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    <pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:34:16 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Search Engine Optimization</title>
      <link>http://smallbusinessonlinecommunity.bankofamerica.com/thread.jspa?messageID=19833&amp;amp;tstart=0#19833</link>
      <description>what's your domain name, let me see if I can give you some free advice.&lt;br /&gt;
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WS</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:34:16 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>websolutions</author>
      <guid>http://smallbusinessonlinecommunity.bankofamerica.com/thread.jspa?messageID=19833&amp;amp;tstart=0#19833</guid>
      <dc:date>2008-03-11T18:34:16Z</dc:date>
      <clearspace:dateToText>Mar 11, 2008 2:34 PM</clearspace:dateToText>
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      <title>Re: Search Engine Optimization</title>
      <link>http://smallbusinessonlinecommunity.bankofamerica.com/thread.jspa?messageID=19832&amp;amp;tstart=0#19832</link>
      <description>@ clnshrtz&lt;br /&gt;
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Those guys are scam artists. They are salesmen, and not the good kind.  They know enough jargon to confuse the &lt;br /&gt;
average business owner, and convince them they need their services. They will probably take a little bit of that money,&lt;br /&gt;
and throw it at a Pay Per Click campaign.  They'll keep the rest.&lt;br /&gt;
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Decent SEO's will run you that much for an hour or two of their time. Your money will be much better spent with&lt;br /&gt;
them.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:27:26 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>buybigtires</author>
      <guid>http://smallbusinessonlinecommunity.bankofamerica.com/thread.jspa?messageID=19832&amp;amp;tstart=0#19832</guid>
      <dc:date>2008-03-11T18:27:26Z</dc:date>
      <clearspace:dateToText>Mar 11, 2008 2:27 PM</clearspace:dateToText>
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      <title>Re: Search Engine Optimization</title>
      <link>http://smallbusinessonlinecommunity.bankofamerica.com/thread.jspa?messageID=19831&amp;amp;tstart=0#19831</link>
      <description>Has anyone used Website Pros?  They just called me and said that for $90 per month they'd build a search optimized website and allow me to track how many calls I got from it.  Seems like a good deal.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:19:35 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>clnshirtz</author>
      <guid>http://smallbusinessonlinecommunity.bankofamerica.com/thread.jspa?messageID=19831&amp;amp;tstart=0#19831</guid>
      <dc:date>2008-03-11T18:19:35Z</dc:date>
      <clearspace:dateToText>Mar 11, 2008 2:19 PM</clearspace:dateToText>
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      <title>Re: Search Engine Optimization</title>
      <link>http://smallbusinessonlinecommunity.bankofamerica.com/thread.jspa?messageID=17039&amp;amp;tstart=0#17039</link>
      <description>The bottom line is, if you have a bucket of gold you can accomplish anything, specially when it comes to SEO. Now, when you are considering SEO, make sure you have the right budget, because keywords that get search 30k times per day will cost you a few million dollars to compete with the big boys. Remember, this does not apply to all, each website/service/product is different thus making it affordable for all. &lt;br /&gt;
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Best!&lt;br /&gt;
WS</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:07:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>websolutions</author>
      <guid>http://smallbusinessonlinecommunity.bankofamerica.com/thread.jspa?messageID=17039&amp;amp;tstart=0#17039</guid>
      <dc:date>2008-02-13T23:07:21Z</dc:date>
      <clearspace:dateToText>Feb 13, 2008 6:07 PM</clearspace:dateToText>
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      <title>Re: Search Engine Optimization</title>
      <link>http://smallbusinessonlinecommunity.bankofamerica.com/thread.jspa?messageID=16010&amp;amp;tstart=0#16010</link>
      <description>You know, this is one area I really wish the Bank would provide some advice on.  Bank of America seems to have tremendous expertise on search optimization.  Do people feel like it woudl be valuable if they gave us access to all their internal experts and whateve companies they work with on search optimization so that we could get advice.   I would love to see them do an event where we could get direct access via forums to top talent at the bank and outside who did their search optimization.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:21:14 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>FCPainter</author>
      <guid>http://smallbusinessonlinecommunity.bankofamerica.com/thread.jspa?messageID=16010&amp;amp;tstart=0#16010</guid>
      <dc:date>2008-02-06T03:21:14Z</dc:date>
      <clearspace:dateToText>Feb 5, 2008 10:21 PM</clearspace:dateToText>
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      <title>Re: Search Engine Optimization</title>
      <link>http://smallbusinessonlinecommunity.bankofamerica.com/thread.jspa?messageID=13706&amp;amp;tstart=0#13706</link>
      <description>That will really depend on what you want to do.  If you have you expectations in line with reality you can clean house with some basic DIY stuff.&lt;br /&gt;
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But if you're trying to rank under a keyword like "the", you're going to be in a world of hurt.&lt;br /&gt;
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Rule of thumb here is to stick to companies who will talk to you about all that.  &lt;br /&gt;
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Social Media is huge.  Never forget that.&lt;br /&gt;
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In fact, I just FTPed a page yesterday, did my SEO/SMO thing and I'm already #14 in Google.  &lt;br /&gt;
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Now, that's not the 1st page mind you, but when you do it the old school way you're locked in for months and months and months of waiting.  I like faster results.&lt;br /&gt;
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In another week I'll be in the top 5.  &lt;br /&gt;
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Here's what you need to know to ask intelligent questions:&lt;br /&gt;
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#1: What have YOU (the SEO person) to prove you're the stuff?&lt;br /&gt;
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#2: Can you explain to me in language I understand what all this stuff is about?&lt;br /&gt;
