Search Engine Optimization (SEO) & Search Engine Marketing (SEM)

SEO is about building your website in such a way that it's visible to search engines.

SEM takes you beyond your site, and includes everything you do to get ranked high on search engine results pages, including participation in social media. 

We offer an on-site SEO package and can take you through all the necessary steps to start getting or increasing your website traffic.

Start Here: Search Engine Registration

When your website is ready for public view, make sure the following search engines know about you. There are hundreds of others, but these are the major ones. Often, the others get their information from these guys.

Google
Bing
Yahoo
​Apple Maps — you must have a physical presence​

---

Keyword Tools

Keywords are the digital DNA of the Web. Use these tools to figure out yours. 

Google Keyword Planner — you'll need an ads account, but you don't need to run ads to use the planner. Look under tools to find it.
​
Keyword Tool

Search Engine Watch: What People Search For
​
We Build Pages — Search keyword combinations

Learn More About SEO

Google's Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide (PDF)
The majority of people use Google for search, so start here. Also includes warnings about how to avoid SEO scams.

Search Engine Watch
Everything you've always wanted to know about search engines and more. This site's been around since the beginning of the Web.

Search Engine Journal
Latest news about search engines and the Web.

WebmasterWorld
Discussion board about SEO.

Matt Cutts
Google's blog about SEO.