My very first hub article is now ranked in the first page of Google.com and Yahoo.com search. The article is about Vivocity, the largest shopping centre in Singapore which occupies the former World Trading Centre’s exhibition and convention area.

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Kelvin Hui suggested in his blog post “SEO Singapore? Is SEO hot in Singapore?” that those who can rank high for the search terms SEO Singapore should be able to help you to optmize your website for more search engine traffic.

I think there is some truth in that statement.

However, if you search carefully, you will realized that the search terms seo singapore and singapore seo in Google, the results you get are not exactly the same. Why? Because, in our natural use of English, a different use in the sequence of the words gives different meaning. And Google algorithm is smart enough to distinguish that but not smart enough to realize seo singapore and singapore seo actually mean the same thing.

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I have been observing a change in the type of results on Google search recently. Could SEO experts from different countries please help me to confirm my observation?

I reside in Singapore and I am seeing more Singapore-based websites in the search results listing. So, I would be re-directed to Google.com.sg even if I typed in Google.com in the browser address bar. And the results from Google.com.sg are so different from Google.com - it used to be about the same.

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Came to know about this SEO course offered by Rice University, Houston, Texas via this post at WebProNews, Rice University Adjunct Offers SEO Course. On further finding, I realized that it’s not a full-time university module but a continuing education by the Glasscock School of Continuing Studies.

Still, it is interesting to know that search engine optimization is being recognized and taught in the university.

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I am very happy today…

1. It’s Friday and this is going to be a super long weekend with 2 festivals - the Devali and Aidilfitri, coming up tomorrow and next Tuesday. Greetings to our Indian and Muslim friends!

2. The rain is finally here to clear the haze and the polluted air!

3. DesignerSEO.com is now ranked Top 10 for the keywords - Singapore SEO

It is really exciting for me.

DesignerSEO.com was registered in 6 March 2006. It went “live” in mid-March. It’s about 7 months old and is now Top 10 in Google and Yahoo.

http://www.google.com.sg/search?q=singapore+seo

http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=singapore+seo

Think about it. Who else would optimize for such keyword? SEO specialists and experts lah!

It may not be a very popular keyword; not even worth 20 cents on Adwords for No. 1 position, yet it is a difficult keyword with tough competitors. Most of my competitors started out much earlier than me. Some made their websites 3 or more years ago, have higher PR and have hundred of pages indexed and ranked in Google and Yahoo.

Well, want to know how I really feel?

Go get your web page ranked for your desirable keywords and you will know how I feel now!

Shiok!!!

You can link to my website using the following HTML codes:

<a href=”http://designerseo.com”>Singapore SEO Web Design</a>

or if you prefer graphics, put this chicklet on your blog:

<a href=”http://designerseo.com”><img src=”http://designerseo.com/img/designerSEO_chicklet.gif” alt=”Singapore SEO Web Design” border=”0″></a>

And it’ll look like this:

Thank you for linking to my website!

I started this Singapore Blog to try to get good SE ranking for this keyword - singapore blog. I will be using this new blog to help boost the popularity of 88 Famous Singapore Blogs. There is already a blog at SgBlogs88.com - this is to provide updates on the site and a mean to add content and grow the site for better search engine visibililty.
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I guess many of many people are still not convinced that one should start focusing on building targeted traffic from Singapore or optimizing web traffic to Singapore related websites.

Over the last two years, I have built numerous Singapore related websites over the last 2 years. I have been monitoring traffic to these websites. These are search engine optimized sites and also I have been updating and adding new content. Traffic is growing and there is an exponential growth from Singapore population since earlier this year. Web traffic optimization for Singapore related websites will be crucial in attracting buyers from not only Singapore but around the South East Asia region e.g. Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Camdodia, Vietnam and etc.

Two years ago, there are few Ads by Google that are targeted at Singapore visitors and they are cheap. Now, I am seeing an increase in the pay-per-click. In other words, more advertisers are coming in and pushing the cost of advertising to Singapore Internets users. That means your Adsense will potentially give you more revenue on your Singapore websites.

From my survey over the last 6 months, I found out that for every Singapore home that has a computer, 10 out of 10 children from the age of 10 use the Internet. They use the search engines to research on their homework and more so on their current fad e.g. Harry Porter, Neopet, Singapore Idol and etc.