Look, See and Watch

Look - to look at something for a reason, with an intention.

‘Look at that strange man.’

‘Look at the pictures I took on holiday.’

See -to ‘see’ something that comes into our sight that we weren’t looking for.

‘Did you see that bird? – I wasn’t looking for it, it just appeared.

‘I saw you driving to work today.’

Watch - to look at something carefully, usually at something which is moving.

‘Watch TV’- the TV doesn’t move, but you watch the moving images carefully.

‘Watch here you are going! You almost stepped on my foot!’

Off Page SEO Vs. On Page SEO

You may have made sure that you picked one of the best on page optimisation agencies in the industry, got references, asked for case studies then after risking it all with a 12 month contract, you invested all your expectations and large part of your internet marketing budget with the on-page Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) agency.

Months later with your patience worn through and no significant results delivered, you must be frustrated with the lack of returns on your investment and possibly even ready to give up on SEO all together.

We have been very surprised to see how many of the top SEO agencies in the UK have been very slow to change their optimisation strategies; now that on page optimisation has mostly lost all of its affect.

Is there any need for on-page optimisation?

There are some basic optimisation issues that are critical to have in place and then there are more technical / advanced techniques that can improve your search engine rankings. You should not pay for basic SEO advice and you do not need to pay much for advanced optimisation advice.

We disclose up to date SEO advice and tips to most of our clients at no charge.

After having the basics in place, creating masses of useful content is the main on-page optimisation strategy that a webmaster should focus on, but without off-page SEO you will not see your website’s current ranking increase significantly.

More on off-page optimisation…

Off page optimisation or off-page SEO is basically controlling how the internet portrays your website. 

A professional off-page SEO will be able to employ their own resources* to control how search engines view your website and thereby control your ranking. Most off-page SEO techniques done well will result in very high ROI and high ranking in MSN, Google and Yahoo!

• *One way links from their link publishing partners
  
• Gradual link building technology
  
• Your business partners and their link publishing resources
  
• General internet resources: Powerful free directories, one way link brokering etc.
  
• Online PR campaigns
  
• News articles
  

Are there any risks associated with off-page SEO done incorrectly?

We recommend that you only use professionals for your off-page SEO.

Make sure that the company winning your business has been focusing on off page SEO for more than two years and are not late adopters jumping on the band wagon of a new product and service that has been under boom demand of late.

Talent vs Skill

Talent is:

- A special natural ability or aptitude to do something
- Something a person is born with
- Something you cannot teach

Skill is:

- The ability, coming from one's knowledge, practice, aptitude, etc.
- Something that can be learned, honed and improved
- You can only teach new Skills. Skills and not a substitute for Talent.

A few examples:

- Writing is a talent, but knowing how to use Microsoft Word is a skill
- Photography is a talent, but knowing how to use a camera is a skill
- Empathy is a talent, but nursing (as in a hospital job) is a skill
- Writing good algorithms is a talent, but developing programs in Java (programming language) is a skill.