A Pay-Per-Inclusion search engine is a service in which a search engine charges you a certain amount to spider and include your website in its database. For this fee, regular repeated spiderings are guaranteed, so you are sure to be indexed. However, rankings are not guaranteed. These pages have no advantage over any page submitted [...]
Quality traffic, website promotion and product and service advertisement is the number one mission for new website owners and existing website owners that are looking to grow. Finding reliable marketing has been my goal over the past year. There are many companies that can take the anxiety out of marketing your product and or service. [...]
Every business owner I’ve met has been encouraged at some point to invest in a website; often convinced with hype that if their business didn’t have a website then they might as well pack their bags and retire to the social security queue. Hype aside, this statement is basically true. Certainly, any business deemed suitable [...]
The search engine giants are locked in an all out power struggle to get your attention and patronage. Over the past 6 months there have been many changes. The big guys are getting even bigger, but there are a number of new players vying for your patronage too. The top three Search Engines are Yahoo, [...]
This article will cause many companies to stir, but it’s about time someone started speaking against these services. It really angers me when I see the numerous services that boast they will increase your traffic by submitting your web site to umpteen different search engines. When I first started promoting my site, I used to [...]
As you have seen throughout the guide, search engine optimization (SEO) is a multi-faceted activity. Likely to be time-consuming, it is important that you spend your time wisely. By way of conclusion, therefore, I would like to (i) summarise the time/spend/effort (=cost) and value trade-off for each area I have covered, (ii) highlight from that [...]
Contrary to what most people think, it is not necessary to submit your site to the search engines. In the early days of the web, when search engine technology was still primitive and search engines’ ability to crawl the web was somehow limited, it made sense to submit your site. Today, search engines like Google, [...]
You can learn many things you didn’t know about your business by getting valuable feedback from your customers. Your customers may buy your main product just to get the free gifts. Your visitors may think it’s to hard to navigate through your web site. By knowing this type of important information you can improve your [...]
Submitting your website to the main search engines should be handled with care. Do it right, and the rewards can be great. Webmaster Beware- Submitting your website to the major search engines too often can get your website banned completely from those all important major search engines, like Google, MSN, Yahoo and Alta Vista. Let’s [...]
For years now I’ve been looking to start my own business, but my highest priority has always been to spend less time working, and more time with my family, while still giving them everything they need (and most of what they want). It’s a common dream, right? No boss to answer to, less stress, more [...]
