In some ways that makes our lives more difficult because we cannot control how others link to us, much less whether they link to us. There are some ways around this that I'll touch cover in the next installment. But first a word about Page Rank.

It used to be that you could rank pretty well with just on-page search engine optimization. Sprinkle the right keywords in the right places in your Web content and Bam! You are at the top of the search engine results.

semantic SEO for Phoenix When you've found the right keywords, you will move to the front of the line and get noticed, because search engines look for SEO for Phoenix sites that are most relevant to whatever term is being searched for.

Finally, find a provider knowledgeable in SEO who can pitch your site to the owners of your competitor's sites. SEO Moz, a blog on all things SEO has a great post on link building (beware of spamming, though...nobody likes that).

A combination of good on-page and off-page optimization procedures will help you get on to page 1 of Google as quickly as possible. It will also help your website to stay put on the first page of most other search engines as well.