Web Site Design

• Does your website consist of at least six individual web pages?
• Does each of these web pages contain at least 200 words of visible text?
• Is it easy for web surfers and search engines to read what your web site is all about?
• Are your web pages linked so that search engines and web surfers can find all web pages of your website through the links on other pages of your site?
• Does your website navigation use links that search engines can follow? Flash links and JavaScript links can cause problems.
• Is each web page optimized for one or two key phrases?
• Have you made sure that the HTML code of your web pages is valid so that search engines don't have difficulty when they try to index your website?
• Have you made sure that you don't use a welcome page or intro page on your website? Many search engines won't be able to index your site if you use such a page.
• Do you use as few Flash elements as possible? Search engines cannot index them properly.
• Have you made sure that your website URL does not use special characters or too many variables?
• Do your web pages look attractive to human web surfers and they are optimized for search engines?
• Would you prefer your website over your competitor’s if you were a web surfer?
• Does your website have its own domain name and is it hosted on a fast and reliable web server?
• Have you made sure that your web pages don't contain spam elements?
• Have you placed your key phrases in all titles, tags, and content?

Keywords and Phrases

• Have you focused on keywords that consist of two to four words?
• Have you focused on keywords that bring you targeted visitors instead high search volume?
• Have you avoided keywords that consist of only one word?
• Are your keywords so targeted that it is very likely that they'll attract visitors that are interested?
• Do you know which keywords potential customers use to find websites that are similar to yours?
• Do you know the three different keyword types?

Inbound Links From Other Sites

• Have you submitted your website to the Top 5 Search Engines?
• Have you checked your Google Page Rank?
• Do the links from other websites to your website contain your keywords in the link text?
• Have you submitted your site to all appropriate directories?

Conclusion

• Did you answer “No” to any of the questions above?
• Do you not even know what half this stuff is?
• Did you know that only 17% of small businesses have an internet marketing plan?
• Do you want to jump ahead of 83% of your competition online?

You need to call us today at 816.228.1123 and speak with one of our Marketing Executives. Ad Trends Advertising, Inc. manages about 50 websites from small business to international franchises, and we’ve spent years studying search engine optimization. A fancy site won’t do you a bit of good without any traffic. Call us today and find out how we can help you grow your traffic and your business with Internet Marketing!

Ad Trends Advertising, Inc.
816.228.1123
customerservice@adtrendsinc.com
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