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These events are very exciting, especially because search engine optimization is so important. I find that there is lots of information about optimizing your website for search engines, but it's hard to know what information is correct. I am really glad that the Small Business Online Community is bringing in experts to help share their knowledge with us.

I have three questions:

1) What are the three most important things one should do to optimize his or her website for search engines. I'd like to know the Big Three which really rise to the top.

2) General approach to a website - What is the best way to go about creating a website from the start to help search engines find it. Are there better hosting facilities, better techniques in general or better ways to have one;s website positioned. I guess this question is similar to my first question but it's more of a bird's eye view of a website versus the actual implementation details.

3) Syndication of content - Does syndicating one's content help with one's rankings. If so, what are some ways to go about syndicating content on the web?

Thanks in advance. I have marked my calendar and am excited to participate in these events!

Andrew

Here's an SEO question I'd like some information on, not sure which expert would be able to tackle this:

I recently helped a friend update her website for search engine optimization: www.Playonwords.com.

We updated the page titles, meta keywords and meta description for all of the pages. I had difficulty with the CSS coding, so I avoided the H1 tags for the title and just left the image title as-is. The site is for helping kids with language development, so I basically focused on two sets of keywords "Playonwords.com" and "Child Language Development." I wonder which is better?

Anyways, my question is this: Once you decide to do a bunch of SEO optimization, how do you know which keywords to target for your website? I mean, what is more important: putting the title of your business in the keywords so that people who already know your business can find it online... or do you come up with keywords that are not related to your title but align well with your target audience/customer?

In this case I'm trying to decide between "Playonwords" and "Child Language Development" as the top keyword. I'm pretty sure the site will never hit the top ranking for "Playonwords" so why even try. Right?

SBOC members can answer this one too! I am stumped!

Thanks,

Netmarketer

Here' s my question

http://watsonandcochran.com/

we spent a decent amount on our website, but pretty much only get current customers to visit.

How do we get more traffic?

I've got a question regarding SEO:
I've seen many e-commerce owners that have created multiple sites. I understand that some secure their businesses online in case a technical problem arises on one of their e-commerces. I have also discovered that some e-commerce owners rank high for certian keywords, then secure their ranking with multiple domains, with the same descriptions, keywords, etc..., monopolizing the top positions. I think it is an unfair practice, and a kind of spamming too. What are the search engines planning to do to prevent that and keep a fair ranking competition for all e-commerce owners in the same field?

What are the 3 things an average web designer can do to optimize their website to get it searched high in Google?

Don't forget to check out our search event this coming June! Remember to submit a question to our guests you need to be registered and logged into the website.

Hey littlebytes, welcome to the SBOC!

The dates and event topics are at the top of the page. The good news is the events take place right here in the forums! You just need to pull up a chair and fire away questions to the experts.

For more info on upcoming events so you don't miss them, I recommend visiting the Events tab WAY at the top of the page. Here's a link you can copy and paste into your browser:

http://smallbusinessonlinecommunity.com/c
ommunity/events

Best of luck,

NM