A BUSINESS launched to put firms in pole position on the internet is now branching out into other fields.

Search Logic, which was formed less than a year ago, already has a 22-strong team, and is looking to recruit up to ten further staff.

The online marketing consultancy, based at Newton, near Kirkby Lonsdale, specialises in helping firms to raise their profile on the net, by ensuring that clients' web sites figure high up on search engines such as Google and MSN.

With research showing few people are prepared to look much beyond the first page of results when carrying out online searches, it is crucial for companies' web sites to appear as high up the list of internet search engines as possible.

Senior marketing consultant Chris Simpson said this could be achieved through a combination of what he described as on-site and off-site content.

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