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The current Australian market is short on skills and formal
education in Search Engine Optimisation: So how do you get the information you
need to operate in-house SEO and what are some things you should watch out for.
Search engine optimisation (SEO) is
rapidly becoming main-stream as more marketing managers recognise the value of
reaching an audience that is actively seeking their product or service. Not
only do search engines deliver high value, engaged leads, but around 1/3
of search engine users believe that companies which rank highly are more
credible than those which don’t.
Our experience has been that many organisations leave
SEO activities to someone in the IT group who has an “interest” in SEO and more
often than not have skilled themselves up through public forums, blogs or
articles that appear online. There are indeed many credible and excellent
forums, websites and blogs on SEO, but there are just as many which at times
include blatantly wrong or misleading advice with no liability taken for the
effect it can have on search engine rankings. Often advice that seems too good
to be true is just that, and can include “black hat” or deceptive search engine
practices.
While some bad advice may have no effect and prove a
waste of time, often you run the risk of having rankings penalised by the
search engines for spammy or deceptive practices. Not all SEO advice content is
born equal and judging what to trust and what not to can make the difference.
If your website is a critical channel to market for your business, getting this
right is vital because a mistake can cost not just your rankings but also your
reputation and lost revenues.
The current Australian market is short on skills and
formal education in SEO. A large organisation may hire a self taught SEO and
have little idea whether their tactics and approach will work, or are even
ethical. In the meanwhile, ignorance is of little consequence as your website
disappears out the index. In some cases techniques that worked on
smaller, simple websites are not scalable for large dynamic database driven
websites. A further issue is that many standard practices in IT may have
negative impacts for search engine ranking purposes.
So if you have worked out that SEO cannot be ignored,
you will also appreciate the need for the right skills and education. Services
and training are fast becoming critically important to build in-house SEO
skills and strategies in Australia’s larger organisations. In addition
management need to have search engine marketing on their agenda and prioritise
and support the process throughout the organisation.
SEO also affects a number of departments within an
organisation, including in most cases marketing, sales, IT and operations.
Getting the right and relevant knowledge to the relevant people in each area is
key. Building standards which will help, not harm search engine optimisation
efforts and gaining clear management understanding and support as well as the
relevant performance measures in place are critical.
Finding credible training that is firstly able to
support all of these initiatives, secondly goes into sufficient depth, thirdly,
provides a methodology and clear ethical guidelines to avoid penalisation of
search engine rankings and finally is supported by a powerful toolset is key.
When considered against the cost of a monthly ad-words campaign , the return on
investment of a successful SEO campaign is far superior.
Keep an eye out for our next article on considerations
when selecting SEO training.
Source: Free Articles from ArticlesFactory.com
Written by Jeremy Bolt of Bruce Clay
Jeremy Bolt is a director of Bruce Clay and based
in Sydney, Australia. Jeremy is a regular speaker at conferences and an
industry commentator. Jeremy also provides SEO consulting and services to some
of the largest media organisations in Australia. Bruce Clay delivers a 3 day SEO
training course in Sydney every 6 months which includes SEOToolset
subscription and is delivered by Bruce Clay, the President of Bruce Clay, Inc.
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