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Archive for September, 2010

Should Your Website Speak for Itself?

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

Should your website speak for itself? Seriously? Here’s why it should. The global leader in measuring the digital world, comScore, released the U.S. Online Video Rankings for August 2010 today. This report suggests that 178 million U.S. internet users viewed online video content in August 2010. The numbers compute to an average of 14.3 hours per viewer. FOURTEEN HOURS? Oh my. That 178 million individual viewers racked in 5.2 billion online viewing sessions during August alone.

As you might expect, Google owned YouTube.com ranked the highest on the list with 146.3 million unique viewers. Second on the list….wait for it…wait for it….Facebook, with 58.6 million unique viewers for a total of 243 million viewing sessions. Yahoo! sites came in third with 53.9 million unique viewers. Wow! Facebook – number 2?

Website Design. With the above mentioned numbers, why on Earth would you NOT have a online video on your website? It’s yet another marketing tool that can be used to reach a specific audience. When websites are designed correctly, and every opportunity is exhausted to get all of your pertinent information out there for the world to see, great things can happen.

Our goal at Bizopia, Houston website design and internet marketing company, is to combine all of the latest trending techniques to get companies at the top of the search engines so you CAN be found. Everything from properly designed pages, constant search engine optimization, internet video, and proper application of social media marketing tools, is available with one company. Why organize multiple agencies, when you can get it all in one place? It’s like one-stop-shopping, my dream come true.

Call Bizopia today, and let’s get started on your new website, or revamping your old site. Old isn’t good enough in this day and age. Call today! 800.372.8552.

Google in an Instant

Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010

Google has yet again changed the world of search for internet users. The roll-out of “Google Instant” officially occurred two weeks ago and the first sets of “search related” data is here! Has it altered my search engine optimization techniques? Not yet, but WOW – I sure am watching it.

The reason I never really cared for Bing as a search engine was that I don’t really want a computer trying to figure out what I’m looking for. If you’ve never tried Bing before, try it. As you type a word into the search bar, it immediately starts guessing at what you are searching and presenting it via drop-down menu. Example: You are looking for a Mexican restaurant in Stafford, Texas, and you type in the bar:   mex  . Before you finish spelling Mexican,  the search engine is throwing up Mexico, Mexico City, and other cities and states in Mexico. THAT’S NOT WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR. This is considered “instant search.” The SE’s (search engines) think they know what I’m looking for……………well, they just may be wrong.

Now, more than ever, is the time to make sure you website design is correct (all over) because those sites that were organically ranking in the top 8 or so because of age of url, or absolutely specific geographical keywords, may get lost in all the shuffle.  I’ve already started moving things around for my current clients. And that’s what I do for a job – I have the time. Do you have time to do that for your business? Probably not.

Call us at Bizopia, Houston Website Design & Search Engine Optimization company,  today – 832.327.3220 and let’s talk web design and SEO strategies. You should make this a priority because of the constantly changing arena of search engines. Can you really afford to sit and let everyone else make their move? Think about it.