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		<title>Adwords &amp; Local SEO</title>
		<link>http://www.localseoadvice.com.au/2010/07/07/adwords-local-seo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 06:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the novices out there experimenting with Adwords and looking to reinforce their presence in their local area, Adwords now has some pretty tricky little things you can do to both boost your local search potential and to give searchers a better idea about what you sell. Further, this can now all be linked in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For the novices out there experimenting with Adwords and looking to reinforce their presence in their local area, Adwords now has some pretty tricky little things you can do to both boost your local search potential and to give searchers a better idea about what you sell. Further, this can now all be linked in with your Google Maps account. Follow these steps:</p>
<ul>
<li>If you have not got, you MUST <span style="text-decoration: underline;">create a Google Places Listing</span> for your local area</li>
<li>Start an Adwords account</li>
<li>When doing your first campaign pay particular attention to the field name &#8220;Ad Extensions&#8221;, this section is vital for effective local SEO<br />
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		<title>Florist SEO</title>
		<link>http://www.localseoadvice.com.au/2010/03/12/florist-seo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you can by our list of clients one of  our specialties is Florist SEO.
There are many tricks we use to give our clients better rankings in search engines on a local level, but, of course, many of those come at a cost. However, as a general guide, for those who are new florists to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As you can by our list of clients one of  our specialties is Florist SEO.</p>
<p>There are many tricks we use to give our clients better rankings in search engines on a local level, but, of course, many of those come at a cost. However, as a general guide, for those who are new florists to the world of online trading we would like to start you off by giving you a few basic tips:</p>
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<li>Register your business with the <a title="yellow pages" href="http://www.yellowpages.com.au/" target="_blank">Yellow Pages</a>, this will also give you a strong Google Map Listing</li>
<li>Once you have listed in Google Maps, via the Yellow Pages, <a title="Information about claiming your google business listing" href="http://www.localseoadvice.com.au/our-services/claiming-of-business-listing/"><strong>claim your Google business listing</strong></a></li>
<li>Register your business on as many quality, Australian, directories as you can</li>
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<p>Of course if you need help with any of this Local SEO Advice would be more than happy to assist.</p>
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		<title>SEO Tips For The Modern Web Business</title>
		<link>http://www.localseoadvice.com.au/2009/12/16/8-seo-tips-for-the-modern-web-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
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General Words – these are a must not and may look like      anothernonameseoblog.wordpress.com, remember it is also important to brand      your product or service. You would be better using something like      seotools.wordpress.com
Link To Search results – If you are discussing [...]]]></description>
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<li><strong>General Words – </strong>these are a must <em>not </em>and may look like      anothernonameseoblog.wordpress.com, remember it is also important to brand      your product or service. You would be better using something like      seotools.wordpress.com</li>
<li><strong>Link To Search results –</strong> If you are discussing <a href="http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficial&amp;gl=au&amp;q=search+engine+optimisation&amp;btnG=Search&amp;meta=cr%3DcountryAU&amp;aq=f&amp;oq=">search      engine optimisation</a>, then link to it in Google search results (serps).      This is especially effective if, for instance, you are talking about <a href="http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficial&amp;gl=au&amp;q=bpa+free+baby+bottles&amp;btnG=Search&amp;meta=cr%3DcountryAU&amp;aq=0&amp;oq=bpa+free+baby+">BPA      free baby bottles</a> and you already rank #1 like one of our clients <a href="http://www.baby-bottles.com.au/">BPA Free Baby Bottles Online</a>. Or if I was talking about local <a title="SEO" href="http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficial&amp;hs=d5V&amp;q=local+seo&amp;btnG=Search&amp;meta=cr%3DcountryAU&amp;aq=f&amp;oq=" target="_blank">SEO </a>I would link to our search resualt in Google SERPS</li>
<li><strong>Package Your Online Activities – </strong>The reward for one really      well written far outweighs the rewards for many averagely written blogs.      Don’t spread yourself too thin</li>
<li><strong>Try Not To Be A Provocateur –</strong> If you go too far with your      opinions expect people to reject you</li>
<li><strong>Write of a Niche &amp; For Mass Appeal – </strong>Write you articles to appeal      to mass audiences as well as small niche’s</li>
<li><strong>Social Networking – </strong>Make your presence felt as      much as possible within the social networking web. <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/17592209/Getting-Dad-to-Help-Feed-Baby">Scribd</a>,      <a href="http://www.facebook.com/">Facebook</a> &amp; <a href="http://twitter.com/twitter">Twitter</a> are great examples of this</li>