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#3: Can you give me advice on what we should to  kick start the party?&lt;br /&gt;
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Here's what I mean by #3: if you have not run an adwords campaign yet you do not know what words are going to turn into $$$.&lt;br /&gt;
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If you pick the wrong person/company they'll have you up in lights for your company name, which is exactly the thing you don't want.  BUT it'll look cool.&lt;br /&gt;
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Here, this is a video I put up the other day that'll help.&lt;br /&gt;
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Would love to chat with you:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://smallbusinessonlinecommunity.bankofamerica.com/interstitial-page.jspa?businessUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguruassassin.com%2Fsmall_business_web_site_design.htm&amp;referrerUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fsmallbusinessonlinecommunity.bankofamerica.com"&gt;http://www.theguruassassin.com/small_business_web_site_design.htm&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:51:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>TGA000</author>
      <guid>http://smallbusinessonlinecommunity.bankofamerica.com/thread.jspa?messageID=13706&amp;amp;tstart=0#13706</guid>
      <dc:date>2008-01-17T22:51:29Z</dc:date>
      <clearspace:dateToText>Jan 17, 2008 5:51 PM</clearspace:dateToText>
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      <title>Re: Search Engine Optimization</title>
      <link>http://smallbusinessonlinecommunity.bankofamerica.com/thread.jspa?messageID=13306&amp;amp;tstart=0#13306</link>
      <description>Kelly,&lt;br /&gt;
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I can help you with your SEO campaigns.  I work with several different vendors that I suggest based on your needs.  Feel free to email me at heller21@hotmail.com so we can talk further about what you are looking for.&lt;br /&gt;
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Mark</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:55:41 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Lasalesguy</author>
      <guid>http://smallbusinessonlinecommunity.bankofamerica.com/thread.jspa?messageID=13306&amp;amp;tstart=0#13306</guid>
      <dc:date>2008-01-15T22:55:41Z</dc:date>
      <clearspace:dateToText>Jan 15, 2008 5:55 PM</clearspace:dateToText>
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      <title>Re: Search Engine Optimization</title>
      <link>http://smallbusinessonlinecommunity.bankofamerica.com/thread.jspa?messageID=11700&amp;amp;tstart=0#11700</link>
      <description>My company utilizes simple Search Engine techniques that have placed me in the top 10 on page one with giants like Microsoft.&lt;br /&gt;
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Completely Google "legal".&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://smallbusinessonlinecommunity.bankofamerica.com/interstitial-page.jspa?businessUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.intechspecial.com&amp;referrerUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fsmallbusinessonlinecommunity.bankofamerica.com"&gt;http://www.intechspecial.com&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:57:22 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>intechspecial</author>
      <guid>http://smallbusinessonlinecommunity.bankofamerica.com/thread.jspa?messageID=11700&amp;amp;tstart=0#11700</guid>
      <dc:date>2008-01-08T14:57:22Z</dc:date>
      <clearspace:dateToText>Jan 15, 2008 3:48 PM</clearspace:dateToText>
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      <title>Re: Search Engine Optimization</title>
      <link>http://smallbusinessonlinecommunity.bankofamerica.com/thread.jspa?messageID=11526&amp;amp;tstart=0#11526</link>
      <description>&lt;br /&gt;
Hey,&lt;br /&gt;
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If you're looking for ethical and efficient SEO companies then look for threads like this one and you will see tons of companies out there &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://smallbusinessonlinecommunity.bankofamerica.com/interstitial-page.jspa?businessUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fforums.searchenginewatch.com%2Fshowthread.php%3Fthreadid%3D8200&amp;referrerUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fsmallbusinessonlinecommunity.bankofamerica.com"&gt;http://forums.searchenginewatch.com/showthread.php?threadid=8200&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Your next step is how do you determine who is good and who fits your bill? So I would suggest you identify who you are? Whether Small/Medium/Enterprise business? What kind of budget you have? What kind of Products/Services you want to deliver? and this would nail down to few and then continue your search of identfying the real candidate who can do the job by checking their customer references and the sites they dealt with ... &lt;br /&gt;
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It's very ciritcal you do your job right of finding the right company, coz that make a difference on the web. We deal with ERP softwares for small and medium bsuiness and optimize e-commerce websites (product based) and optimize the entire catalog and not just few keywords ... &lt;br /&gt;
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I hope this answers your question.&lt;br /&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:02:02 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>InfoSourcing</author>
      <guid>http://smallbusinessonlinecommunity.bankofamerica.com/thread.jspa?messageID=11526&amp;amp;tstart=0#11526</guid>
      <dc:date>2008-01-08T04:02:02Z</dc:date>
      <clearspace:dateToText>Jan 7, 2008 11:02 PM</clearspace:dateToText>
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      <title>Re: Search Engine Optimization</title>
      <link>http://smallbusinessonlinecommunity.bankofamerica.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10633&amp;amp;tstart=0#10633</link>
      <description>www.accupros.com  They are affordable, knowledgeable, and effective.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:08:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>CLT0672</author>
      <guid>http://smallbusinessonlinecommunity.bankofamerica.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10633&amp;amp;tstart=0#10633</guid>
      <dc:date>2008-01-02T20:08:29Z</dc:date>
      <clearspace:dateToText>Jan 2, 2008 3:08 PM</clearspace:dateToText>
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