Backlinks? Sorry, new to all this........ Any tips for getting a higher ranking would be appreciated. Oh and any software recommended to see where site is listed? Ran one a week ago and no listing at all came up!!! Thanks
Time to start a lot of reading! Backlinks are links from other sites to yours. Read a lot on the forums to get loads of information on tactics that will help you. You're going to want to learn about backlinks, keywords and more. You're going to need to brainstorm and research what keywords are going to be good for your site and get links that use those keywords. To check your position in search engines, go to the Tools menu here and sign up for the Keyword Position Tracker.
Very true. Start reading up on some topics which include: SEO [URI/URL Structure, keywords, meta tags (not used much anymore, but some), BackLinks (explained above), site positioning (will help attract users, not neccesary for Google as much), Page Titles (ie title=""), and well, there are A LOT of things to read up on for SEO] Also, as a heads up, I have multiple sites ranked very high for keywords and I haven't spent a single cent towards marketing. I have accomplished this rank through submitting my website to different directories, doing link exchanges, and using the SEO methods effectively. I know it can be done because I did it. I do plan on spending some money in the future towards marketing specific products, but so far I have not done so. Almost all of my sites have a PR6.
Try to get a backlink from a pr6 or higher website. That will help a lot for your website to be index in less than a week. Check this siteSearch Engine Optimization Articles Articles Professional Web Design
Calbert, the submit may or may not work. The best way to get Google to crawl your site is to have someone already being crawled to link to you. I always get myself a link from one or two sites to get my page crawled while I am building content. ***EDIT*** As a side note, this is the time IMO to be diligent on those links and make sure they are RELATED and RELEVANT to your page, this IMO gives you a jumpstart with your linking.
Thanks for all the replies. "Google Specialists"? Have been there done that paid the bucks and received nothing!! "Simple Submission"? Well how many times do you have to do it?? Have submitted nearly every page 300 squillion times and nothing. PR6? Pass on that one. Sorry
put your url in your signature here and submit your site to all the free directorys located at http://www.directoryofdirectorys.com
Hey, Easy link exchange with related sites, if msn has picked them up then it will pick you up, once your on msn google will no doubt pick you up, then yahoo, then ask jeeves, then altavista and so on and so on. It worked for me and i got a really high pr while doing it so its worth it! And it didnt cost a penny.
Two ways of selling 1. Tell the distributor that he ought to keep your product right in front because you're a good brand, so many other distributors keep your products in front, and if he keeps your product in front, people will think that he is the right person to come to to do their shopping. 2. Pay him a commission on each sale - higher the commission, the more "in front" your product will be kept. The clever shopkeeper also calcutaes, over time, whether people are actually buying your products orn whether a lower commission guy is being bought more, in which case the overall commmission is more in the case of the lower commission guy, so pull his products in front. Method 1 takes time to brand build, and may or may not work if you have a lot of competition who are already the size of woolly mammoths compared to your ant-size company. Method 2 is effective immediately, and while you spend your time building your brand, you can still have your product sold from the shelves. A clever combination of both, with a two hand gear system to speed up and slow either one as required is recommended.
i think the keys to getting your site listed in google were stated in the other replies. you definitely need quality backlinks and you can get them for free given you know where to look for them. it takes a lot of work and time to get listed by the big G. and yeah also lots and lots of patience.
Links...Links...Links...Links...Links...Links...Links... Yeah one-ways links are the best and reciprocal is also good.