"In the time spent roaming the Internet jumping from website to website, it strikes me that links is the only real method of travel.
With a rather large number of directories and link schemes that seam to have hit the net; paid and free link exchange directories seem to be the norm these days.
Some of which are rising to great heights in search results and some are not.
Spending some time looking into these directories, i have come to realise that each directory has its own agenda; be it money or Google greatness.
Never-the-less very few directories have one thing in common; quality.
Link building is one of the hardest things to do when creating a successful website, on little or no budget. As your newly uploaded website needs inbound links for it to be seen; let alone get to the top of search results.
There are varying methods of achieving inbound links but require a lot of work and patience. Finding reciprocal link partners with high ranking sites is almost impossiable and i read it somewhere to write articles on a topic related to your site. Good luck finding a topic not already covered.
So whats a new webmaster to do to achieve inbound links and Google greatness.
Well your guess is as good as mine.
But one things for sure; if the big sites continue to ignore smaller and new websites link requests, "yours and my dreams will remain just that."
(by: Paul Walton)
Sunday, May 6, 2007
How To Make Your Web Site And Affiliate Marketing Compatible
People who look for income opportunities, do often come across the idea of affiliate marketing. At first sight, it looks like it's just to have a banner posted on their web site to generate income.
The truth is that you need to do a little more than that. You have to test and evaluate every necessary ingredient in your particular affiliate marketing niche. By testing and optimize you will learn how to get the most out of your efforts.
To be able to make money from your web site as an affiliate marketer. You need to get your site and your affiliate program to work together. It's a team sport with two players, and to win the matches, booth players have to perform well.
Let's have a look why this compability is so important. Your visitors come to your site because they want information on a specific topic. To be able to recommend a service or a product your visitors may be interested in, you must promote something that are related to your sites theme.
If you try to recommend a product unrelated to your theme, it will only result in a click at the back button. Once your visitor spot a banner or a text link that is not related to your page content. He will think you're unprofessional. Or worse, he might think you try to scam him.
To make the affiliate marketing process work, you must keep your content and recommended products or services related. Your customer visit your site to find information and a solution of his problem. First you provide the information, then you recommend a solution for his problem.
Banner or text link placement is also an important ingredient. It will work best if you can weave it in to your content. Try to make it as a well flowing unit. However, Don't hide the fact that your visitor will land on another web site when he click at your link. Build trust and confidence by being honest. To find the most efficient placement, you have to test and evaluate over time.
Once you've learned to master the art of affiliate marketing, it will give you a repeatable income. When your first program is up and running smoothly, It's time to implement the next one.
All products or services have their ups and downs. Therefore it is wise to divide your sources of income. Your site must have one main theme, but there is no reason why you can't have several sub themes. With that, comes the possibility to promote other products or services, that are related to these sub themes.
When you add more than one source of income, it will balance your income. It will help you to gain a stable financial situation.
(by: Ove Nordkvist)
The truth is that you need to do a little more than that. You have to test and evaluate every necessary ingredient in your particular affiliate marketing niche. By testing and optimize you will learn how to get the most out of your efforts.
To be able to make money from your web site as an affiliate marketer. You need to get your site and your affiliate program to work together. It's a team sport with two players, and to win the matches, booth players have to perform well.
Let's have a look why this compability is so important. Your visitors come to your site because they want information on a specific topic. To be able to recommend a service or a product your visitors may be interested in, you must promote something that are related to your sites theme.
If you try to recommend a product unrelated to your theme, it will only result in a click at the back button. Once your visitor spot a banner or a text link that is not related to your page content. He will think you're unprofessional. Or worse, he might think you try to scam him.
To make the affiliate marketing process work, you must keep your content and recommended products or services related. Your customer visit your site to find information and a solution of his problem. First you provide the information, then you recommend a solution for his problem.
Banner or text link placement is also an important ingredient. It will work best if you can weave it in to your content. Try to make it as a well flowing unit. However, Don't hide the fact that your visitor will land on another web site when he click at your link. Build trust and confidence by being honest. To find the most efficient placement, you have to test and evaluate over time.
Once you've learned to master the art of affiliate marketing, it will give you a repeatable income. When your first program is up and running smoothly, It's time to implement the next one.
