How Long Does SEO Take?

SEO is hard. Whaa, whaa, right? I can almost hear you saying it now. “Everyone’s job is hard.” Well I’m not sure if I agree with that. The guy who works at the movie theater looks like he has a pretty easy job to me. I mean he looks hungover half the time. But that is neither here nor there.

What I’m here to address today is a common theme in SEO, that being, the length of time it takes to rank for certain keywords. I’m bringing up this issue because there is a common misconception that SEO can happen overnight when in fact it definitely cannot.

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Beginners Guide to SEO

Ready, Set, Go! It’s Time for SEO!

In this post I’m going to give you the basics of SEO so that next time you’re chatting it up with some Internet folk you have something to say.

What is SEO?

SEO stands for “Search Engine Optimization,” and that is exactly what SEO experts try to do, optimize an online search engine, like Google, Yahoo, MSN, Live, Ask, or AOL for search. But what exact do they mean by optimize for search? This means that SEO experts are trying to make your website appear higher on the search engine results page when people search for terms related to your site. We call these terms keywords.

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