find and evaluate keywords. WordTracker.com can also supply a service similar to Google Adwords Keyword Tool.

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One of the primary tenets of SEO is this: always have updated content. When Google reads, indexes, and ranks sites based on their content, it examines more than 200 criteria to rate Web sites for every key word. One of these criteria is how often a site’s content is refreshed.

Fresh Content: Google’s Web site rankings give priority to Web sites that stay current on the events in their field of expertise and that can show they are doing new things. Fresh blog posts, additional pages, or re-written pages show that the Web site is up-to-date and helps to encourage visitors.

“Major search engines not only rank pages upon relevant content…but by fresh content as well,” writes Loren Baker on SearchEngineJournal.com. “Even after your site has been ‘optimized to the max,’ your rankings will increase to a certain level and then not go much higher. To get to the top and stay there, your site should deliver fresh, relevant content on a regular basis.”

“Here at Master Google, each month we create one or two new writings for every client and put them on their site,” says Ali Husayni. “You can also refresh your content by re-writing your homepage – or a different page on your site. You are providing your visitors with identical information, but you’re giving the sense that your Web site is current – and that will get it a better Google Web site ranking.”

How Much Fresh Content? The more frequently a Web site is refreshed, the higher it will move in the rankings. For example, news sites tend to receive high Google Web site rankings because they’re updating their pages several times a day.

“We can create new Web site content for our clients as often as they like, but the expense could outweigh the positive effect if we refresh it more frequently than 2-3 times a month,” explains Husayni.

Other SEO experts support this idea. On SEO.com, Scott Smoot relates this story: “I noticed a huge drop in my traffic from organic search…It provided a powerful example of the need for fresh content…I hadn’t updated for almost 4 months. I have no doubt that other sites competing for my keywords were updating more regularly. I went into my site and submitted a blog post… just a ‘sorry I haven’t posted anything lately’ post…The result was a complete return of the rankings and traffic (and then some).”

How Much Contend Must be Re-written? No one really knows. Google reveals very little of its page ranking formula – and that information isn’t included. “If we revise a Web site’s content, we strive to re-write 100% of it,” remarks Husayni.

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We are experiencing greater success in placing our clients’ Web sites at the top of Google than in any other time in our existence. This success is the result of carefully honing our skills in optimizing complex sites and improving their rank on Google.

We employ a unique combination of press releases, articles, and SEO blogs to continuously update each client site’s content. Our sophisticated link building methods have permitted us to help many clients move into Google’s upper echelons.

“We never stop working to improve our SEO services to our clients,” Ali Husayni notes. “Google rank and SEO optimization are crucial to a successful Web site. Our staff works diligently to make sure that each site receives the meticulous attention that improves these rankings. It’s a thrill to see our efforts bearing fruit. Now our clients will see better results more quickly than ever.”

We have also been successful in improving the speed with which we remove detrimental Google “red flags,” indicating that Google finds some of the site’s content problematic. We recently removed a sophisticated red flag from the Web site of the cutting-edge UK based company, Cryoserver.

“We were pleasantly surprised when Google placed Cryoserver on its first page results less than one month from starting SEO efforts,” says Mr. Husayni. “I’m very proud of my team. They worked very hard to help this company achieve its rightful Google ranking – in a very short period of time.”

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We recently agreed to a partnership with the cutting-edge orthodontics marketing company Ingenuity. The two companies will recommend each other and cross-promote to create a dynamic synergy.

Ingenuity helps orthodontists: improve their number of referrals; build brand recognition; and increase revenue. It does so using a system of internet promotions, user-generated video and photo competitions, and social networking. Using Web 2.0 interactivity to engage patients, Ingenuity improves a client’s capacity to introduce the larger community to his or her practice.

The company uses contests in which patients ask their friends and family to vote for their entries – a picture, video, or essay – on the Ingenuity Web site. When friends and family log on to vote, that orthodontic practice suddenly “goes viral” in its market. The patients have effectively introduced their orthodontists to their acquaintances.

Ingenuity’s marketing system is very effective at increasing clients’ business. Ingenuity’s clients averaged a growth rate of 12% in 2009 – at a time when most of the industry was declining.

Here at Master Google, we are famous for our “Top of Google” offer which guarantees that, within a few months, we will get our client’s Web site to the top of Google for that client’s primary key word – or we will return 100% of the client’s money.

Our profile has been increasing since we launched last summer. Our Google Page Rank recently increased from a 4 to a 6 and, in March 2010, we published our e-book: Google Secrets Revealed.