All products or services have their ups and downs. Therefore it is wise to divide your sources of income. Your site must have one main theme, but there is no reason why you can't have several sub themes. With that, comes the possibility to promote other products or services, that are related to these sub themes.
When you add more than one source of income, it will balance your income. It will help you to gain a stable financial situation.
(by: Ove Nordkvist)
Why To Improve Website Ranking?
With the increase in the number of internet users all across the world, online businesses are definitely on a great raise. Even in emerging markets like Brazil, China, India; the usage of internet is becoming very huge. Thanks to globalization, penetration of internet and liberalization of economic policies in most of the markets; now you can take your small, home-based business to anywhere in the world with just a well designed and perfectly optimized website.
Having a website, is just a prerequisite to any business in today’s scenario. But, merely having a website is not going to do any good to your business if you are not able to generate good amount of sales and revenue trough your website. To generate good sales, you need to have quality web traffic first. According to the research more than seventy percent of the web traffic all across the internet is just coming through the search engines. So, if you are looking for quality web traffic, you need to improve website ranking on most of the search engines.
To improve website ranking, you need to do lot of things, but not in a rush. You should first analyze who your target audiences are. And then, you need to analyze what are the keywords or phrases that your target audience are using on the internet while doing web searching. This is very important. Because, if and only if your website has a very rich content with full of those keywords, you will have a chance to improve website ranking on any search engine.
You also need to update your content very regularly. This improves website ranking quite dramatically. This is because of a simple reason that most of the search engine algorithms give top ranking while indexing the websites if the content is updated frequently.
So, it is quite evident that you need to have a lot of knowledge on SEO if you want to improve website ranking. Normally, most business owners or webmasters will not have sufficient knowledge that requires improving website ranking. Or, they will not have enough time to do so. In either cases, it is quite perfect if you go to professional SEO consultants to improve website ranking.
In this world of outsourcing, it has been proved that it is always a better idea to outsource the work which you are not good at to a person or a company who is good at that work. To improve website ranking, you can get many professional SEO consultants to work for you. You can even get a professional consultant at a very cheap price if you outsource the work to countries like BRIC nations, INDIA or China.
(by: Darren Dunner)
Having a website, is just a prerequisite to any business in today’s scenario. But, merely having a website is not going to do any good to your business if you are not able to generate good amount of sales and revenue trough your website. To generate good sales, you need to have quality web traffic first. According to the research more than seventy percent of the web traffic all across the internet is just coming through the search engines. So, if you are looking for quality web traffic, you need to improve website ranking on most of the search engines.
To improve website ranking, you need to do lot of things, but not in a rush. You should first analyze who your target audiences are. And then, you need to analyze what are the keywords or phrases that your target audience are using on the internet while doing web searching. This is very important. Because, if and only if your website has a very rich content with full of those keywords, you will have a chance to improve website ranking on any search engine.
You also need to update your content very regularly. This improves website ranking quite dramatically. This is because of a simple reason that most of the search engine algorithms give top ranking while indexing the websites if the content is updated frequently.
So, it is quite evident that you need to have a lot of knowledge on SEO if you want to improve website ranking. Normally, most business owners or webmasters will not have sufficient knowledge that requires improving website ranking. Or, they will not have enough time to do so. In either cases, it is quite perfect if you go to professional SEO consultants to improve website ranking.
In this world of outsourcing, it has been proved that it is always a better idea to outsource the work which you are not good at to a person or a company who is good at that work. To improve website ranking, you can get many professional SEO consultants to work for you. You can even get a professional consultant at a very cheap price if you outsource the work to countries like BRIC nations, INDIA or China.
(by: Darren Dunner)
SEO: Gaining Top Placement In The Warm Markets
Search engines become smarter by the minute. It is no longer the sheer placement of numerous keywords on a single page. There is the correct placement of anchored text, the specific Meta tags, the watching out for competitors, the page ranking and back links, the RSS fields, the appropriate content and the link popularity, the robot.txt files, just to name a few.
Today, search engine optimization can only be successful by experts, or by those that have an idea of what search engines are looking for. You must optimize everything on your site if you wish to land within the top 10 on search engines.
