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Search Engine Promotion and Optimization Resources
Before you start promoting
your web site, you need to determine what keyphrases to use. Most people just
use a ton of keywords in their site and then wonder why they have no visitors.
To get noticed by the search engines you have to come up with the appropriate
keyphrases. Start by writing
down all the phrases that you think someone would type in when doing a search
for information relating to your website. Then try them out on the search
engines.
Here's a great resource for finding effective keyphrases for your website, Yahoo Search Marketing. At the bottom of the page is a Resources section that offers tools such as the Keyword Selector Tool, which will give you more detail specifc keyphrases and how many hits they get, and the View Bids Tool, to check the current status on the use of specific keywords and how they are being used. Below are some search engine optimization resources to help you create search engine friendly websites.
If you have a website, you absolutely have to check out this amazing, wonderful, incredible resource. You can use it for free to register your site with all the important search engines and indexes, and THEN decide if and how much you want to pay to support the service. Submit It All kinds of tips for the major search engines. Webreference Search Engine Tutorial Overview of how search engines work, including tips for designers. Web Ranking Tools Bruce Clay provides a very good page outlining his optimization strategies. Includes many useful tools. HTML Unleashed: Search Engine Strategies An introduction to the basics of search engine design, including HTML coding issues to consider. Once you have identified
your keyphrases and your website is ready for the search engines, it's time
to submit it. Do not submit your website
to often, the search engines will consider it spam. I submit my site when
it's updated with new content or once a month. There is no need to submit
it every day, once a week may be ok, but I wouldn't risk it. The first thing
that I recommend you do is Add your URL to Google. No matter what you read
or what anyone says, you HAVE TO add your site to Google manually.
. The sites below will submit your site for free, but nothing beats doing it 'by hand', the old fashion way. Be aware that many of the major search engines now require verification through email or by using codes, so make sure you use a valid email address when using the sites below. . QuickRegister.net
Search
Engine Submission & OptimizationClick here to submit your site to 148 major search engines for free in one click FreeWebSubmission.com
Provide free manual and auto submission to the highest-rated, Free Internet Search Engines and Directories. This Free service performs a basic submission of your site to 18 top search engines.
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