9 Steps To Getting Your Website Noticed!


1. Search engines don’t just find your site by accident - they need to know you exist! At the very least, submit your site to the Big Three


 GOOGLE  YAHOO  BING


2. Another key place to submit your site is: DMOZ


This is an independent, nonprofit Web-monitoring project that links to Google’s directory. When you submit your site to DMOZ, it will be checked by a real human being! All ran by volunteers, so it may take some time before you reap the rewards.


** Does your site have a Sitemap? This is an often neglected file that gives search engines a list of your website’s contents.


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Let’s say you’re a shoe seller in Seattle. What would potential customers type into a search engine? They might be looking for someone local to them, for a particular brand, size or type of shoe. Now, look at the TEXT of your website. Have you got all these bases covered?


KEYWORDS . . . . .


Are you utilizing keywords that identify what your subject matter is about? Google has a search based keyword tool (search “keyword tool” at GOOGLE.


PHOTOS . . . .


Lift your website’s appearance and they can also help search engines IF you’re canny with naming the files - so “Gucci.seattle_shoes.jpg” will help, while “shoepic23.jpg will do nothing.


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To yours can really boost your rankings, so it’s worth getting involved in forums & discussion boards & linking


By: Andy Tillbrook (freelance editor & writer in the UK Specializing in business issues.


back to your site. Make them quality links - Search engines recognize blatant linking.


META TAGS ~ optionalHTML coding - that provide information about a Web page. This is a VITAL smoke signal for search engines. Make sure that each page has their own description.


HEADINGS ~ A more visible device these are essential reading for search- engine robots. Make sure they feature your site’s Keywords!


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