Sure you would. Well, let me tell you that it IS like Rocket Science. Don't be fooled by people saying it's easy and you can learn everything you need to know free. It's not easy, it's not free, and it IS a lot of hard work and research. Including sorting out the garbage advice from the productive golden treasures.

Search engine optmization is a skill, requires constant updates and it just so happens, it's what I not only enjoy, I have experience and a proven track record, see my examples of getting listed in the number one results of Google. I'm experienced in search engine marketing, optimization and both black and white hat techniques. I know exactly how to get your site listed quickly, efficiently and VISUALLY from the start of creation to the continued development and enhancement of your search engine results.

By visually I mean that your potential local customers who don't have a clue what your website address is, WILL FIND YOUR BUSINESS ONLINE.

Another important piece of this puzzle is this:

Just because someone can build a website and can talk about search engine optimization on their site, does not mean they KNOW search engine optimization. Knowing search engine optimization and specializing in it is the difference between someone understanding how to drive a car and build a car.

Before you hire anyone to build your site or optimize it, I recomending you do a little research first. Here's how you can test your web designer.

Go to their site and visit their portfolio section. Find one of their clients URL's. Look at the clients type of business. Let's just use a example of a business that sells Water Lillies here in Redding. The first thing I'd do is go to Google and type in Water Lillies in Redding or something to that effect.

What are the results? Can you find that business within the first 10 results? How about the first 30? If your website is not listed within the first 10 results, it's going to receive very little attention. If it's not listed within the first 30 results, it may as well be invisible.

The MOST common mistake that people make is to assume that their web designer understands search engine optimization. This is just not the case. The internet is changing everyday. It is hard to keep up with all the changes. Web designers should understand search engine optimization as far as the design is concerned but most of them do not.

Many web designers fail to create some of the basics to the foundation of a website, which are an xml site map, robot.txt and a search box. However, the greatest offence that I have seen is the absolute most vital part of any web design and that is the title tag. I am always shocked when I visit a web designers portfolio and see they have created totally useless title tags on their clients websites. It's even worse when I read that they claim to know SEO and even talk about it on their site. Yet, they don't include it in the design of their clients sites.

There should not be any extra charge to create a properly optimized site if you are the designer. Yet, I see this mistake all the time and I see it in companies that have a huge client portfolio.

The bottom line is this...

A poorly designed site can and will deprive you of your online potential and by potential I mean profits. If you want to know if your website is optimized properly or if you would like it to become properly optimized, give me a call and I'll be happy to talk to you about how you can become more visible to both your local and distant online prospects.

Call Me Today: 530-209-7067 - Leave your name, phone number and a good time to return your call. I will return your call within one business day.