In the sense of web optimization, search engine is a broad subject, and a tiny branch of web marketing. When you get your site optimized, individually or with hired help, it must not show a 404 page when pinged, your IP is not blacklisted, it should be easily accessible, it should come up within the first page when searched for, it should be head to head (or supersede) your competitors site, and it should be easily read by search engine spiders.
Search engine optimization doesn't mean much until you know what your business could benefit by utilizing it.
By having your site optimized for search engines, you will gain a higher traffic and a greater chance of your site being back-linked; this will also increase your site's popularity, increase sales, increase potential repeat visits, and increase your visibility in the international market place. Not only does search engine optimization increase the knowledge of your business, it is also an extremely cost effective way to get out there.
Other search engine optimization tools include content articles, keyword density, title tags, advertising, and sitemaps/user menus. These key points are the major stepping stone of any website optimization and they should be used in moderation.
For example, your content should not have too much, but just enough of your keywords in it. It is recommended that your keyword in content density be about 10%; if more than that, or repetitious key terms, search engine spiders may recognize it as spam.
Today's marketer needs everything to be accessible and intact. Search engine optimization is one of the cheapest way of reaching the public. In this current age, everything is moving to the internet and the internet is becoming a very fierce world. Reaching the audience is all that matters if any business is to be performed. Optimization is at its greatest when it is included in blogs, forums, general discussion panels, or mentioned in high ranking sites. Once your site has been optimized to the fullest, cost reductions can come from PPC ads.
Who knows, your site might just become the world's next MySpace!
(by: Jeffrey Greer)
Today, search engine optimization can only be successful by experts, or by those that have an idea of what search engines are looking for. You must optimize everything on your site if you wish to land within the top 10 on search engines.
In the sense of web optimization, search engine is a broad subject, and a tiny branch of web marketing. When you get your site optimized, individually or with hired help, it must not show a 404 page when pinged, your IP is not blacklisted, it should be easily accessible, it should come up within the first page when searched for, it should be head to head (or supersede) your competitors site, and it should be easily read by search engine spiders.
Search engine optimization doesn't mean much until you know what your business could benefit by utilizing it.
By having your site optimized for search engines, you will gain a higher traffic and a greater chance of your site being back-linked; this will also increase your site's popularity, increase sales, increase potential repeat visits, and increase your visibility in the international market place. Not only does search engine optimization increase the knowledge of your business, it is also an extremely cost effective way to get out there.
Other search engine optimization tools include content articles, keyword density, title tags, advertising, and sitemaps/user menus. These key points are the major stepping stone of any website optimization and they should be used in moderation.
For example, your content should not have too much, but just enough of your keywords in it. It is recommended that your keyword in content density be about 10%; if more than that, or repetitious key terms, search engine spiders may recognize it as spam.
Today's marketer needs everything to be accessible and intact. Search engine optimization is one of the cheapest way of reaching the public. In this current age, everything is moving to the internet and the internet is becoming a very fierce world. Reaching the audience is all that matters if any business is to be performed. Optimization is at its greatest when it is included in blogs, forums, general discussion panels, or mentioned in high ranking sites. Once your site has been optimized to the fullest, cost reductions can come from PPC ads.
Who knows, your site might just become the world's next MySpace!
(by: Jeffrey Greer)
A Quick Guide To Web Directories
If you are a seasoned Internet marketer, then it is common knowledge that submitting to web directories can dramatically increase your page rank. If you are a newbie webmaster, then you might be quite in doubt as to how web directories can do for you. This article would relay to you what exactly is a web directory, how they work, and how you can use them in promoting your site. By the end of the article, I want you to go add your link to one of the web directories on the Internet and see how it would work for you.
What are web directories?
Simply put, a Web Directory is a collection of web sites presented in a categorized format. I suppose that you know how Yellow Pages looks like, a web directory is pretty much the same thing, only this time websites are categorized in such a way that internet users can easily navigate through them and find the website that they need.
How do web directories work?
A web directory submission is one type of marketing strategy you can employ. By simply adding your website in web directories it can dramatically increase your site’s exposure and your pagerank. Why so? Of course aside for submitting your website name, you would naturally add your website link or URL to the site. This constitute for one back link. What do you need outbound links for? Increasing the number of your outbound links would relatively increase your pagerank.
