ok I have a site where I want to get it listed in the google search engine what do I do to do it? my sites www.advertisingview.com like when some one types "advertising" into google how do I make my site pop up first thanks for any help
Use markup to indicate the content of your site Optimize your <title> tags on each page to contain 1 - 3 keywords Create unique Meta Tags for each page Use header tags appropriately (H1 > H2 > H3) Use <strong> and <em> tags if appropriate Optimize your URLs Use Search Engine Friendly URLs (for dynamic sites) Use keywords in your domain (http://www.keyword1.com/) Use keywords in your URL (http://www.example.com/keyword2/keyword3.html) Use dashes instead of underscores to separate words in your URLs (keyword2-keyword3.html) Optimize your content Use keywords liberally yet appropriately throughout each page Have unique content Have quality content Use search engine friendly design Create a human sitemap Do not use inaccessible site navigation (JavaScript menus) Minimized outbound links Kept your pages under 100K in size Design the navigational structure of the site to channel PR to main pages (especially the homepage) Create a page that encourages webmasters to link to your site Provide them the relevant HTML to create their link to you Provide them with any images you may want them to use (although text links are better) Make sure your website is complete before launching it Immediately after launching your site you should do the following: Submit your site to all major search engines Google (Use a Google SiteMap) Yahoo (Use the page list option) MSN (Finds your site via incomming links) Ask (Finds your site via incomming links) Submit your site to all free directories DMOZ (also powers Google Directory) JoeAnt Submit your site to relevant directories Find more at ISEDB Begin a link building campaign (attempting to get keywords in the link anchor text) Put a link to your website in your forum signatures Reply to relevant blog posts (Don't spam please) Submit articles to relevant websites If you will pay to promote your website: Submit your site to pay directories Yahoo GoGuides Purchase text links from high PR (Pagerank) sites related to your site Finally, as part of an ongoing strategy: Continually update your website will quality, unique content Continually seek free links preferably from sites in your genre Do NOT do the following: Make an all Flash website (without an HTML alternative) Use JavaScript for navigation Spam other websites for incomming links Launch your site before it is done Use duplicate content Point several domains to one site without using a 301 redirect Use markup inappropiately Style <H>eader tags to look like regular text Hide content using 'display: hidden' (for the sake of hiding text) Use other "black hat" techniques (unless you accept the risk - Banning) Doorway/Landing pages Cloaking Hidden text Keyword stuffing
You have an extremely hard battle ahead of you. Getting listed is one thing. Gitting first position in the SERP (Search Engine Result Position) for advertising probably means an extreme amount of work and probably a greater amount of money. It won't be cheap. As a first endeavor you should try for an easier keyword. Good luck.
stymiee that's a great list. I haven't seen one before so comprehensive, yet minus the usual bull. Connections, you should probably focus on a more specific keyword first. Such as 'advertising websites' or 'free advertising websites'. A 2 or 3 keyword target phrase would be a much more achievable starting point.