Have you seen the references to SEO? Did you know what those letters stood for? Wow. I didn't. I have no real reason to do so though either as it turns out. SEO is short for search engine optimization. This is important if you have business which I don't. Though I suppose this blog is a business of sorts and I am also self employed as a life drawing model. Thankfully I get enough referals from happy artists that I have more work then I can actually do. Pretty darn good for a male model. Female life drawing models are in much more demand.

BUt if I did need to advertize I guess I would need to learn more about search engine optimization. Since this is a complicated topic I would investigate using the services of a search engine optimization firm like USweb. They can help businesses with their on line marketting. Apparently, even a small firm with jsut a local market can use their services to improve their local marketting results.

So what is SEO or search engine optimization? Basically it is getting your web site to show up at or near the top when a user does a search on google or some other search engine. You can apparently purchase a top position from google but it is more cost effective if you can have your web site show up near the top of the list in the free results. This is what a search engine optimization firm can help you with.

There now you a enlightened as to what SEO is. IF you are like me you may not be that excited. But even so I am glad to know what it is. Hey! Perhaps I can use in some conversation at my next grand opening party.