Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the volume and quality of traffic to a web site from search engines via "natural" search results. Usually, the earlier a site is presented in the search results, or the higher it "ranks," the more searchers will visit that site. SEO can also target different kinds of search, including image search, local search, and industry-specific vertical search engines. As a marketing strategy for increasing a site's relevancy, SEO considers how search algorithms work and what people search for. SEO efforts may involve a site's coding, presentation, and structure, as well as fixing problems that could prevent search engine indexing programs from fully spidering a site. Other, more noticeable efforts may include adding unique content to a site, and making sure that the content is easily indexed by search engines and also appeals to human visitors. The acronym "SEO" can also refer to "search engine optimizers," a term adopted by an industry of consultants who carry out optimization projects on behalf of clients, and by employees who perform SEO services in-house. Read the rest of this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine_optimization _______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries: 1644: The Battle of Marston Moor, one of the decisive encounters of the English Civil War, was fought near York. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Marston_Moor) 1839: 53 African slaves mutinied on the slave ship La Amistad off the coast of Cuba. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Amistad) 1900: First Zeppelin flight occurred over Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeppelin) 1937: Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean during an attempt to make a circumnavigational flight. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Earhart) 1976: North and South Vietnam united under communist rule to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamc) 1997: The Thai baht rapidly lost half of its value, marking the beginning of the 1997 East Asian financial crisis. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_East_Asian_financial_crisis) _____________________ Wikiquote of the day: There's no lifethat couldn't be immortalif only for a moment.Deathalways arrives by that very moment too late.In vain it tugs at the knobof the invisible door.As far as you've come can't be undone.~ Wisława Szymborska (http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wis%C5%82awa_Szymborska)