A pagerank simply refers to your position in search engines results. For instance, if an online user searches for "car parts", along with your SEO-content and bunch of good back links, you would likely hit the first few pages of the search results, thus increasing the exposure of your website. If back links are what you are after, then submitting your site to web directories is one effective way to get some.
Web directories are also one way of acquiring permanent links. Permanent links are very valuable since you would have your live link posted on web directories for good or at least during the lifetime of the web directory where you posted your link. It is important to take note though, that offering permanent links are still in the discretion of web directories owner.
Aside from improving your page rank, web directories are also a form of web advertising. In addition to using search engines, online users also rely on web directories to direct them to certain websites they are searching for. Since websites in web directories are categorized accordingly, navigating through them is easy and convenient. If for example one online user is about to buy bathroom tiles, he would probably go to the category under 'home improvement' and if your related site is under that, you are most likely to have an instant visitor, thus increasing your traffic. In the online world, traffic is everything. If you get more visitors drop by your site, then that means you have a number of potential clients, thus increasing your sales.
Choosing a web directory
There are three types of web directories – free, paid and niche directories. Free web directories are, of course, the natural choice for webmasters with a tight budget. Some free web directories requires a reciprocal link and some don’t. Reciprocal links are simply links of the web directory's URL that you are required to post in your own site. It's a give and take concept. When you post your website to a web directory, you need to return the favor by posting their URL to your site as well.
The only drawback with some free directories is that they may not be properly maintained. Spam sites may find their way into these free directories because they may lack appropriate monitoring. Then again, there are free web directories that can offer as much quality links than paid directories.
If you have the budget for it, you can also opt to submit your site to paid directories. These types of websites may charge as low as $10 per year. Some popular directories, like Yahoo, can charge as high as $299 as annual fees. The rate that paid web directories charge is relative to the website's pagerank. If the web directory site you are submitting to have PR9, then prepare to shell out a big chunk of your advertising budget. A web directory with a PR3 or PR4 would normally charge low.
The third type of web directory is a niche web directory. These are web directory sites that cater to a particular group of websites. For instance, a web directory with the niche under "business" would only allow submission from business websites. Posting your websites into niche web directories would give you better hits since you have a bigger exposure to your target market.
How to submit your website
First, you need to find a good web directory site. Check the web directory and be sure it does not contain several spam sites. One way to find out if spam sites are listed is by doing a search for terms like “Viagra”, “Sex” etc… If you notice a large number of search results, then that directory is not a good one. Because in worst-case scenario, your own website may even be penalized by some search engines.
The second thing you need to do is to choose the appropriate category where you should add your website to. You would get to your target audience better if you place your website in the right category. If not, you would not get much traffic from your possible visitors.
The next thing is to write a good description of your website. These are snippets that would describe what your website has to offer. Description should be short and catchy. It is also a good idea to make sure to write a good meaningful description as many directories do not approve websites with bad descriptions.
The last thing to do, which is very important and the part that is often take for granted, is to check if your link is working! You don't want to get your website URL misspelled or anything like that, hence the whole process would be to no avail.
(by: Karl Turnbull)
What are web directories?
Simply put, a Web Directory is a collection of web sites presented in a categorized format. I suppose that you know how Yellow Pages looks like, a web directory is pretty much the same thing, only this time websites are categorized in such a way that internet users can easily navigate through them and find the website that they need.
How do web directories work?
A web directory submission is one type of marketing strategy you can employ. By simply adding your website in web directories it can dramatically increase your site’s exposure and your pagerank. Why so? Of course aside for submitting your website name, you would naturally add your website link or URL to the site. This constitute for one back link. What do you need outbound links for? Increasing the number of your outbound links would relatively increase your pagerank.
A pagerank simply refers to your position in search engines results. For instance, if an online user searches for "car parts", along with your SEO-content and bunch of good back links, you would likely hit the first few pages of the search results, thus increasing the exposure of your website. If back links are what you are after, then submitting your site to web directories is one effective way to get some.
Web directories are also one way of acquiring permanent links. Permanent links are very valuable since you would have your live link posted on web directories for good or at least during the lifetime of the web directory where you posted your link. It is important to take note though, that offering permanent links are still in the discretion of web directories owner.
