When it comes to web marketing there is a whole host of methods and techniques available to supposedly help you to beat off the competition and get your website in front of the eyes of your target market.
There is an old saying that “cheaters never prosper” and many marketers now realise this as Google and other search engines create ever more complicated algorithms that detect and penalise websites suspected of utilising black-hat tricks. Ultimately, most now realise that there really is only one way to succeed in this game, and that is to provide well-built websites that contain great content for the internet.
Here are some of the best ways to succeed in your web marketing endeavours.
Build a Powerful Blog
Blogs are still very popular on the web and they are evolving all the time. Most business websites now feature a regularly updated blog because this is not only a great way to keep customers informed, but the search engines love new, unique and constantly updated content on websites.
A blog can be used to attract more potential customers to your main website and help your website to rank higher in search results, which will in turn lead to more traffic.
Get in Front of the Camera
In recent years there has been a rise in the number of video search sites, the most notable of which is currently YouTube. These sites have proven to be extremely popular with internet surfers and YouTube is said to be the second biggest search engine on the web next to Google.
The use of video is a good way to provide content to the searching public and of course this can all lead back to your website or blog. In fact embedding your YouTube video within your blog is becoming increasingly easy as well.
YouTube is not the only video search site out there and you can set a campaign to syndicate videos across a few of the others such as Vimeo, which will help to make your site a favourite of the search engines, rise in the rankings and claim even more lovely traffic.
Get Friendly With the Neighbours
Backlinking has become a bit of a dirty word on the internet recently and this is because prior to some major updates by Google there were all sorts of black magic tricks being used by webmasters in order to get as many backlinks as possible.
The updates carried out by Google still look at backlinks as an important aspect of a site’s authority, but now there is greater emphasis on these links being high quality and relevant. This means that the process is potentially a lot slower, but it also helps to ensure that your site will survive future updates that Google makes.
Great content is the key to survival online; it is as simple as that. If your site provides this then the search engines will love you and you will have nothing to fear from any major updates in the future.
