Making a web site search engine and visitor friendly alike is the key to having a successful web site online. If you cannot be found, it will be useless ... and if it doesn't appeal, the visitors will leave.
I am amazed with the tunnel vision so many are suffering from. But then again it's guys like me who went into the business of search engine optimization for the lack of design abilities, who can see the bigger picture :)
Design your site with the search engines in mind used to be one of my lines. I believe that is the way to go about things. It is so much easier to do everything right at the beginning instead of lateron having a search engine optimizer alter the structure and possibly jeapordize the overall appeal of the site.
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