BOULDER, COLORADO – One thing is certain when it comes to Internet marketing- nothing
stays the same.

Internet marketing continues to evolve and these days it seems to have settled- at least
temporarily- into three primary areas: social media marketing, search engine marketing and
search engine optimization.

Today we will discuss social media marketing, and we will cover the other two areas in
two future articles. Social media is the term used to describe a variety of Web- and mobile-
based tools designed for discussing and sharing information among users. It is becoming an
increasingly powerful tool businesses can use to reach new clients, as well as build rapport with
current ones.

Social media really isn’t about media at all, wrote Brian Anthony Hernandez, a Business News
Daily staff writer recently. It’s about relationships “and like a relationship, it takes heart,
authenticity and work.”

There are myriad social media outlets, but as of this article’s writing, two have risen above the
rest: Facebook and Twitter.

In a nutshell, you need to have a Facebook account and a fan page for your business, says Master
Google CEO Ali Husayni, a Google SEO expert.

“You need to encourage your friends to “like” the page, and you must post useful information,
videos and photos to it on a regular basis,” says Husayni, who offers SEO consulting services.

Social media accomplishes several goals most businesses strive to achieve. Jonathan Richman
outlines seven of them nicely on Dose of Digital in his “The Seven Uses of Social Media in
Business- The 7 Cs” post. They are:

1. Communicating
2. Cause support/sponsorship
3. Contest
4. Consumer research
5. Connecting others
6. Customer service
7. Community building

“These are things businesses work on every day, and social media makes it quicker and easier
to do these things,” Husayni says. “Lots of social media sites also have very detailed analytics
available to assist businesses in determining ROI.”

Yes, businesses still gain customers through word of mouth and traditional advertising, but
compared to what Google and social media have become, those methods are becoming less
valuable, and traditional advertising has been less cost-effective for some time now.

Google is becoming more important as companies learn they must improve their organic SEO
search results. Now more Internet marketing experts are considering what kind of role social
media will play in the SEO services they offer in the future.

“Social Media definitely is increasing in usefulness,” Husayni says. “The rise of social media has
prompted us to look into it deeper and consider if- and if so, how- we can help our clients use it
to improve their site’s ranking in organic search results.”

Husayni says this isn’t uncharted territory, but it’s still new territory for Internet marketing
experts and as social media grows and changes, it will be interesting to see how businesses are
able to best use it to their benefit.

Learn More
To learn more about SEO company Master Google and the importance of social media, visit
www.mastergoogle.com or call toll-free: 877-932-6559; internationally +1-303-932-6559.

About Master Google
Master Google is a search engine optimization firm based in Boulder, Colorado that utilizes
knowledge of the Internet market and ongoing research to develop and implement SEO strategies
for its clients. It is an affiliate of Sinai Marketing, founded by Ali Husayni in 2004. Husayni
serves as the firm’s chief executive officer and SEO expert.
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Google offers companies a guide to use when seeking an SEO company – questions that should be asked of search engine optimization firms to ensure the best services are secured. The search engine firm’s help section says if you are thinking about hiring an SEO firm, the earlier the better. And it offers the following useful questions to ask an SEO provider. Ali Husayni, who is highly knowledgeable in Google ranking services, provides answers.

Q: Can you show me examples of your previous work and share some success stories?

A: Master Google’s search engine optimization service has many satisfied clients. Find out if your site qualifies to be ranked on the first page of Google by filling out the form on our site.  If your site qualifies, my administrative assistant will set up an appointment with you to speak with me directly. After our initial conversation, we will send you a formal proposal and a list of our current clients so you can contact them and hear what they say about our work.

Q: Do you follow the Google Webmaster Guidelines?

A: Indeed. Google uses software called spiders to find your site, read its code and content and rank it for your specific keywords. We follow Google Webmaster Guidelines to optimize our clients’ websites. Website optimization paves the way for Google spiders so they can easily read your site and find your important keywords. The optimization process involves modifying the meta tags of each page of your site to insert your specific keywords where appropriate. Also, we update other back-end codes such as alt-image tags, header tags, etc. We then insert your keywords within the body of your site’s content. We stay away from “black-hat” SEO techniques, because Google can easily locate any spamming optimization technique and penalize your site for using such unacceptable techniques.

Q: Do you offer any online marketing services or advice to complement your organic search business?

A: We offer website copy-writing, blogging, SEM, SMM and other related services which will complement our organic SEO work.

Q: What kind of results do you expect to see, and in what timeframe? How do you measure your success?

A: Each client and their needs are unique. We carefully assess their site, keywords and competition and come up with a plan of action with realistic results. Our goal is to rank our clients’ sites atop Google search results under the organic listings. This is achievable from one to two months, to up to two years for some international keywords.

Q: What is your experience in my industry?

A: We have helped more than 500 businesses worldwide, and that number continues to grow.  We have experience in various fields, including real estate, medical, restaurants, software and car dealerships.

Q: What is your experience in my country/city?

A: Our client base is scattered all over the world, but our main client base is the U.S., followed by Canada and the U.K.