Aside from improving your page rank, web directories are also a form of web advertising. In addition to using search engines, online users also rely on web directories to direct them to certain websites they are searching for. Since websites in web directories are categorized accordingly, navigating through them is easy and convenient. If for example one online user is about to buy bathroom tiles, he would probably go to the category under 'home improvement' and if your related site is under that, you are most likely to have an instant visitor, thus increasing your traffic. In the online world, traffic is everything. If you get more visitors drop by your site, then that means you have a number of potential clients, thus increasing your sales.
Choosing a web directory
There are three types of web directories – free, paid and niche directories. Free web directories are, of course, the natural choice for webmasters with a tight budget. Some free web directories requires a reciprocal link and some don’t. Reciprocal links are simply links of the web directory's URL that you are required to post in your own site. It's a give and take concept. When you post your website to a web directory, you need to return the favor by posting their URL to your site as well.
The only drawback with some free directories is that they may not be properly maintained. Spam sites may find their way into these free directories because they may lack appropriate monitoring. Then again, there are free web directories that can offer as much quality links than paid directories.
If you have the budget for it, you can also opt to submit your site to paid directories. These types of websites may charge as low as $10 per year. Some popular directories, like Yahoo, can charge as high as $299 as annual fees. The rate that paid web directories charge is relative to the website's pagerank. If the web directory site you are submitting to have PR9, then prepare to shell out a big chunk of your advertising budget. A web directory with a PR3 or PR4 would normally charge low.
The third type of web directory is a niche web directory. These are web directory sites that cater to a particular group of websites. For instance, a web directory with the niche under "business" would only allow submission from business websites. Posting your websites into niche web directories would give you better hits since you have a bigger exposure to your target market.
How to submit your website
First, you need to find a good web directory site. Check the web directory and be sure it does not contain several spam sites. One way to find out if spam sites are listed is by doing a search for terms like “Viagra”, “Sex” etc… If you notice a large number of search results, then that directory is not a good one. Because in worst-case scenario, your own website may even be penalized by some search engines.
The second thing you need to do is to choose the appropriate category where you should add your website to. You would get to your target audience better if you place your website in the right category. If not, you would not get much traffic from your possible visitors.
The next thing is to write a good description of your website. These are snippets that would describe what your website has to offer. Description should be short and catchy. It is also a good idea to make sure to write a good meaningful description as many directories do not approve websites with bad descriptions.
The last thing to do, which is very important and the part that is often take for granted, is to check if your link is working! You don't want to get your website URL misspelled or anything like that, hence the whole process would be to no avail.
(by: Karl Turnbull)
Do You Know the Fastest Way to Get a High Page Ranking?
There are millions upon millions of websites on the internet. The majority of these site's have poor page rankings. Is your site one of them? Would you like to increase your page ranking? Silly question right? Of course, you want a high page ranking.... we all do. Keep reading and I will let you know a little known secret as to how you can quickly improve your page ranking.
In the early days of the web, search engines would get information about a website from the keywords meta tag. This is no longer true. The reason is that several people began to keyword stuff their meta tags to achieve higher rankings with the search engines. The Search Engines got wise to this and changed the criteria they use when crawling websites. This does not mean you should forego keyword meta tags, it is still good optimization practice to include a keywords meta tag however, this tag alone will not get you a high page ranking.
Before I tell you how you can quickly improve your page rank, I want to touch on Search Engine Optimization. Search Engine Optimization is very important to the success of your website and to getting good page rankings. If you have not already done so, I encourage you to learn good optimization practices and use them when creating and submitting your website(s). You can learn more about Search Engine Optimization at http://www.terrysinfosite.com
OK, so how do you get a high page ranking? Did you know that most search engines put a high level of importance on the links to your webpage? When a high ranking website links to your site it will make the search engine take notice. Does this mean that all you have to do is get a lot of incoming links to your website? NO, absolutely not! In fact if you simply go grabbing incoming links from wherever you can you could end up getting your site banned by search engines. The key is to get quality links from high ranking sites. All of your incoming links should be from site's that have something to offer your visitors. In other words there content should be relevant to yours. After all, if you are searching for information on 'computer hardware' you aren't going to be interested in a link related to 'dog grooming' now are you? Another very important point needs to be made before we continue; NEVER use link farms. This is important and bears repeating.. NEVER, EVER use link farms. The use of link farms could get you banned. You want to stay focused on your site's content... that includes your incoming links.