<li><strong>Ensure You Join Business Platforms – </strong>Websites like <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/">Linkedin</a>, <a href="http://www.ebay.com/">Ebay</a> &amp; <a href="http://www.etsy.com/">Etsy</a> are brilliant platforms for you to promote your business with other      likeminded people. This is a very effective way for you to gain some      excellent backlinks and do some serious networking</li>
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		<title>Keywords Research &amp; Selecting The Best Keywords</title>
		<link>http://www.localseoadvice.com.au/2009/11/13/keywords-research-selecting-the-best-keywords/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:14:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Understanding the Different Types of Keywords
Within the realms of search engine optimisation, keywords and often referred to as ‘keyword phrases’, and essentially means that combination of words a user types into a search engine to find things. Keyword phrases can also be a combination of two or three words like ‘organic skin care’, or ‘organic [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Understanding the Different Types of Keywords</strong></p>
<p>Within the realms of search engine optimisation, keywords and often referred to as ‘<strong>keyword phrases</strong>’, and essentially means that combination of words a user types into a search engine to find things. Keyword phrases can also be a combination of two or three words like ‘organic skin care’, or ‘organic skin care Sydney’ – it is the localised adding of a town/city name that Local SEO Advice specialises in.</p>
<p>The trick to a winning SEO campaign, with a sales focus, is to ascertain the highest searched transactional, keyword phrases, as these important words will produce the highest number of sales. Transactional keywords are words used to complete a purchase like ‘Avent Baby Bottles’.</p>
<p>It also worth understanding other types of keywords and they are as follows:</p>
<ul>
<li>Navigational – keywords used to find a specific web page (e.g someone searching for ‘<strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Smiggle</span></strong>’ should show just that)</li>
<li>Informational – keywords used to find information on a topic (e.g a search for ‘baby bottles’ should list a Wikipedia entry)</li>
</ul>
<p>Generally speaking informational keywords have higher search volumes, but normally the person searching these types of things is motivated to research and not purchase, therefore, the conversion rate for these types of keywords is lower. Informational words like ‘baby bottles’ are usually best targeted to informational websites like blogs and forums.</p>
<p>Navigational keywords must seldom be the focus of any SEO campaign, unless you are a retailer of many brands and want to target these brands.</p>
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		<title>Good Content Equals Good Traffic</title>
		<link>http://www.localseoadvice.com.au/2009/11/09/good-content-equals-good-traffic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:23:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s widely stated that narrative article writing is currently one of the significant promotional tools that should be employed to drive targeted traffic to your online business. Fortunately, article writing is now conjointly accepted method for marketers to get fresh content for his or her sites by writing themselves or by using article directories.
The desires [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s widely stated that narrative article writing is currently one of the significant promotional tools that should be employed to drive targeted traffic to your online business. Fortunately, article writing is now conjointly accepted method for marketers to get fresh content for his or her sites by writing themselves or by using article directories.</p>
<p>The desires of marketers are terribly demanding and search engines are solely to ready to gratify them with new unique articles on the topics searched for. Although typically people use the Net as a huge database, search engines read it like a large data resource. When you view the internet from the attitude of the search engine and it is clever to try and do thus, then when a piece of writing is rewritten it automatically becomes unique content.</p>
<p>You may well wish to compose completely contemporary, distinctive content articles if this is the case there are some points you wish to consider. First  of all, research your theme, there&#8217;s a wealth of knowledge you can rummage around for before you get going and every one you&#8217;ve got to try to is enter a few keywords into a search engine.</p>
<p>Whilst you&#8217;ve got your facts, it’s important that you set it out properly, with a starting point, a middle section that will probably contain the core of the topic, and an ending. The top of the article ought to be a conclusion giving likely answers or a summary of what has been written and be concerning four sentences or so in length with normally are approximately 4 to 5 hundred words. Keep in mind to break the article up into roughly speaking four to five paragraphs for easier reading; when you have written the article, you need to incorporate a resource box promoting your information and any links.</p>
