Cleveland Park Library 
1st Floor Large Meeting Room 
3310 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 
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Purpose: Learn how Web site design impacts rankings at Google, Yahoo, and other major search engines. 
 
Description: Design issues block many business Web sites from getting the desired results at the most popular search engine Web sites. Small business owners and Web site developers need to be aware that design issues can cause a Web site to be difficult for search engine spiders to index. Learn what these design issues involve, avoid them, create Web sites that are search engine friendly, and you'll save the time and money of redesign and relaunch. 

Google, Yahoo, and other major search engines are the new "Yellow Pages." This presentation will teach you how to to ensure that your Web site will be found at the major search engine sites for your targeted key words and phrases (the words and phrases you expect your potential customers to use). In addition, getting listed at search engines is free--if you know how to do it. Make sure your business is listed. Learn how at this presentation. 

Note: Two attendees who volunteer their URLs at this event will get recommendations they can use immediately.

Speaker: Nancy Kramer designs and maintains Web sites--she has several in the top 10 positions for their targeted key words at Google and other search engine sites. Last month her Web content properties served more than 1.1 million page views, resulting in more than 3.1 million ad impressions for ad networks including Google Ad Sense, Burst Media, Tribal Fusion, and FastClick. Serving Internet ads since 1999, Nancy's Web sites continue to produce significant regular income. In addition, Rod and Custom named her site americandreamcars.com "One of the 10 Best Places To Buy or Sell a Collector Car on the Web." 

With more than 25 years of experience in information technology, Ms. Kramer has extensive experience in system integration, management of software development efforts, full system life cycle, and the Software Engineering Institute's (SEI) capability maturity model (CMM). In addition, she is knowledgeable in database design, structured query language (SQL), and object-oriented design. As a search engine optimization consultant, Nancy Kramer helps small businesses get found in Google and other major search engines. 

Nancy may be reached via e-mail.

Agenda 

12:45 pm	Check-In
1:00 pm	Welcome & Announcements
1:10 pm	"And You Can Quote Me on That . . . " Tax Updates & Accounting Tips, Jina Etienne, CPA
1:20 pm	Creating a Search Engine Friendly Web Site; Nancy Kramer
2:45 pm	Q&A
3:00 pm	Closing announcements
3:05 pm	Informal queries, conversation, networking

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Location: One-half block south of the Cineplex Odeon Uptown movie theatre on Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. (There are many restaurants suitable for pre- or post-meeting gathering/networking/refreshment in the block north of the library.) 

Parking: Very small lot, off Macomb St., to left of library. 

Metrorail--Cleveland Park Station on the Red Line (on Connecticut Avenue, just 1.5 blocks north of meeting site) 

Several times a year a smaller group (usually about 8 to 12) goes to Nanny O'Brien's (directly across the street from the Cleveland Park Library at 3319 Connecticut Avenue, NW, 202-686-9189, open 2 pm Saturday to 2 am Sunday) or another local establishment for continued conversation, networking, and refreshment following the meeting. (Participants pay for their own beverages and  food.)  

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