“Master Google and Ingenuity have complementary objectives and experience,” Ali Husayni said about the partnership. “We are always asked by our orthodontist clients how to market their services and improve patient referrals. Those clients can benefit from Ingenuity’s unique marketing techniques. Ingenuity’s clients will have access to our SEO marketing services.”

“Our clients are constantly asking for SEO advice,” notes Carleton Wilkins CEO of Ingenuity. “Although our program does help our clients’ Web sites’ popularity, we are not specifically an SEO marketing company. We’re happy we can refer them to a reputable Google marketing company like Master Google, a company with a lot of experience with orthodontics and dental SEO. So, it makes sense that we align to better serve our clients’ needs.”

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On May 10th, we went live with our re-designed Web site and already the site is paying dividends. The “Top of Google Guaranteed” deal has been receiving far more inquiries than previously. Four to five new businesses a day are now seeking our help with marketing their Web sites. Compared to the previous Web site, this is about a 100% improvement.

“I am very excited about all the attention the new site is generating,” said Master Google President Ali Husayni. “It is attracting people who are looking for our services and now they can contact us more easily. Our SEO services business has gotten a real boost from the new Web site.”

The “Top of Google Guaranteed” package promises that we will get a client’s Web site among the top five sites when searching on that business’s main keyword. If we cannot get the site within the top five after a few months, the client’s fees will be refunded 100%.

Simpler to use, our new Web site is also more technologically advanced than the earlier version. Designed with Web 2.0 standards in mind, it is more interactive, making the Web site user the center of the experience. Each part of each Web page is designed to give visitors superior performance.

With a contact form that is simpler to fill out, the site also loads more quickly. Visitors can navigate the Web site more quickly and locate the information they are looking for. The site also includes a new video explaining how our SEO Web marketing services are unique.

Although we can help most of the prospective clients who reach us through the Web site, we must turn away companies that do not qualify for Top of Google placement (most often because of their market’s extreme competiveness) or that cannot devote enough funding to their Google SEO marketing efforts.
“Our plan for placing each site at the Top of Google is individualized for each client because each market is different,” said Husayni. “But, clients do need to understand the realities of the market when they select a budget.”

With greater competition in national and international markets, businesses at that level need to designate at least $20,000 – $50,000 to their annual SEO marketing budget – if they want to be successful. Although some kinds of local business are more competitive than others, most local businesses need to allocate at least $10,000 annually.

“I personally give each qualified prospect their proposal for Top of Google rankings,” explained Husayni.

Since launching the company in the summer of 2009, our profile in the SEO world has been rising. Recently our Google Page Rank went from a 4 to a 6 and we released our e-book, Google Secrets Revealed, in March 2010.

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We are in the process of re-designing our Web site and will launch the new version on May 10th. The new Web site will be more technologically advanced and easier for visitors to use.

The new site has been designed to Web 2.0 standards. It will be beautiful, but simple in its design. In keeping with Web 2.0 principles it will also be more interactive, making the user the center of the site. Every element is engineered to give visitors a better experience.

The new site will also load faster. It will be more intuitive, making it easier for visitors to navigate the site’s pages and find the information they need. The site will include a new video feature that explains why our SEO services are unique. The contact form will also be much easier to fill out.

“I am very pleased with my team’s work to this date in planning, designing, and developing our new site,” says Ali Husayni. “It features some of the most appealing design features with the state-of-the-art Web development technology to create the best user experience on the Web. Truly, it is going to be a work of art. I’m so excited to hear our friends’ feedback.”

Our profile in the SEO world has been rising since Master Google was launched last summer. Our Google Page Rank recently increased from a 4 to a 6 and, in March 2010, we released our e-book Google Secrets Revealed. We also offer free SEO services for small-business Web sites and have optimized the Web sites of over 390 businesses – for free – since launching the offer in August 2009.

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Google recently upgraded the Page Rank for our Web site from a 4 to a 6. This accomplishment is a result of our skill with SEO and hard work – and demonstrates how our clients can benefit by signing up for our SEO services.

Page Rank is the result of Google’s search algorithm, which gives a number to every hyperlinked set of documents as a measure of its importance on the Web. The algorithm assigns each Web site a number from 0 to 10 representing that site’s value to Google. The 0 to 10 scale is logarithmic, like the Richter Scale, so that each number is exponentially harder to achieve than the previous number.

