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If you are wondering if how your website performs for visitors affects how major search engines rank your website, you may be surprised to learn that there are direct connections between the two. If your website is easy to use, search engines may be more apt to give you a higher search engine ranking than if it is not.

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What is search engine optimization and how does it increase traffic for your site? Internet users usually go to search engines like Google or Yahoo to find the sites that they visit. Chances are that your site, new as it may be, would already be listed in these search engines' databases. However, even if you appear in the search results page of Google and Yahoo, without search engine optimization, your site could be buried in page ten of the results page. That makes it unlikely for visitors to easily find your web site, even if your site is what they are searching for. The sites on page one of the results page are the sites that employ search engine optimization techniques.

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According to statistics on major search engines, it has a dramatic effect.

Why does it matter how old or young your website is?

It seems as though users prefer sites that are more popular and trust-worthy than sites that are younger.

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It seems as though no matter whom you ask this question to, the answer is a resounding yes! In other words, the overall success of your website and online business can be determined by how high you rank on search engines such as Google. It is not just how much you’re ranking is worth that matters to website business owners, but how the revenues and bottom line of their business depend on it.

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May 15,2006

From a distance it looked unimpressive, just a big black wall. But when I reached the plaza and it stood before me, my knees nearly buckled, my head swam and hot, stinging tears filled my eyes. Fifty eight thousand one hundred and forty eight Americans died in Vietnam but until this moment that didn’t mean much to me.
Engraved there on the cold, black stone were their names---their tiny, little names---row, after row, after row of their tiny, little names. It looked like a mile of their tiny, little names.

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Numbers are not my strongest point. I'm OK with the basics - I can add and subtract (and occasionally multiply and divide) but that's as far as it goes. As a freelance writer, you often find yourself having to deal with numbers. And if you want to be known for accurate copy, you'll need to have a grasp of more than just the basics.

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