<p>Working on-line isn’t simply writing keyword juiced articles for yourself to market your non-public web site or business for the reason that you might even be asked to write articles for different webmasters websites, blogs etc. If you are wondering how you begin to start writing, then I can let you into a little secret. Amongst the best ways I found was to write down articles based on my very own expertise of a theme (local SEO perhaps), in this case in point online business practices, however only you may recognize what information you can offer out to others. You may possibly also, get some ideas for niche markets and these would at least give you a starting point for writing.</p>
<p>Attempt to remain focused and bear in mind that regardless of how skilled your data of a subject, it is good idea to take care with the type writing method you use.</p>
<p>In conclusion it is most important to be original, not so much with the concept, but with the words you are using to describe it – Google and other search engines use special filters to siphon out duplicated content, or at least rank it poorly. I once did a test for this on a florist site we were building; in fact the company wanted a number of identical sites, including products, with different URL’s. Of the sites we simply changed the town name they ranked within 24 hours of launching (with some tricky help), but could never get beyond page 3 of Google. Of the sites with 100% unique content, the same images, structure and around the same competition most of them are ranked #1 in Google now.</p>
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		<title>Tips For Increasing Your Conversions</title>
		<link>http://www.localseoadvice.com.au/2009/11/06/tips-for-increasing-your-conversions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
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Call To Action – Make your landing page count and tell your visitors what you want them to do. “Fill out this form to win”, “subscribe now and receive 5% off your first order”. Making these actions firm, without being overpowering, can have a dramatic impact on sales
Easy To The Eye Content – Interesting, logical [...]]]></description>
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<li><strong>Call To Action</strong> – Make your landing page count and tell your visitors what you want them to do. “Fill out this form to win”, “subscribe now and receive 5% off your first order”. Making these actions firm, without being overpowering, can have a dramatic impact on sales</li>
<li><strong>Easy To The Eye Content </strong>– Interesting, logical &amp; easy to read content is a must. Make content easy to scan with the eye, this is vital for today fast paced world</li>
<li><strong>Reduces Choices</strong> – Your landing page must be SIMPLE and limit options, one would be best. Your visitors to a landing page want to “seal the deal”, after all that is what they searched for – do not prevent them from doing this</li>
<li><strong>Simple </strong>– Make your landing page as simple and uncomplicated as possible, forget the “bells and whistles”</li>
<li><strong>Form Length </strong>– Keep your forms to a bare minimum</li>
<li><strong>Talk the Junior School Talk </strong>– make content as simple as possible, so a year 5 student would understand it</li>
<li><strong>Evoke Trust </strong>– Professional images, correct spelling, out of date or broken links all add to the trust of a potential customer of user</li>
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		<title>Google Double Click Ad Exchange</title>
		<link>http://www.localseoadvice.com.au/2009/11/06/google-double-click-ad-exchange/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After much anticipation, Google finally bought Double Click for $3.1 billion (USD), the task now for Google is to try and get some return on their investment – that is a big task. The Official Google Company  Blog recently  announced the launch of the Double Click Ad Exchange – a real-time marketplace to buy and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After much anticipation, Google finally bought Double Click for $3.1 billion (USD), the task now for Google is to try and get some return on their investment – that is a big task. The <a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/doubleclick-ad-exchange-growing-display.html">Official Google Company  Blog</a> recently  announced the launch of the Double Click Ad Exchange – a real-time marketplace to buy and sell display advertising.</p>
<p>It is hoped that Double Click will coexist nicely with Adwords and  Adsense, and reach their lofty height too no doubt. Double Click,Google anticipates, will create a more open environment for everyone. The environment we are talking about comprises of sellers, buyers, Google Adwords Advertisers, and Google Adscense publishers.</p>
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		<title>Local SEO Advice</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:05:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Local SEO Advice is a local search engine optimisation company (SEO), based in Australia.  We specialise in:

Local search engine optimisation
Geo-targeted SEO
Google Map SEO
Google Business listing claiming
SEO copywriting

Contact Local SEO Advice
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Local SEO Advice is a local search engine optimisation company (SEO), based in Australia.  We specialise in:</p>
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<li>Local search engine optimisation</li>
<li>Geo-targeted SEO</li>
<li>Google Map SEO</li>
<li>Google Business listing claiming</li>
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