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SEO is a method employed by most of the websites current on the Internet today. Search Engine Optimization may seem like a string of badly constructed buzz words, but it means what is says; optimizing your place on the search engines. Differentiating your site from all of the others out there can take some time and hard work, and most website owners go to the experts in these situations. But SEO companies can charge an arm and a leg to help you get traffic to your site, and when they don't offer a guarantee it can be quite daunting.
There are some SEO tricks that can be done by people who aren't experts in that field, and this can help you to get a head start before you hire a dedicated company.
Tip number 1: Key words
Key words are the key words and phrases that appear on your web page. They are also the words and phrases that people will search for when they are looking for your page. These key words will appear in the body of your page, but they should also be in your Meta text. Meta text exists for SEO key words. Go to your favorite web site and right click somewhere on the page and select view page source'. This will bring up the code for the page, and somewhere near the top will be