Geo Marketing a Portland Oregon Web Design

    Often it is asked of me how I can have my web design show up in the organic search engines in the Portland Oregon area.

    There are just a few things that need to be done on site by your web designer. They are quite simple and easily accomplished by your Portland OR Web Design professional.

    First of all in the home page, page title use the geo marketed keyword phrase of Portland Oregon and Portland OR in the page title. Example: Web Design | Designer | Portland Oregon (OR). Be sure to use the abbreviated form of the state as it is also used in the organic searches.

    Second of all use your geo marketed terms in your Meta description. This is very important not only does it let the search engines know what your website is about but also it shows up in the searches so your prospective customers notice it as well when searches are rendered.

    Next step is to also use it in an H-1 or H-2 tag on your home page to further define the location of your Internet audience.

    Try to include Portland OR and Oregon in your footer. Create a textural link in the footer to your homepage. This is very powerful. If you find it easy to create a few links with in your website that contain the geo marketed keyword phrases do it! This will also be powerful as it is a keyword phrase included in a hyperlink to your homepage defining your website as a Portland Oregon business. Off page when creating inbound or backlinks try to create the keyword phrases in the links that define you as a Portland Oregon business.

    Jim Hay is a Portland Oregon (OR) Web Design and SEO professional owning and operating Jim Hay SEO. He specializes in designing corporate and business websites in Joomla CMS that need to rank well in the organic search engines.