SEO basics overlooked by fastest growing companies

Press release, October 2009

New research into the search engine optimisation (SEO) strategies being undertaken by some of the fastest growing companies in Australia reveal that nearly 60% of these businesses have yet to develop some SEO basics for their websites.

A review of the top 100 fastest growing ‘start-up’ companies, as published by BRW magazine in August 2009, showed that just 42% of these firms included a targeted search engine optimisation structure on their websites. This might include the use of relevant search terms being used throughout the website, such as targeting relevant keywords in the title tag and description metatags, as well as the focus of page content or website structure to help improve the chances of the website ranking well on Google and other search engines for their product or service.

Nearly all of the 100 companies listed were using a website, either as their primary business tool or as a marketing or information site for their business. However, the majority of these have yet to implement these SEO basics to take advantage of reaching potential new customers who may not know of their business, but are searching the web for their type of business.

Web Marketing Workshop, a search engine marketing consultancy in Sydney, conducted the survey and their Managing Director, Clive Hawkins, commented on the results: “This proportion of business websites that have yet to utilize the opportunities for new business growth through search engines is symptomatic of the lack of awareness or perceived importance about the impact of SEO techniques. They may be using search advertising, such as Google AdWords, but if they have a website, they should also be developing search engine optimisation as a more cost-effective long term marketing strategy.”

Hawkins continued: “Clearly these top 100 fastest growing companies are doing something right in their business sectors, and they should be congratulated on their performance over the previous financial year. However, if nearly 60% of these companies are doing little to create even more opportunities for business through their websites, then it’s surprising since once of the essentials for any website these days is to get search engine optimisation basics sorted out. You can only wonder how much faster these companies might have grown if they had fully utilised the potential for search engine marketing for their businesses!”

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Web Marketing Workshop (http://www.webmarketingworkshop.com.au) is a website marketing consultancy based in Sydney, Australia. The company offers a variety of Internet marketing services for business websites, including search engine optimisation and pay-per-click advertising, as well as training courses to help develop SEO skills or the effective use of Google AdWords.

For more information, please contact Clive Hawkins, Managing Director, Web Marketing Workshop Pty Ltd, (tel: 1300 852877)
Website: www.webmarketingworkshop.com.au

About BRW Fast Starters Survey:
The annual Fast Starters Survey is a project by BRW magazine and RMIT University school of management. It ranks the top 100 surveyed companies by annual growth of turnover in the 2007-08 financial year. All companies must have been formed after 30 June 2004. More information can be found at http://www.brw.com.au/lists/fast/.

The Web Search Workshop is a trading name of Web Marketing Workshop Pty Ltd and provides search engine marketing services to business websites, including search engine optimisation and pay-per-click advertising management. The company opened a new office in Sydney, Australia in January 2007, having been trading successfully in the UK since 2000.

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