Marketing and SEO - The strategic part of any website - shapesandpages

The Importance of Marketing

Welcome to the internet home of shapesandpages, located in Boca Raton, Florida.

What if you launch your web site and no one visits? Put your web site address on your business card, letterhead, and invoices, then your customers might visit. But what if you want new customers, exposure to new markets ... you want to grow. How do you do that?

The web sites we create are useless without a dependable hosting partner. We want our sites on line, always, without technical issues, always, with no slow downs because of bandwidth, ever, and a tech support person waiting to talk to us if we ever call, always. That might be asking a bit too much, but the company we use is the same one we recommend. Click on their link below for more information.

SEO - Search Engine Optimization

Everyone promises the world

Do a search online for SEO and you'll be amazed. Companies promise you the moon! Top rankings ... overnight you can put your site at the top of every search tool ... for just $39.95. Maybe we're exaggerating a little, but it's amazing what some sites promise. What they do and how they do it is a different story. Some rely on tricks to get you to the top, for a day or two, but the search engines are pretty crafty these days, and they uncover the tricks and move your site back to where it has earned it's place.

We will not falsely promote a site, nor will we promise a specific position or ranking. We do promise to use standard industry procedures, specialized tools and expertise to get your sites noticed by the search engines and to structure them for maximum exposure. We will monitor the progress and results, providing you will statistical reporting that shows the results.

We'll make it easier for potential customers to find your web site

This page (from www.google.com) nicely warns you how to look at SEO. It says it very well and provides some good advice.

MarketingOK ... You've acquired your domain name, picked a solid hosting partner, and started working on your web site layout ... you're not done yet. What if you put your site online and nobody visits? That raises and interesting question ... "How will you know they visit?" At Shapes and Pages we use tools to measure activity on your web site. In fairness, most any web design firm will do that for you. But we go further. We have tools that track how your site appears in Google, Yahoo, Ask, MSN and over 196 other search engines. Yes, that's right over 200 search engines. Is your site higher this week than last? What position am I in? Is it better than last week? How is my competition doing? We can answer all these questions for you.

Key Word Strategy Everyone talks about Search Engines and Search Engine Optimization, also known as SEO. SEO is the mix of art and science that causes your page(s) to show up very high on the list when someone uses any search engine to look for something related to your site. Potential customers will not be finding your site without some kind of advertising. We utilize a tool called WordTracker to verify and fine tune key words. Key words belong in several places and knowing how to use them is just as important as finding them. The right words, in the right place, with the right web site, running at the right host, with the right domain name ... magic! It's what we do.

Domain NamesTo be on the web, you need a domain name. It's the www.something.yyy that lets you exist. To get started online is very simple. If you want your own domain with a simple web page, you can do it yourself! We've created a simple site for you to register a name and create a site. Our new sugarsites.com was created to provide the best price available for a basic site. Check it out.

Start your own business!It's never to late to start. If you're interested in trying to make a business of this we can help. Registration of a domain is a very simple process. If you sign up now, we can have your web site up and running in less than an hour! Why would someone pay $35 to Network Somebody's when you could offer them the same domain name for less than $8? Become a domain reseller and get the best prices possible for yourself and start your own business! We've created a simple site for you to sign up. It's inexpensive and easy. Our new wholesale--domains.com was created to provide the best price available for a basic site. Check it out.

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The Importance of Marketing

SEO - Search Engine Optimization