Q: What is your experience developing international sites?

A: We have worked with a few internationally based businesses. We will share our clients’ information with those prospective clients who qualify for our services and are serious about SEO. We will share a reference list soon after our initial client consultation.

Q: What are your most important SEO techniques?

A:  In the initial consultation, you will learn some of our secret SEO techniques. These have been used to rank our sites and those of our clients in top positions for very competitive keywords. You will also learn what you can expect from your SEO campaign, based on your budget.

Q: How long have you been in business?

A: Master Google is seven years old and Husayni has nearly a decade of experience in SEO.

Q: How can I expect to communicate with you? Will you share with me all the changes you make to my site and provide detailed information about your recommendations and the reasoning behind them?

A: You will communicate with us by phone, email, and Skype. We have an open communication policy. We share all details of our work in monthly reports. After the initial consultation, you will receive an electronic package containing recent samples of our client reports, etc. We will share as much information about site changes as you would like.

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Update on Nov. 2, 2011 by Ali Husayni.

One: Trusting Your Web Designer

92% of Web designers claim they are SEO experts while in fact they only know bits and pieces about SEO. They read a few articles, make some changes to the site’s meta tags and claim your site is ready for Google. A few months later, you are frustrated at the lack of progress and what your Web designer tells you is that you have to wait as it takes longer for Google to rank your site.

The truth is your site may be “optimized” properly, but optimization is only 10% of the overall SEO work. The rest is hard-core link-building efforts to make your site popular on the Web.

Two: Not Looking At the Rankings of the SEO Company

If an SEO company knows its game, it ranks very well on Google for their important keywords. These keywords vary for different SEO companies; nevertheless they must have a strong organic presence on Google. If they don’t, you basically trust a cow-boy to fix your airplane.

Some important keywords for SEO companies include: SEO, Google SEO, SEO Company, SEO Services, Free SEO, Cheap SEO, Google Ranking, Top of Google, etc. (Master Google ranks on the first page for Top of Google, first page of Google, Google SEO guaranteed and many other keywords.)

Three: Not Looking At the Proven Results

Each SEO company should be able to show you at least ten local and international clients they have helped rank at the top of Google with the permission for you to contact them. The keywords they show you must be the most competitive for such clients (and not merely long-tailed keywords).

Four: Not Contacting the References

It is essential for you to pick up the phone and call a few of those clients listed as successful by the SEO company. You should ask them about the SEO company’s timeliness, its effectiveness, its ethics, and anything else you can think of. Conduct your interview carefully and then trust your hard-earned money to the SEO company.

Five: Focusing on Yahoo!, Bing

Yahoo! and Bing have a very long way to go to be able to compete with Google. Google has taken over 67% of the global search market. You could rank #1 on both Yahoo! and Bing and still lose a big chunk of your business to your rivals that rank well on Google.

From the SEO point of view, ranking on Yahoo! and Bing is much easier than ranking on Google. But those that rank well with Google also rank well with the other rivals.

When the SEO company shows you their successful SEO campaigns, be watchful. If they show you results from Bing and Yahoo!, then ask them what they have done in respect to Google. Tell them you care less for the other engines and you want your site to be at the top of Google.

Six: Not Having Guarantees in Place

If you sign up with an SEO company which does not guarantee your money back in case they fail, you’re wasting your investment. No one can guarantee your site’s ranking on Google, but good SEO companies guarantee to refund all or a portion of your money if your site is not ranked on Google within a specific time-frame.

An average time-frame for an SEO campaign to be fully successful is about six months. Low competition keywords can be placed at the top of Google within three months and international keywords could take up to one year to have the best results.

Seven: Paying in Advance

Never pay in advance for more than one month of work. Paying for a full-year of SEO work discourages the SEO company to put extra efforts in the beginning of the campaign. Therefore, your results will come later in the year. As a result you’ll lose valuable business in the first few months.

The best thing to do is to pay your SEO company on a monthly basis.

Eight: Not Seeing Ranking Reports

Most SEO companies have tools that generate automatic ranking reports. These reports show where your site is listed on Google for your specific keywords.

We provide weekly ranking reports, but you can ask your SEO company to send them to you daily, biweekly, or monthly.

Nine: Not Requesting  Google Analytics

Analytics is a free tool provided by Google, which monitors your site’s traffic, its origin, the keywords visitors used to find your site and many other pieces of information. Google Analytics helps you track the traffic improvements to your site as well as monitoring the success of the SEO company you are working with.

Ten: Not Asking for Solid Link-Building Tactics

The most important Google SEO technique is link-building. Although Google prefers that your links are generated naturally, but in today’s world very few successful sites are blessed with such links. For the rest, a successful organic link-building campaign is needed to boost your site’s popularity and thus your ranking on Google.

Ask your SEO company what they do to increase your link popularity. They may not share all the details as that could jeopardize their edge over their competition, but they can give you general ideas about what they do.

The SEO company should have at least two or three different ways of getting natural links for your site. You can read my post on some of these techniques.

As always, we appreciate your feedback and questions.

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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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