I have a website, a pretty good one, and was wondering the best ways to get nationwide exposure. I don’t have an advertising budget right now so my efforts would have to be free. Anyone out there been in the same boat or know what I can do? I’ve submitted to the search engines and some online directories. I’d like to be able to advertise by radio or cable by late August/Sept. but need money for that. Any rich people out there willing to help me?

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Top 5 Budget Web Hosting Companies

No hosting provider out there would say that they are offer average services, poor customer support or low-grade equipment. It is a given, that every web hosting provider would market himself as the best hosting provider and highlight all their positive attributes in terms of pricing, customer support, advanced expertise and much more. It is the responsibility of the discerning web master to be able to analyze, compare and review the different hosting providers in terms of their features and tools offered; the history and reliability of the hosting company, the positive and negative generated by customers and more.

Budget or affordable web hosting is high in demand as nobody wants to spend huge amounts of dollars on hosting. This demand has given rise to many budget hosting companies that offer quality hosting at affordable prices. We have collated a list of the top five budget hosts in the industry.

#5 Host Gator

Host Gator has been around for quite a few years now and has gained ample popularity in the industry as a professional and superior hosting provider. In fact, the company has garnered very good reviews on various forums including webhostingtalk.com. Also note that most of the reviews were unbiased and were intended to promote the website in any way. So, to start with the company offers ample bandwidth and disk space and customer are allowed to host a single domain. Their hosting package starts at .95 per month. However, for a single domain, .95 could be a tad expensive unless you have more than one domain to host.

#4 Site5

Site5 has become increasingly popular over the years because of the level of professionalism and expertise that they have to offer. Their reseller plan is offered at just per month which allows the reseller to host multiple domains on a single server.

#3 Lunarpages

The best part that we liked about Lunarpages is that the company offers a complete refund with no questions asked, in case the customer is not satisfied. Furthermore, the company offers the web master the flexibility to host multiple domains on a single server at only .95 per month. However, if you prefer using forum scripts for your website, then you may need to consider another hosting company as Lunarpages does not offer this feature due to increased consumption of system resources.

#2 HostICan

The company has been receiving quite a number of positive reviews and at .95 per month, the company has a hosting package that would meet almost all the levels of hosting requirements.

#1 GoDaddy

GoDaddy is better referred to as the Wal-Mart of the web hosting industry and is synonymous with high levels of professionalism, cheap hosting costs, advanced expertise and unsurpassed customer support. Their hosting packages start at just .99 per month and this is what clearly defines budget web hosting without having to compromise on quality or customer support. Furthermore, it is best to compare and judge for yourself the level of supremacy that each host has acquired and only then is it wise to sign up with a web hosting account.

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Search Engine Optimisation On A Tight Budget

Improving your website rankings within search engine listings doesn’t need to cost you an arm and a leg. With a few simple changes and a bit of extra work you can dramatically change the fortunes of your un-optimized website.

Website and On-Page Optimization

Firstly, focus on the structure of your website. Your website should allow search engine bots to easily read and index all your content. Offer sitemaps (both HTML and XML), create a structured navigation which provides a clear path from top level webpages through to lower level categories and product/service webpages. Use search terms in the anchor text that links to your pages and within the URL structure. Validate your HTML to be sure that there are no ‘brick walls’ for search engine bots. Highlight important webpages at higher levels so that they get more exposure and link juice. Interlink pages where possible within the content text, a perfect example of this is Wikipedia.

Now look at your individual webpage structure, use CSS to structure your webpage design so that you can order the HTML to focus on your page content, provide relevant title and heading tags for each individual page, separate chunks of code such as CSS or JavaScript into their own files so that they do not interfere with the code/content ratio and offer unique content within your webpages.

Target Long Tail Search Terms

Really competitive search terms such as ‘car insurance’ require deep pockets if you are to aim at achieving top 10 rankings in the search engines, so targeting less competitive long tail search terms can provide your website with excellent results without too much effort. Obviously the total volume of visitors may not be as high but by targeting several long tail search terms they can collectively help increase visitor volumes. Research your keywords to gain more knowledge of what people are typing within your website’s target audience then create webpages targeted towards these search terms. The more pages you create, the more visitors you are likely to gain.

Free Directories

There are thousands of free website directories out there that allow you to add a listing which links back to your website. Although they may not dramatically improve your website rankings, every link counts. What these link will definitely do is help improve the speed of which your website is indexed as you are providing more ways for the search engine bots to find your website. This will help keep your website content fresh in the search engine listings by allowing updates and additions to be quickly recognised.

Article Distribution

For search engine optimization it is important to create a website that contains many pages of unique content. For this reason, there are a lot of website owners that are happy to allow you to add content to their own websites. This can be done through article writing either directly for these websites or by distributing your own website’s articles through other websites. The main point here is to require an acknowledgment link back to your own website. Just like the free directories, there are thousand of website that can quickly distribute your article and this will help your website gain incoming links.

Offer Something Unique

In the end, the easiest and most successful way to quickly attract visitors to your website through search engine optimization is to offer something valuable and unique. Whether this is content, products, services, website tools, advertising etc., by offering your visitors and potential customers something else that no one else offers, you are instantly going to generate interest in your website. You will find that people will start naturally linking to your website through forums, blogs and other websites. Word of mouth will bring in more visitors and you could even find your website being mentioned within authoritative press websites such as the BBC.

Summary

Search Engine Optimization is not just about reaching top 10 for expensive highly competitive search terms, it is about using the resources available within a budget to improve not just the volume of visitors, but the quality of visitors who are likely to help increase your website conversions. Through research, careful planning and a bit of effort you can give your website every chance of competing with the big boys.

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I recently created my own website and it is taking a really long time to submit it to the search engines. Does anyone know an inexpensive way to promote my website? It is just me so I don’t have a huge budget.

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we already have a successful website, so I need ideas for promotions and marketing that does not involve the internet. Our budget is small to medium, so creativity is key!

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I am planning to design a website that will provide information about promoting your website, tips about optimizing for search engine as well as tools and results to submit and check the saturation of your website in major search engines.
Will it help small business owners and webmaster to learn and do it yourself for a small budget?

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we already have a successful website, so I need ideas for promotions and marketing that does not involve the internet. Our budget is small to medium, so creativity is key!

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we already have a successful website, so I need ideas for promotions and marketing that does not involve the internet. Our budget is small to medium, so creativity is key!

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we already have a successful website, so I need ideas for promotions and marketing that does not involve the internet. Our budget is small to medium, so creativity is key!

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Is your biggest challenge:

Advertising?
Finding New Customers?
Finding leads to build your business?
Internet Marketing?
Getting a high ranking in the search engines?
How to build a website?
How to follow up with your customers?
Finding the training and support to make your business grow?
How to develop a budget and/or a buisiness plan?
Organizing your workspace?
Managing your time?
Other?

If you don’t have a home business, but are looking for a home business, what is your greatest challenge here?

Finding a product and company that is legitmate?
Finding coaches and mentors?
How to research what is out there?
How to afford the start up cost?

Thanks!

Stephanie Sterling

http://onlinesoycandles.com

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