Search Engine Optimization

STLouisRanks.com offers Search Engine Optimization or commonly known as “SEO” for short. We offer the newest Google approved guidelines and techniques. There are other companies that may offer SEO cheaper but when deciding who to do business with, you need to make sure you know is being offered and how it differs from our services. Most cheaper companies only submit your site to search engines and use "black hat" techniques which can actually get your website banned from major search engines.

STLouisRanks can help local, regional or national companies get Top 10 results. The more visibility your business, the more traffic your will get.

What is Search Engine Optimization?

Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the visibility of a website or a web page in search engines via the "natural" or un-paid ("organic" or "algorithmic") search results. Other forms of search engine marketing (SEM) target paid listings. In general, the earlier (or higher on the page), and more frequently a site appears in the search results list, the more visitors it will receive from the search engine's users. SEO may target different kinds of search, including image search, local search, video search, academic search, news search and industry-specific vertical search engines. This gives a website web presence.

How Can Search Engine Optimization Help My Business?

Search Engine Optimization can help by making your business more visible in general search engine results. When you do a search for  “Coffee Shops in St. Louis” the results that you see are due to the Search Engine Optimization of that site. These websites have the SEO properties in place, ready for the search engine indexing agents to find and rank amongst it's competitors. Better search engine results you get the better profit for you.

How Long Does Search Engine Optimization Take To Work?

How long does SEO take to work? This is a great question that everyone asks.

Search engines can take a while depending on your desired results. They must take into account the thousands of different asspects of your website and rank them amongst hundreds or thousands of your competitor’s websites. Brand new websites could take up to 6-10 months before solid results are obtained. If it is an existing website, search results are usually obtained within 3-6 months, but some Top 10 or first page results have been obtained within as little as a month. The longer your website has been online, the greater the likely hood that it will be ranked quicker and you will see results faster.