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The object of every webmaster is to get their site listed in a search engine, but what do you do to make that happen? There is so much competition out there. Here are some ideas and things I've noticed with my websites. First of all Google likes urls that don't have question marks. Sure, we've all seen those type of urls in Google, but they are less likely to appear than short static looking urls. Add that to the fact that search engines love updated content, and what do you think might come in handy? Well, a message board is a great place to start. Seo-board.com has a free forum that's easy to install and has search engine friendly urls. Your visitors help you create content, and the search engine friendly urls help get you more visitors through search engines. A site that doesn't have some way for it's visitors to interact doesn't have nearly as many repeat visitors anyway. Business - Directory of business/finance/loan/mortgage related partner sites Computers - Directory of computer hardware/software/peripheral related partner sites Internet - Directory of webhosting/webdesign/internet marketing related partner sites Software - Directory of software related partner sites Web Design - Directory of web design/development related partner sites Web Hosting - Directory of web hosting related partner sites Web Promotion - Directory of search engine optimization/internet marketing related partner sites Web Resources - Directory of other web related partner sites Recreation - Directory of travel/hotel/cruise related partner sites Casino - Directory of online gambling/poker/blackjack/roulette related partner sites Health - Directory of online pharmacy/hospital/health related partner sites Shopping - Directory of online shopping/gift related partner sites Miscellaneous - Directory of all other partner sites
Next, scatter some images around to give your visitors something to look at besides just text. Use images that relate to your subject. If your site is about cars put images of automobiles everywhere. You can get a lot of traffic through search engine image sections. It's not as targeted as subject searches, but any traffic is better than none. Start a links directory with link trades that relate in content to your site. Link trades aren't as popular as they used to be, but you have to start somewhere, and if nobody links to you then forget it. Just make sure the sites you trade links with share common subject matter as much as possible. Use correct title tags in your directory as you should for your entire site. Never repeat the same title tag on every single page. If a page has car links, then the title tag should read "car links", "car sites", or something similar not "buy acme because we care". |
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