After I presented to my professor, search engine optimization as the topic of research for my final exam, he was very pleased and told me to get started on the information gathering and research phase.

Therefore, I have spent the last six days surfing the net in search of the history of search engine optimization, directories which provide listings of search engine optimization companies, search engine optimization firms that have secured improved search engine rankings for their clients, and reviews of online business owners who have used the services of SEO companies.

The way I want to conduct my research for this paper about search engine optimization is as follows: I first want to identify all the resources I have at my disposal that provide information about search engine optimization and all the aspects of web site optimization that I mentioned above.

Next, I want to conduct interviews with the managers of search engine optimization companies, online business owners who have hired search engine optimization companies - to see how their search engine ranking is doing, and employees of search engine optimizations firms - to see if I can get search engine optimization tips from them.

Thereafter, I plan on analyzing the gathered information about search engine optimization from all my resources, at which time I will develop my stance on search engine optimization and will use most of the research paper as my way supporting my claims about search engine optimization.