Google does not reveal all the factors that go into determining Page Rank, but the score does depend in part on the number of inbound links for a Web site as well as the quality of the pages providing inbound links. In other words, if site A links to site B, Google interprets that as a “vote” by site A for site B. The weight given to site A’s vote, however, depends on its Page Rank. If there are no links to a Web page, there is no support for that page. Another factor influencing Page Rank is how often the Web site is updated with fresh content.

“We are very pleased to have Master Google’s Page Rank increase so dramatically,” said Master Google CEO Ali Husayni. “Since each number on Google’s Page Rank scale is exponentially harder to achieve than the previous number, the fact that Master Google’s rank has increased so quickly to a 6 is a tribute to the hard work of our employees and the high quality of our Web site’s material. Most SEO Web sites never achieve a Page Rank of 6. So, we’re ranked right up there among the best SEO companies in the world.”

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For the first time we have refunded the full amount of its fees to a client, making good on our 100% money back guarantee. Our contract promises that within three months we will get a client’s Web site placed on the first page of Google for at least 50% of the site’s keywords. If we cannot meet those placements, the contract states that Master Google will refund 100% of the client’s money.

During a search, Google uses software called spiders that find relevant Web sites, read their code and content, and rank them for the user’s specific keywords. Our Web site optimization paves the way for Google spiders so they can easily read the client’s site and find the most important keywords. We combine that with a sophisticated link-building campaign, taking our clients’ Web sites on their way to the top of Google.

Unfortunately, in this case, when we contracted with the client, we were unaware that this particular site had already been flagged by Google for the use of unacceptable Web site building techniques – namely duplicate content. After three months, we were unable to make sufficient progress in increasing the site’s placement on Google’s first page. So we refunded 100% of the client’s money. Since the client was a small start-up business, the owner needed to invest every penny carefully.

After receiving the refund, the client took the time to write an unsolicited testimonial about Master Google’s President, Ali Husayni: “I found Ali’s site from an article on a Google finance site. I sent him a request and he was on the phone with me the same day. He talked about his services and his money back guarantee. He said we carry a gentlemen’s agreement on the main part. He worked on my site for three months. I was one of the few that could not be brought up to the top in such a short time.”

“I was running out of resources to keep his services,” the client added. “When I mentioned this to Ali he understood and was kind enough to refund me the full amount I had paid him for his SEO work.  He did this because he is the rare honest businessman. There are not too many honest guys like Ali left in the world. He only accepts people who he believes he can help. What have you got to lose? If he fails, you get your money back.”

“Many of our clients are struggling new or small businesses,” Husayni said. “We really want to help them improve their Google ranking and increase their revenues and we were sorry we could not help this particular client. In the two years Master Google’s money back guarantee has been in place, this is the first client who couldn’t be helped and received a refund. We are the only SEO company that offers this kind of guarantee and it’s important that our clients know we stand by it.”

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Master Google, a leading Search Engine Optimization (SEO) company, began offering free Google SEO services –worth $500 – to qualified businesses in August 2009. Since then, the company has helped 390 businesses to improve their ranking on Google and other search engines.

In seven months, Master Google received 1,166 applicants – an average of 170 per month – for free SEO services. 390 applicants were qualified to receive the services and, of those, approximately 50% of the Web sites noticeably improved their Google ranking. Approximately 25% saw improvement in their ranking with other search engines. Such success rates for a free program have encouraged many businesses to give it a try.

“These days it can be hard for a small business to establish a Web presence,” said Ali Husayni, CEO of Master Google. “But we have the knowledge that can help them improve their ranking and become more prominent on the Internet.”

Each of Master Google’s free clients has been able to raise his or her Web site’s profile and improve traffic. In turn, Master Google has a chance to show potential future customers how the firm can help their business.

“I launched mjdrawings.com on Dec. 26 2009,” Nicole wrote. “I signed up for free SEO services a few days later. My site was selected and optimized by Master Google on Jan. 7, 2010. A week later today, all of my seven keywords rank in page 1 in Yahoo, with good improvement ranking in Google. Thank you so much Master Google, for your SEO service!”

The Free SEO Program offers the following services:

• Keyword Analysis – Identifying a Web site’s most important keywords.
• Home Page Optimization – Optimizing a Web site’s homepage for those keywords by updating the site’s tags and submitting it to Google for indexing.
• Ranking Reports – Master Google provides ranking reports to the clients for three months so they can see the improvement in their ranking.
• Google Analytics – The Web site is set up for Google Analytics

Master Google is still accepting applications for free SEO on its Web site.

Of those applicants who did not qualify for the program, the most common reason was providing the wrong File Transfer Protocol (FTP) data; without that information, Master Google’s staff cannot access a site.

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