Driving SEO Traffic: a Brief History of the Web & 3 Simple Ways to Increase Your Search Engine Ranking!

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Learning just a fraction of a subject's history is often incredibly valuable because of the perspective it provides a student. So, here is a brief history of the web, the origins of search engine optimization, & 3 quality tips on how to increase your search engine rankings.

Let's begin...

I. A Modern Day Traffic Virus!

Many people credit the rise of the consumer internet to the release of the Mosaic Netscape V0.9 web browser...Somewhere around 1994, the web browser became popular in science labs & universities. Then, as more people started discovering the wealth of information that was available, the web became a "mass market" phenomenon too...You could almost say that the web ITSELF is a virus...

As early webmasters started discovering "cool" sites & linking to them, it became very clear that website traffic has real value for 2 reasons:

A. Traffic generally means money. The more targeted traffic a site gets, the more money it should make. While this is generally a good rule of thumb, the traffic source, the site's audience profile & the traffic "intention type" can drastically affect this equation. (But, those topics are beyond the scope of this discussion as each one could be a 20 page article by itself.)

Traffic can be "monetized" in many ways including:

1. Advertising.

2. Lead generation.

3. And through the direct sales of goods or services.

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A World of New Business Awaits!