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July 2007
In This Issue
SEO: what you can do
Our Recent Work
What We Say

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- CMS - the freedom to manage your own website
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Did you know you have an essential role to play in your search engine rankings?

The tips below apply whether you just had your site optimized for search engines and want some "next steps," or you simply want some "DIY" SEO optimization ideas.
What you can do to increase your SEO rankings

There are two essential things for you to do to ensure your website climbs its way up the search engine rankings and stays there.

  • Links, Links, Links: With our seo optimization services, we take care of the "on-page" factors by optimizing your meta tags and content. The other half of the equation is having websites linking to yours! Without both, you will have limited success. Here are some tips for getting links.
    • Send individually addressed emails to your colleagues, friends, vendors, and clients. Let them know about your newly optimized site, and ask them if they would link to your site.
    • Tell them what you would like the link to say. This is extremely important. Let's say one of your top keywords is "Denver ski shop." When you ask your friends to link to your site, say: "The words used in the link itself are important to search engines because indicates what my site is about. So please use the phrase 'Denver ski shop' as the link to my site http://www.example.com."
    • As a general rule, avoid link farms and paid links. Natural links from colleagues and clients are more...well, natural. Search engines are always tweaking their results to reward real, natural, quality links.
  • Content, Content, Content: Create a page...

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Our Recent Work

The Redimere Group

Denver web page design and seo optimizationeye9 Design was a pleasure to work with. Brian brought his considerable experience to bear at critical decision points which guided us through the process of a first time web design. His personable style, conscientious follow through, and attention to timely deliverables was refreshing. I feel like eye9 Design took the time to understand the ethos of our organization which we believe is reflected in our web design. I would recommend them without hesitation.

Harv Powers, Ph.D., President & Founder - The Redimere Group



Billygoose.com

Denver web designersA truly positive experience; eye9 delivered a functional site with all the bells and whistles. Not only did eye9 tolerate my ever changing vision, but they made every effort to incorporate all of the elements I thew at them.

Peter Breese, www.billygoose.com
Have any questions about the search engine optimization information in this newsletter? We are ready to answer these or any other questions you may have!
Sincerely,

Brian Rants
President
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