This is a fundamental rule. If you are going to sit besides the lake, you will never learn to swim. If you want to learn to swim, you must jump in the water and find your way back to the shore.  
  
Having been in the sphere for a period of over five years working with hundreds of clients, I have accumulated quite a fair bit of knowledge about SEO. I wish to share my knowledge on this post with the aim that it helps you in your endeavour to make money from your website.  
  
Speed of the site - When discussing SEO tips for small business, speed of the website needs special mention. Traffic towards your page is directly proportional to the speed. Faster the site loads, more traffic visits the page.  
  
There are some SEO strategies that should be avoided. These are termed as Black Hat SEO techniques. Using these techniques will result in a drop in ranking on search engines. Another technique that should be avoided is link spamming.  
  
As said before, to learn SEO, you don't need to have much more than a working knowledge of computers and the internet. While a few aspects of it can be technical in nature, the good news is that actual implementation in most cases only involves simple actions like word processing or creating links. For example, did you know that starting a free blog can increase your ranking in search engine listings? This is one of the easiest ways to optimize your webpage, as you get free opportunities to link back to your page. Online today there are numerous blog sites, which do all the hard programming for Pinterest you. All you have to do is sign up for free, and start writing, and the rest is done for you. With each post, and the link it contains, your ranking will move just a little bit higher.  
  
SEO news When developing your site, always focus on SEO. When seeking the services of a website designer, you should make sure that they thoroughly understand your plans for organic SEO.  
  
If you outsource the SEO of your website to an agency, then they would need sometime to get to know your business and the way you work. This would take up sometime till the agency gets used to working with your company.