Las Vegas Search Engine Marketing

Posted on 31 July 2009

You may have heard of Search Engine Marketing (SEM), but do you know what it means? Search Engine Marketing is a type of online marketing that helps increase visibility and rankings on major search engines such as google, msn, yahoo, alta vista and others.

Essentially, Search Engine Marketing is a series of strategies and tactics that combines search engine optimization along with paid listings and paid inclusion programs that allow your website to gain visibility on search engines. This increase in visibility online and on the internet, can help your Las Vegas website attract visitors and gain valuable sales leads.

Search Engine Optimization

Search Engine Optimization allows your website to rank when visitors to major search engines such as google, type in a phrase in the search bar and then find a list of results from their directory for that phrase. So, if your Las Vegas website featured your plumbing services and a google search was for “las vegas plumber” your site could come up in the results pages if you had performed search engine optimization services on your website.

For more information on Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and how you can improve your website’s rankings, see my article on Improving Las Vegas Organic Search Engine Rankings.

Paid Listing, Paid Inclusion

In addition to using Search Engine Optimization to increase your organic search engine results rankings (SERPs), you should implement a paid inclusion or paid listings program through a major search engine such as google. 

With this strategy, you can choose the exact words and phrases you would like your website to appear for during a search, then when that search is performed, your website comes up as a “Featured Listing” or “Sponsored Listing.” You set your own budget. For more information, visit my article “How Can I Utilize Google AdWords to Increase Traffic to my Website?”

Professional SEM & SEO

For professional Las Vegas SEM and SEO services, visit the following:

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Michael has owned and operated Perkolate of Las Vegas (www.perkolate.com) for over 10 years and has worked in the marketing and design fields for over 15 years. He has extensive experience successfully strategizing and executing marketing communications plans and online and print materials including major website launches. Michael holds a B.F.A. in Art & Design from San Jose State University, as well as Certifications in Marketing Communications from San Jose Sate University and Web Programming & Design from Computer College of Silicon Valley. Michael has also previously taught Web Design and Digital Imaging at the Art Institute of Las Vegas.

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