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Went Hot: October 8, 2008 - 8:03 am
Posted By: andrewsho 56 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.localseoguide.com)
Category: SEO

What the coming (or already upon us) economic downturn means for small business websites & SEO.

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from 97thfloor 55 days ago #

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Great article, for me the economy going down the toilet has done nothing but help my business grow since everyone is pulling out of traditional advertising and going to the web.

from andrewsho 55 days ago #

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It's going to be interesting - I think there are going to be a lot more small sites looking for SEO/SEM help, but I also think the competition for high value keywords is going to go through the roof as the number of competitors increases.

from JeffMHoward 55 days ago #

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if 30% of all traffic is local search, and times are tough I think a lot of small business owners are going to finally get real about their websites. Local results will also get more competitive as larger corps try and conduct bulk submissions and fill up the 10 and 3 pack results.

from andrewsho 55 days ago #

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My bet is that we are going to see the bulk submission thing recede as smbs take more control of their domains. On the flip side the bigger aggregation sites that have profile pages that act as the de facto website of the SMB will continue to show up in these results.

from LtDraper 55 days ago #

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Be careful that as you take on more SMB clients that you don't let them get past 30 days overdue. While they may not be dependent upon the availability of global credit, their customers and suppliers will be, and that could trickle down to you if things get too far out of hand.

from andrewsho 55 days ago #

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Sad but very true Lt.

from losangelesinternetmarketing 55 days ago #

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Agreed, many SMB's are hurting for more leads... Additionally, traditional advertisers don't plan on cutting down on online marketing - not when there's positive ROI. Unless the whole economy goes down the tubes, online marketing is probably the best place to be right now.

from davidmihm 55 days ago #

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LtDraper, that's an EXCELLENT comment. I'm so glad that Sarah Bird of SEOmoz straightened me out on my standard contract a couple of weeks ago. Luckily, knock on wood, fingers x-ed, etc., I've not had a problem collecting from any of my clients so far but that is not a road I want to risk going down :)

from peterparker999 54 days ago #

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I think now a days people are more interested in doing business through online because it is easy to maintain an online businesses like marketing through online so that we can gain more profits in the social network via adds...there are lot more sites which has come up with huge profits with online marketing...
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