OK, here is what you have been waiting for, how to improve your page ranking quickly;
First: Go to Google.com and download the Google toolbar. Install the toolbar on your web browser.
Second: Do a search using one of your site's most important keywords or phrases.
Third: Visit one of the first few site's displayed in the search results.
Fourth: Note where it says "PageRank" on your toolbar. The green bar represents the page ranking for the site you are visiting and ranges from 0 to 10.
Fifth: By using this toolbar and searching with your important keyword or phrase you can find a site with a high ranking and relevant content.
Sixth: Look for the contact information for the site you are visiting and send a request for a link to your webpage in exchange for a link to theirs.
Every link you get from a high ranking site will improve your ranking with the search engines.
Be aware, since these are high ranked sites, some will refuse your request. Never fear, there is a solution. Go back to your search engine and this time enter "link:" (without the quotes) followed by the name of the site you just approached for a link. You should only need to enter the site name, not the complete url. The resulting display will show you all of the sites that link to the one you approached. You can now go visit one of those sites and ask for a reciprocal link. While this is a 'backdoor' approach to getting the link you were originally after...it has been known to work.
Here is a little side-note with regard to negotiating for reciprocal links. This was learned during my years as owner of two businesses. In any negotiation the other side has one thing on their mind at all times...."What is in this for me?" When negotiating for reciprocal links you should stress the benefits that the agreement will provide to them. Try to make your offer as attractive to the other side as you possibly can.
I admit this involves a little time and effort however, a wise man once said, "The journey of a thousand miles begins with an empty tank and a flat tire." The time and effort you spend is well worth the rewards.
(by: Terry Morris)
In the early days of the web, search engines would get information about a website from the keywords meta tag. This is no longer true. The reason is that several people began to keyword stuff their meta tags to achieve higher rankings with the search engines. The Search Engines got wise to this and changed the criteria they use when crawling websites. This does not mean you should forego keyword meta tags, it is still good optimization practice to include a keywords meta tag however, this tag alone will not get you a high page ranking.
Before I tell you how you can quickly improve your page rank, I want to touch on Search Engine Optimization. Search Engine Optimization is very important to the success of your website and to getting good page rankings. If you have not already done so, I encourage you to learn good optimization practices and use them when creating and submitting your website(s). You can learn more about Search Engine Optimization at http://www.terrysinfosite.com
OK, so how do you get a high page ranking? Did you know that most search engines put a high level of importance on the links to your webpage? When a high ranking website links to your site it will make the search engine take notice. Does this mean that all you have to do is get a lot of incoming links to your website? NO, absolutely not! In fact if you simply go grabbing incoming links from wherever you can you could end up getting your site banned by search engines. The key is to get quality links from high ranking sites. All of your incoming links should be from site's that have something to offer your visitors. In other words there content should be relevant to yours. After all, if you are searching for information on 'computer hardware' you aren't going to be interested in a link related to 'dog grooming' now are you? Another very important point needs to be made before we continue; NEVER use link farms. This is important and bears repeating.. NEVER, EVER use link farms. The use of link farms could get you banned. You want to stay focused on your site's content... that includes your incoming links.
OK, here is what you have been waiting for, how to improve your page ranking quickly;
First: Go to Google.com and download the Google toolbar. Install the toolbar on your web browser.
Second: Do a search using one of your site's most important keywords or phrases.
Third: Visit one of the first few site's displayed in the search results.
Fourth: Note where it says "PageRank" on your toolbar. The green bar represents the page ranking for the site you are visiting and ranges from 0 to 10.
Fifth: By using this toolbar and searching with your important keyword or phrase you can find a site with a high ranking and relevant content.
Sixth: Look for the contact information for the site you are visiting and send a request for a link to your webpage in exchange for a link to theirs.
Every link you get from a high ranking site will improve your ranking with the search engines.
