RE: FN-FORUM Search Engine Question

date posted 4th January 2001 15:03

>I've designed a basic site for a friend who owns a holiday cottage but
am
>having problems getting search engines to list it.

Here's another strategy:

Think like a searcher.

If you're looking for a holiday cottage on a search engine what would
you type?
Has your site got all those keywords listed, and included on the pages?

Do a search to find any holiday cottage, get your site listed on any of
the lists of cottages pages that turn up.

A quick look at your site shows your keywords to be mostly phrases with
many repetititions of the same word, this can get you excluded from some
search engines. Try selecting the single words from each of your phrases
and listing them only once make sure you include all the words you might
use if you wanted to rent a cottage.

My site (a web design site) hasn't the faintest chance of getting near
the top of a list when the search is web design, but try searching for
"straightforward web design" on Altavista!


BTW it can take three months to get added to a search directory, the
more you submit to the more likely you will succeed - be consistent with
your submissions and follow the instructions you get to the letter - if
it says don't resubmit DON'T!

Good luck

hth

Tony