Web Design Services

Search Engine Optimisation

The purpose of Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) is to give your website the highest possible ranking in the most important search engines when a user searches on words or phrases that it is relevant for. If your site doesn't appear in the first two pages of results for your most important keywords then you are unlikely to get much traffic from the search engines and that could seriously affect your business.

Don't try to cheat the search engines

SEO has sometimes had a mixed press in recent years as a number of companies have attempted to "cheat" the search engines by a variety of dubious "get ranked quick" techniques. With the search engines becoming increasingly sophisticated in detecting these techniques it is now more important than ever to know what are considered ethical Search Engine Optimisation techniques and what is considered "spamming".

Search Engine Friendly Design and Ethical SEO

Many sites are designed to be visually interesting but turn out to be impenetrable to search spiders, so a good understanding of search engine friendly design techniques is essential to make them accessible and only then can ethical search engine optimisation techniques enable them to compete effectively with their rivals.

Making your site visible and useful to both users and search engines will ensure that you not only receive plenty of traffic but that it is high quality traffic from users who really are interested in your content.

Bill was trained in search engine optimisation at Bigmouthmedia in Edinburgh, who are one of the most respected SEO companies in the world, and works closely with Oyster Web - part of the Indicium Web Design Group - who are a key player in the UK SEO market, and has a deep understanding of the subject. All Spiderwriting sites are built to be search engine friendly and ready to be further optimised if required. Increasingly, successful search engine optimisation requires good copywriting of the site content and this is incorporated into the SEO service if it hasn't already been utilised at the design stage.

We offer a standard Search Engine Optimisation service incorporating

• full site analysis including consideration of spider blocks
• re-writing of code to ensure validation and maximum spiderability
• keyword research and selection
• optimisation of title and meta tags
• optimisation of navigation systems
• body text copywriting for maximum relevance and readability

If neccessary a continued monitoring, reporting and maintenance service can be incorporated.

Link management can also be undertaken where appropriate, although this is very time consuming and can therefore be expensive.

While search engine result positions are never guaranteed and will generally depend on the keywords you choose and the degree of competition for them, you will at the very least have an advantage over most sites that are not designed with search engines in mind or have not been well optimised, and in most cases a substantial improvement in search engine ranking can be expected. Top ten results can be achieved in many markets, but the more competitive they are the longer it is likely to take.

There are two broader categories of internet related optimisation:

Search Engine Positioning is normally taken to include Pay Per Click promotion. We don't offer Pay Per Click management as it is too time-consuming to be profitable and rarely meets client expectations. It is an area of search marketing that is generally best conducted in-house and you can learn a lot about your business by doing it.

Internet Marketing is a term normally understood to mean a wider range of advice and consultation, including SEO and sometimes email newsletters, but also looking at the way potential customers interact with your site and how you can earn their trust and effectively capture their attention to become regular visitors.

We have a separate site devoted to our Search Engine Optimisation Services with lots of information on the subject. A particularly cost effective approach is to order an SEO Audit, which will give you a full report of all aspects of your site's condition and tell you what you need to do to improve its rankings.

Call us on 07855 457749.