IMPACT OF SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMISATION ON
BUSINESS GROWTH
A CASE STUDY ON NDTV.COM
Submitted in partial fulfillment of PGDM
PGDM BATCH 2013-15
Submitted To
Dr. BHARAT BHUSHAN SINGH
Submitted By
K ASHWIN KUMAR.
IMPACT OF SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMISATION ON
BUSINESS GROWTH
A CASE STUDY ON NDTV.COM
Submitted in partial fulfillment of PGDM
PGDM BATCH 2013-15
Submitted By
K ASHWIN KUMAR.
PROJECT GUIDE:
DR.BHARAT BHUSHAN SINGH
DEAN:
DR.SABYASACHI RATH
DECLARATION
I hereby declare that the project titled IMPACT OF SEARCH
ENGINE OPTIMISATION ON BUSINESS GROWTH, A CASE
STUDY ON NDTV.COM is an original work undertaken by me,
under the guidance of Dr.Bharat Bhushan Singh.
The report submitted is a bona-fide work of my own efforts and
has not been submitted to any institute/university/conference or
published before.
K Ashwin kumar.
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the work done and the training undertaken by him is genuine to
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
As I set on the quest to complete this project, it remains my obligation to
praise, extend and glorify the individuals whom I will never forget all
through my life.
Firstly, I want to thank my parents, Mr. Rajeshwar and Mrs. Padmavathi
for their kind co-operation and being so supportive, and encouraging me
in every of my step. I choose this moment to acknowledge their
contribution gratefully.
I take the privilege to thank my faculty guide Dr. Bharat Bhushan Singh
who was always there to guide me and always showed me the path of
improvisation. I thank him for being a great source of motivation and an
invaluable source of knowledge throughout my quest.
I want to thank and deliver my feelings of gratitude to Dr. Sabyasachi
Rath (Dean), Dr. Anuradha (Academics head), Dr. Madana Mohan
(Program chair), for giving me such a wonderful opportunity.
I would like to thank Prof. Priyanka Rath, Prof. Rohny, Prof. Kanchan
Varma for extending me extreme support for carrying out the research
and completing the project.
My earnest thanks to Mr.Nagesh (librarian), Mr.Sravan (assistant
librarian), Google and the World Wide Web, without which this report
would have no beginning, nor an end.
Last but not the least I would like to thank God for blessing me with good
friends who are supporting me during the entire period of project.
K Ashwin Kumar.
Table of Contents:
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Content
Page no.
Chapter 1
Introduction
1.1
SEO
1.1.1
History
1.1.2
Definition
1.2
SEO as a Marketing strategy
1.3
Why SEO ?
1.4
How does SEO fit in the overall marketing plan?
1.5
Internet usage statistics
5-6
1.6
Factor of SEO
6-8
1.7
SEOs Hat
9-14
1.8
SEOs tools
14-16
1.9
SERP
17
1.10
Vital terms for SEO
18-26
1.11
Imperative search engine ranking factors
26-30
1.12
The Website Should Rank as great as it Looks
30
1.13
How SEO conducts online marketing for websites
31
1.14
SEO Marketing Analysis
32
1.15
How Search Engine give Page Rank
33
1.16
The Top 20 Search Engine Ranking Factors
34-38
Need and Scope of Study
38
Objective of Study
39
Research Methodology
39
Data Analysis and Interpretation
39-42
Findings, Suggestions and Recommendations
42-43
Conclusion
44
Appendices
44-49
Bibliography
50
Table-1
The internet Big picture
Table-2
No. of Users of Search Engines
Fig-1
SEO Tools
14
Fig-2
Long tail Keywords
22