<meta name="keywords" content="keyword1, keyword2, keyword1, keyword3,
keyword2, keyword1">
Use the "view page source" command in your browser to see what this looks like on this
page.
Meta Tags. The two most important meta tags are the description and keywords, but there are
many other
tags, including copyright, robots, language, etc. Meta
tags provide information to the search engines to better place and describe
your site in search results. Because of its importance, some people include the
web page title as part of a Meta tag strategy,
even though the "title" command is not a meta tag. Meta
tags and the title command all go within the "head" command. (For
more details about basic HTML commands, see my Using Basic HTML to Develop a
Small-Business Website.
News Release. Also referred to as a media release and press release. These documents, written
in journalistic style (with compelling headline and news
hook), are produced with the purpose of gaining favorable publicity for the
company, individual, or Website. In order to be the least bit effective, they
must have some sort of news value. News releases should be published on your
Website, emailed to key journalists and bloggers, and submitted to at least one
news release distribution Website.
News Release Distribution Websites. Commercial sites that will assist in the writing, editing,
and distribution of news releases. Some sites offer a number of basic free
services, but most charge fees based on the services and distribution sought.
Organic Search Results. Sometimes also referred to as natural search results. These are
search engine results that result from good SEO practices, but not from
sponsored links -- or paid for in any way.
PageRank. An algorithm constantly being tweaked by Google that examines a Web page's
links and then estimates the importance or value of that page, relative to all
the other millions of pages on the Web.
Page View. Also called a page impression, it's a statistic that measures the total number
of Website pages viewed by site visitors. In advertising terms, it refers to a
site's total impressions served. Compare to the term, Unique Visitors.
Paid Inclusion. To speed the process of getting listed in a directory and some search engines,
some site owners pay a fee to in order to gain exposure
more quickly.
Pay-Per-Click (PPC). A tool used by some Website owners to increase traffic to the site -- by
purchasing (or bidding for) keywords, with the site shown in the
page search results section of a search engine or in relevant ads on other
Websites. Google's AdWords is the largest PPC program on the Web.
Positioning -- developing a specific marketing mix to influence potential customers'
overall perceptions of a brand; to develop a specific image of the brand in the
minds of consumers.