South West eCommerce

OK, so you want to work on your search engine ranking, but where to start? There are basically two ways to go about it: short term (quick) results, and long term (slow) results.

We've discussed this topic many times before, but it's still one of the most common questions we get asked: "How can I make sure my website shows up in the search results?"

It's a question we get asked all the time - how long will it take for my site to start showing in Google (on the first page of results)? The answer? It depends.

There are so many myths out there surrounding search engines and how to rank higher in the results, that we thought we'd publish some of the more common ones.

Search engines are very clever, and they don't like it when people try to artificially manipulate their results. Optimising your site to rank higher in the search engines is one thing, but certain tactics will bring you unstuck. And many people do them without realising it.

You may have noticed for some time now the new section in Google results called “Local Business Results”. This is the section of results for locality related searches that shows a map in the top left hand corner of results, along with listings of local businesses.

Microsoft and Yahoo recently announced a partnership deal which signifies an important change in the search engine market.