Be aware, since these are high ranked sites, some will refuse your request. Never fear, there is a solution. Go back to your search engine and this time enter "link:" (without the quotes) followed by the name of the site you just approached for a link. You should only need to enter the site name, not the complete url. The resulting display will show you all of the sites that link to the one you approached. You can now go visit one of those sites and ask for a reciprocal link. While this is a 'backdoor' approach to getting the link you were originally after...it has been known to work.
Here is a little side-note with regard to negotiating for reciprocal links. This was learned during my years as owner of two businesses. In any negotiation the other side has one thing on their mind at all times...."What is in this for me?" When negotiating for reciprocal links you should stress the benefits that the agreement will provide to them. Try to make your offer as attractive to the other side as you possibly can.
I admit this involves a little time and effort however, a wise man once said, "The journey of a thousand miles begins with an empty tank and a flat tire." The time and effort you spend is well worth the rewards.
(by: Terry Morris)
Submit Your Site to Google
As soon as you register your domain name, submit it to Google! Even if you haven't built your site, or thought about your content, submit your domain name to Google. In fact, even if you haven't fully articulated your business plan and marketing plan, submit your domain name to Google.
Don't wait!
There are two reasons for this. Firstly, getting on the search engines has always taken a long time for a new site. Even assuming you do everything right, it takes months before your site is even indexed, and more months before it starts to rank well. As a rule of thumb, never expect to rank highly within 6 months of submitting your site to Google.
The second reason is a recent phenomenon called 'Google Sandbox'. Many SEO experts believe that Google 'sandboxes' new websites. Whenever it detects a new website, it withholds its rightful ranking for a period while it determines whether your site is a genuine, credible, long term site. It does this to discourage the creation of SPAM websites (sites which serve no useful purpose other than to boost the ranking of some other site).
By submitting your domain name to Google as soon as you register it, you're establishing a site history even if the site has no content. By the time you've built your site and developed your content (and written your business and marketing plans), Google will probably see no need to sandbox you.
If you wait until launch day to submit your site, you'll spend a month or two (maybe more) sitting in the sandbox watching potential customers spend their money elsewhere.
How to submit your site to Google Don't waste money by paying someone else to submit your site to Google. It's easy!
Simply go to http://www.google.com.au/addurl.html, enter your URL (domain name) and a few comments or keywords to describe your site. Then click 'Submit'. That's all there is to it. You only have to do it once, and only for your top level page (i.e. Home page).
Google's robots will then crawl your website the next time they're out and about. Of course, they don't guarantee that you'll be included in their results.
IMPORTANT: As mentioned above, it takes quite a while for your site to appear in the search engines. This is partly because the search engines are big and slow - especially when it comes to new sites. It will take a minimum of 6-8 weeks before your site is indexed.
(by: Montri Sitthichock)
Don't wait!
There are two reasons for this. Firstly, getting on the search engines has always taken a long time for a new site. Even assuming you do everything right, it takes months before your site is even indexed, and more months before it starts to rank well. As a rule of thumb, never expect to rank highly within 6 months of submitting your site to Google.
The second reason is a recent phenomenon called 'Google Sandbox'. Many SEO experts believe that Google 'sandboxes' new websites. Whenever it detects a new website, it withholds its rightful ranking for a period while it determines whether your site is a genuine, credible, long term site. It does this to discourage the creation of SPAM websites (sites which serve no useful purpose other than to boost the ranking of some other site).
By submitting your domain name to Google as soon as you register it, you're establishing a site history even if the site has no content. By the time you've built your site and developed your content (and written your business and marketing plans), Google will probably see no need to sandbox you.
If you wait until launch day to submit your site, you'll spend a month or two (maybe more) sitting in the sandbox watching potential customers spend their money elsewhere.
How to submit your site to Google Don't waste money by paying someone else to submit your site to Google. It's easy!
Simply go to http://www.google.com.au/addurl.html, enter your URL (domain name) and a few comments or keywords to describe your site. Then click 'Submit'. That's all there is to it. You only have to do it once, and only for your top level page (i.e. Home page).
Google's robots will then crawl your website the next time they're out and about. Of course, they don't guarantee that you'll be included in their results.
IMPORTANT: As mentioned above, it takes quite a while for your site to appear in the search engines. This is partly because the search engines are big and slow - especially when it comes to new sites. It will take a minimum of 6-8 weeks before your site is indexed.
(by: Montri Sitthichock)
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