Once you have built your website you may be looking traffic, at first search engines may seem the ideal way of bringing targeted traffic to your site. Some people have hit goal, and are getting loads of traffic off search engine listings, whilst the majority are getting a big zero. Look below for tips on getting in search engines, and also how to get higher rankings in search engines.
How on earth do I get listed in search engines?
First you need to add meta tags to your website. If you already have a title just use the description, and keywords tags. Make sure you place it in the <HEAD> tag.
<title>A title relevant to your webpage</title>
<meta name="Description" content="Your description here recommended 20 words or less ">
<meta name="KeyWords" content="List your keywords seperated with a comma recommended 1024 characters never repeat a word more then 7 times">
Note: Delete everything in bold, and replace it with your own text.
Links to submit your website
There is only one very simple step to getting into the search engines. Simply click on the links below, type your address in, and hit submit...
How do search engines work?
Search engines work by "crawling" the web. We use search engines like Google to "search the web" and then people type in a keyword into the search bar and hit "search", this then searches what the crawler has picked up on it's latest visit around the world wide web. Everything on your webpage is picked up by the crawler, however most of the info that effects your listings is the Meta Tags attached to your websites <HEAD> tag.
Ten top tips on high search engine rankings!
1. Do not purchase a new domain unless you really need to (it can take 6 - 12 months to update in search engines)
2. Optimize your site for your target audience, not for the search engines.
3. Research your keyword phrases lots (keep doing regular searches to keep your yourself up-to-date)
4. Design your site architecture and navigation based on your keyword research info.
5. Make your site to be "crawler-friendly." (add meta tags, no spam, good content)
6. Label your internal text links as clearly as possible.
7. Incorporate your keyword phrases into each page's unique Title tag (this is what users see the most in search engines)
8. Make sure your site has lots of linkers.
9. Overall user friendly.
10. If you do the nine things above don't get worried too much about rankings, just look at the increased traffic.
Good luck in your search engine success!
Search engines is not the only way for traffic click here for other methods of traffic like advertising.
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