Internet Marketing Solutions

For those of you who noticed CD&D was missing last week, we thank you for noticing.  CD&D is in the steps of merging 2 businesses into 1, and in the process, we are going to do some redesigning of the web site and the newsletter to allow for some of the new information that our sister company will be bringing in.  Soon we will be expanding our templates line, so that you not only get the chance to get your web site up and running, but you can save some money by just purchasing your products predesigned. Many designs will show up under the print products, and the web products.  We will soon have a full time person dedicated to nothing but your "Search Engine Optimization". We know you value the importance of getting visitors to your web site once you pay to have it look professional and work professional.  So onto this weeks Google report......  We all know the importance of using our Google reports, but does anybody really know what to do with that information. Lets work with just 1 or 2 of the reports that are available.  Everyone should understand the value of sitemaps. Every web site should always have a site map. There are many ways to accomplish this and I know that there are numerous free site map generators on the web. Many of your Open Source programs come with sitemaps already functioning for you. (Once again a shameless plug for Open Source). But have you asked yourself what good is a site map. Well put simply its just a text version of what you have and where you have it. This is a quick easy way for all of the search engines to index all of your content without having to travel through code heavy pages. So now ask yourself how do I find out if this is doing any good for my site. This is where the Site: operator in Google comes in. By using both the Site: operator and your site map, you can not only tell whether or not your site map is working, but in how many different ways it is working. Don't be worried if these 2 don't exactly mesh their information together. This is only a general science and a way to generally lead information in your direction.  So here is how it works. Go to Google.com and in the search box put in Site: www.mysite.com (replacing my site with your actual site address). Hit the search button and ask yourself, is everything on your site map showing up. If not, this is a discussion for another day.  As always, if this information proves to be more than you ever wanted to know, remember we at CD&D already know it and would love to have you visit us. Let us be your SEO provider at http://www.cassie-designs.com