{"id":139,"date":"2010-07-06T23:59:51","date_gmt":"2010-07-07T06:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/?p=139"},"modified":"2010-07-07T00:05:22","modified_gmt":"2010-07-07T07:05:22","slug":"number-1-on-google","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/number-1-on-google\/","title":{"rendered":"Number 1 on Google"},"content":{"rendered":"

Will I be #1 on Google?<\/strong><\/p>\n

That’s everyone’s goal. Once your website goes live you will be inundated by solicitations guaranteeing your number presence on Google search.<\/p>\n

Organic Search<\/strong>. This is what I do with SEO when creating a website. From page titles to keywords and content, all are components of optimizing a website for an organic web search to return your site where relevant and in your locale, if you are not nation wide.<\/p>\n

A lot can be accomplished to achieve\u00a0organic search<\/strong> results, and you want to utilize all tools.<\/p>\n

People will tell you they can get your website #1 on Google maps. The fine print, which takes digging into is this:<\/p>\n

You will appear #1 somewhere, sometime for some keyword search.<\/strong> Most often in their guarantee if your business category is highly competitive – that keyword will turn into long tail keywords:<\/p>\n

auto transmission repair in Pomona, Ca<\/em><\/p>\n

If you’re an auto repair shop that leaves a huge number of services you either, now buy more keywords for, or…don’t. \u00a0This can add up to a staggering advertising campaign.<\/p>\n

Another point which is told later in the sales pitch is: “If after 3 months you aren’t in the top 5…”. That is the \u00a0length of time organic searches can take, and you aren’t paying for those. If you are paying $150.00\/month plus $600.00 set up fee to test the waters for appearing in the top 5 places on Google maps and you don’t appear at all…that is a lot of money. Plus you already have a chance of appearing organically<\/strong> in your locale for free. You’re better off setting up an AdWords campaign.<\/p>\n

No easy answers, but remember: there are no guarantees to be placed Number One on Google without paying for it – and if you want every search…that price will be quite high in most markets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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