Listen. Some make submitting pages to search engines sound like the fast track to search engine ranking nirvana. Not to mention you’ll see offers to submit your site to a scadzillion sites for some low nominal fee. Yeah right. It’s enough to make Pinocchio’s nose grow! Because it’s just not true. Basically there are really [...]
First of all, the Google directory is really just the open directory project (ODP: url here) with a few adjustments. While listings on DMOZ.org are arranged within their category according to simple alphabetic order, listings in the Google Directory are based upon PageRank [link]. Thus, sites with higher PageRanks will show up higher on the [...]
There are four basic types of Search Engines: Free Search Engines Pay-For-Inclusion Search Engines Pay-Per-Click (PPC) Search Engines Directories Because each type does things a little differently, you need to adapt your strategy to take advantage of their differences. Free Search Engines You can submit your pages to these engines free, but be careful. You [...]
If I ask you how many web sites do you have? You may say "One, yes it is www.mycompany.com " or "two" in case you have a second organization or company. When I first began promoting my web sites I was, like most people, only thinking in terms of one web address, the url of [...]
Launch your site, before it is finished. When you launch a site, you face three major problems: The search engines don’t know you, the users don’t know you and you might not have any meaningful amount of content. These problems can cost you time, before your site starts to pay off. Three solutions to hit [...]
If you have a business, you must have a website. It is the way business is done. It’s as important as the sign on the front of your building. Sales of online services and goods have climbed well into the billions and this is only the beginning. What will a well designed and Internet ready [...]
The most recent paranoia involving websites is the thing called PageRank. Most webmasters and site owners are going crazy over it. PageRank determines how well your site is. PageRank values may vary depending on your site’s performance. In order to see your site’s PageRank values, download the same from Google. Marketing analysts and administrators want [...]
Every action has a beginning phase where you launch your activity, a middle period in which you must sustain and develop it and a conclusion. Many people set up a website enthusiastically but then they find that they dont have the skills or knowledge to maintain and develop it. So, what are the challenges in [...]
Online, there are several locations where you can pick up and use free articles for reprint in your own websites. These articles are designed specifically for that purpose to allow you to add excellent content to your website. But, many wonder about using them. Is it legal? Is it a good idea? Here is a [...]
If you have published something on the web, you are most likely familiar with the two basic areas that web publicity can be divided in: getting visitors to your site, and keeping them there (actually there is also a third one – making them come back, check back for a followup article on this important [...]
