What is Web Presence?

By definition, web presence is the location on the World Wide Web where a person, business or other entity is represented. There can be, and often are, multiple online venues in which a person or business can be found, thus increasing their web presence. For your business, it is important that you can be found all over the web, and that the information shared at each of those places is accurate. Accurate and wide reaching web presence can help drive business, even if your primary services are conducted offline. Let’s look at six of the most important aspects of commercial web presence.
Website
The first, and often the most critical, aspect of web presence is the business’ website. The website needs to be written in a manner that will ensure people are able to find it when searching for the goods or services you provide through search engines. Not only does this include the readable text, but the tags and meta data of the website as well. This culminates in a site rich in search engine optimization (SEO) that is also reader friendly.
Blog
Another component of your web presence, which is often integrated into the website, is a blog. A blog ensures that there is constantly fresh material being loaded onto the site. This in turn keeps the site properly indexed in search engines, helping to boost search results.
Paid Search Advertising
Utilizing paid advertising for search results, such as Google AdWords, is a surefire way to keep your business listed at the top of results. It is important that AdWords campaigns are managed by someone highly trained in the platform, so you do not waste any time or money.
Video Marketing
The use of video is key in capturing additional SEO as well as allowing your business to be found in non-traditional mediums. Video, which can be surprisingly inexpensive, is great for distributing through multiple video sites, including YouTube. Websites that have relevant videos on their homepage that are hosted on YouTube are much more likely to show up near the top of search results than sites that don’t.
Social Media
Facebook, Twitter and Google+ are three sites your business needs to be active on if you want to maximize your web presence. Social media posts are a great way to stay connected with current, future and past clients. Additionally, the posts and pages themselves can be indexed and found in search results on Google, Bing, Yahoo and so on.
Online Directory Listings
Your business needs to claim and maintain the many online profiles set up for it automatically by sites like Yelp, Yellow Pages, Angie’s List and others. What is very important about your business’ listings on these sites is having coherent and accurate information across them all regarding your phone number, business name, address and so forth. Inaccuracies could hurt your business’ placement in search results. A directory cleanup service can be used to make sure all information is correct.
Web presence is highly important for all businesses, even those that don’t do any deals on the web. If you’re looking to drive business by building your web presence don’t hesitate to contact the Internet marketing professionals at MORBiZ. We utilize all of the above methods and others to ensure that your business is easily found by the clients and customers. Give us a call at 1-855-2MORBiZ ( 1-855-266-7249 ) to learn more or to boost your web presence today.









