Gone are the days when just having a web site was enough to compete.
If you aren't ranked in the top 10
for a given phrase,
you had better
have other means of advertising on the web.
In today's environment where search engines distribute an estimated 85% of the Internet's commercial traffic, if you are not marketed well and ranked highly on the major search engines, you might as well not even exist to the consumer. Whether you are a new company looking to start off on a level playing field with established competitors or an established entity looking to improve upon your branding
Regular non-paid search listings are 20 times more likely to be clicked on than banners or paid ads.
- NPD Group
55% of all e-commerce transactions
originate with a search listing.
- Booz-Allen & Hamilton Research
There are over five billion Web pages on the Internet, and this number is expected to grow more than fivefold in the next three years.
- FAST Search and Transfer
In the United States alone, there are 214 Million people on the Web. Of that number, 67 Million also use the web at work to find business-related products ands services.
- Nielsen NetRatings, November 2007
85% of Internet users use search engines to find new sites.
- Search Engine Watch
I'm convinced. But if they come, will they buy?
Not only are more people coming on the web every day,
in your neighborhood and around the globe, but they are spending more
online than ever before!
According to Nielsen-netratings.com, online shopping has increased 48% over the same periods of the year before.
And they are taking that business away from brick and mortar businesses, spending 21 percent of their total budget online, up from 16 percent the year before.
So yes, they are buying!
What's the Next Step?
Contact us today for a FREE search engine consultation, or fill out a request to get your current rankings to start the process.
