What is SEO?
Nowadays, lots of people don’t seem to know what SEO is, let alone that it exists. They are aware of their Google, Yahoo, and Bing use, but they have no idea that their usage is basically SEO. For those who don’t know what SEO is, it’s pretty much advancing a website so that it can be ranked highly on a search engine (Google, Yahoo, Bing). For example, if you have a website and you want people to find you when they go to Google, do you want your website to be found on the first page or the fifth? You want to be seen first. That’s it in a nutshell. The beauty of SEO is that the rankings are organic. People don’t pay to be positioned higher on a search engine; that keeps things fair. It’s all in the content, which determines a higher or lower-ranking website. Here at Hozio, we not only specialize in search engine optimization but excel at it.
Why Do I Need SEO?
If you have a website, optimizing that site is only a benefit to you; it doesn’t hurt at all! There are so many benefits that come with properly optimizing your website. First and foremost, the price of advertising online is much less than that of radio, television, and newspapers. Even though traditional marketing does not cost as much as it once did, digital marketing has taken over at a much lower price. Since you’re marketing online, your reach has the capability to be global. Let’s say you have a physical product to sell. If you’re in Hawaii and your customer lives in Jamaica, they are easily able to order from you, and you can send it to them right away. Fifteen years ago, it wasn’t so easy to get your product from Hawaii to Jamaica. Now, with the power of the internet, you’re able to give your products all the exposure you want. The key is to make sure it’s seen. Having a website that’s optimized is a way to get the eyes of your target audience onto your site.
Fun fact: 60%-70% of websites on the internet are not optimized. That is a great opportunity for you and your company to gain traction online. Knowing that you can be not only in the 30%-40% that is optimized but, with Hozio, in the top 5%, it’s a better opportunity for your website to be competitive in your niche market. Being on the internet gives you the freedom to make your reach as wide as possible. Conversely, you are also able to make it as narrow as possible as well. For example, if you are a plumber in Hawaii, you’re not going to Jamaica to fix a toilet. You’re able to make your reach location-specific if that’s what you want or your company needs.
Can I do SEO?
Depending on how willing you are to learn how to properly optimize your site, an SEO company can help you get the ranking you’re looking for better and faster. While you’re learning how to do it yourself, invest in an SEO company to help get your site off the ground. If you learn bad habits and implement them into your website, it can negatively affect you. There is no need to take the chance until you fully understand the process.
Search engines have a number of things that are considered to determine the relevance of a website (Over 200 ranking signals, some, over 1,000 high and low priority signals):