{"id":1359,"date":"2015-03-18T14:00:09","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T19:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stratospherenetworks.com\/blog\/?p=1359"},"modified":"2018-06-26T12:04:22","modified_gmt":"2018-06-26T17:04:22","slug":"benefits-of-seo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stratospherenetworks.com\/blog\/benefits-of-seo\/","title":{"rendered":"Benefits of SEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Search Engine Optimization, more commonly known as SEO, is a hot topic in the technology industry. No matter what industry you\u2019re in, however, SEO plans are beneficial for every business. Here are a few of those benefits:<\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stratospherenetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Web-analytics-illustration.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1450 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stratospherenetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Web-analytics-illustration-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Web analytics \" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stratospherenetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Web-analytics-illustration-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.stratospherenetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Web-analytics-illustration-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stratospherenetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Web-analytics-illustration-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><strong>Increase your search engine ranking<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Over 2.5 billion people use search engines worldwide. Of that number, 1.17 billion are using Google. Needless to say, making sure your website ranks high on search engines is crucial for gaining online business. Creating and managing an SEO plan will ensure that your business secures its high ranking online.<\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stratospherenetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Social-media-illustration.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1449 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stratospherenetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Social-media-illustration-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"digital marketing\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><strong>Communicate with your consumers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Social media plays a big role in SEO, and allows you to communicate directly with your consumers. Twitter is a great tool, and it referred to as \u201cmicro-blogging\u201d because your posts have to be 140 characters or less. This makes it easy to post things quickly, and you can become an industry thought leader by posting relevant content for your audience to read. Facebook is also a good platform to utilize, because you can easily share videos and pictures for your customers to watch. LinkedIn is a professional profile, which you can use to join industry-related groups, discussions and follow other accounts. Additionally, there\u2019s Google+. Although it\u2019s not as popular, Google loves its own products and therefore Google+ is good to have to post and join \u201ccircles\u201d that will benefit your business.<\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stratospherenetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/SEO.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1451 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stratospherenetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/SEO-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"quality keywords\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><strong>Clean up your website<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In order to successfully increase your search engine rankings, your website needs to be organized and appealing so visitors can easily navigate through it. When creating an SEO plan, this is a great time to clean up your website and add your social media profiles, a blog and any needed tabs to gain more traction with visitors.<\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Need an SEO plan?<\/strong> Call us today at 855-599-9998 to speak with one of our SEO consultants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Search Engine Optimization, more commonly known as SEO, is a hot topic in the technology industry. No matter what industry you\u2019re in, however, SEO plans are beneficial for every business. 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