Investing in search engine optimization (SEO) is essential if a website is to be a success, according to the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM). David Thorp, Director of research and information at the organization, said that SEO is key to driving customers to a business website. 

“For many SME businesses, Investment in search engine optimization marketing is vital, and without it most businesses will struggle to generate the traffic needed to justify the creation and maintenance of the website,” he said. 

“Although their will always be those who accidentally stumble across your website, if you are looking to attract new customers you need to invest in search engine optimization marketing to drive new customers to your website”. 

It is amazing that this type of news is still news. I would have thought that all Website Owners should know this by now. I guess it just shows that there are still lots of people who don’t know how important SEO is for their site. 

Currently 82% of the population in the US are internet users and 68% of them are frequent internet searchers. 

As a new Price Waterhouse Coopers study indicates Internet Marketing is set to increase by 10.7% per year until 2011 in the US. 

SEO involves increasing the number of internet users (traffic) visiting a website in order to capture a larger audience, so you can show off your talent, expertise, or products. Otherwise why do you have a website? 

Despite this, many small businesses are failing to take advantage of the fast growing number of buyers now online. 

 Jack Wallington, programs manager with the IAB said that by 2010, internet advertising will have overtaken TV. 

Panasonic has teamed up with Google to allow viewers to watch millions of YouTube videos on big screen high-definition TVs. Panasonic’s VIERA PZ850 series tellies with VIERS CAST will allow consumers to browse, find and watch free YouTube videos in their living rooms-which is likely to further boost the popularity of Internet Advertising. 

Google bought YouTube for $1.65 Billion in 2006, and is excited at the opportunity for TV watchers to be able to access the YouTube Internet with just one click. 

Leading search engine Google is adding blogs as a search engine feature. Blogs have become so increasingly popular that this has needed to be done for a while now. 

 Get more traffic so you can have more opportunities to grab more patients!!!!!