subject: Is There Any Future of SEO? [print this page] With the introduction of new technological development, millions of jobs have now become available at the doorsteps of people, which were previously didn't exist. Internet is a technology, which has become popular considerably in recent few years. It has created so many job opportunities as well and one such most impressive job is Search Engine Optimization (SEO) specialist. Working as a SEO specialist requires some special techniques and skills and the purpose of the job is to make any website higher in rank in the results of search engines.
The great advantage of this job is that it doesn't require any degree or any training and hardly any institute offer any training program for this sort of job. The only firsthand training is through job experience. You can join Webmaster related forums and can read comments from others and also you can ask questions to clear your doubts in order to learn the field.
Things You Will Need to Learn
On Page Optimization
On Page Optimization deals with the proper setting up of a website in order to allow search engines to access all the information given on your website easily. Search engines generally look for HTML tags for your sites, so it is essential to use proper HTML tags for your site.
Link Building
The second thing that you should know about SEO is link building. Link building with the quality of websites linked to your website and the number of those linked websites. The more the number of linked websites, more will be the popularity ranking of your website. Search engines usually show those websites on top of the list, which contain the information people are looking for. The subject matter of your site compels other sites to send their visitors on your site for more information on the subject.
If we talk about the salary for this job, then you will be amazed to know that the salary for this job is quite high, depending upon your skills and techniques. A full time job can earn up to $100,000.
It is not necessary to join any company to take full time job; you can also take an alternative route as "Freelance SEO" to start your career. Often SEO companies for the sake of saving money on signing contracts, they seek help from freelance services.
The field of SEO is a recent phenomenon and is still in its youth. The growing market of internet and online businesses will definitely give us a hope that in coming years the internet related jobs will become a prominent source of business and SEO will be one such. There is no doubt that internet has become a necessity for supporting almost every business in one way or another. So, we can say that getting into SEO career will prove to be a successful career for you until you retire. In order to influence search engines to attract more users or customers, search engines like Google will always remain in search for SEO companies.
