It’s almost been one year since we’ve launched our Free SEO program. We’re honored to announce that we’ve optimized over 700 sites within the past year without charging a dime. These sites have benefited from the following SEO services:

-          Keyword Analysis
-          Home-page Optimization
-          Weekly Ranking Reports
-          Google Analytics Setup

The work that each of these sites received was valued at $500. In return, we’ve placed a text-ad on these sites promoting our services, which also proves to be very valuable to us.

We’ve recently adjusted this service to only include sites that have a PR3 or more (check your site’s PR here). And now, in exchange for a link to our site, we now do the following:

-          Multiple Keyword Analysis
-          Optimization of your entire site, instead of just the homepage
-          Submit a XML Site Map to Google
-          Fix any Webmaster Central Errors
-          Lifetime Weekly Ranking Reports
-          Google Analytics Setup

The perceived value now stands at $1,000.

So, if you or your friends own a site or blog that has a PR3 or higher, you should contact us now.

The optimization work has helped everyone’s ranking on Google, Yahoo! and Bing. In addition, we have received many comments on our blog privately thanking us for our services. We also want to thank all of you for your support.

On the other hand, if you are serious about Google SEO and you want your site to rank atop Google, you will need many natural links pointing to your site. To encourage sites to link to yours, you need to have fresh, high-quality content and network with hundreds of other sites to promote yourself. This counts for over 90% of the work that goes into SEO and it’s what we’re really good at. Sorry, we’ll have to charge you for it, though.

So, please fill out the form on our home-page and we’ll be happy to look at your site to see if you qualify for our Top of Google SEO program.

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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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