Well I have done some keyword research and all that and made a site in XSitePro 2. I know that to rank well for a keyword you need it in the title. My site got indexed yesterday and I was flicking through the results of an "allintitle:" search. When I go site:mydomain.com I get this (comes up with keyword in title) enter into google: site:soccer-help.com (I can't paste links yet) As you can see, there is a keyword in the title However, when I do an allintitle: search (there are only 22 results) i can't find my page in those 22 sites. enter into google: allintitle:where did soccer originate I cannot post links yet What am I doing wrong if my keywords aren't in the title as it seems and how would I fix this?
When I go to google and type: allintitle:where did soccer originate I only get results whose titles include at least the words Where Did Soccer and Originate. Your title does not have those words, only the word "soccer". That's my best guess. However, if you have a page on your site with an h1 or h2 with that line "From where did soccer originate?" (that's proper english), then someone typing that into google is likely to get to that page. If you have a page about the origins of soccer, then set Where Did Soccer Originate in the title of that page (google indexes pages, not sites-- you can set a different title on each page of your site, and in fact this is encouraged as it truly tells what That page is about).
If you type in site:soccer-help.com you will see that ne of the pages indexed says Soccer Information - Where Did Soccer Originate So why then does it not show in the results of allintitle:where did soccer originate?
Ah, you did that right then. I wonder if it's indexed, but not categorised? How old is the site? I even tried plain old google "soccer help" and some other words from your site and you don't come up. But if this is a very new site, don't despair. For some reason sometimes newer sites (under 6-8 mos old) don't show up right away. I did the full allintitle search and got more than 22 entries... I got about 5 pages, but still I doubt that's possibly all the sites out there with that phrase in the title... searching for the phrase in normal google (using quotes) got me hundreds of results. But, I don't fully understand allintitle, and what the rules are for that. You could maybe ask Dan Schulz? But you seem to be doing it the right way as far as description meta tag and title tag. You definitely can improve the copy though. The other sites who came up have lots more text and information. Not sure if that's doing you in, but it's definitely a factor in general searching.
I hope Simon posts back, I'm curious about this (never heard of site: or allintitle: before... still living in an Alta Vista world where Boolean was the only decent way to search...)
Im back Dan, the keywords are "how to play soccer", "basic rules of soccer" (joined to target "rules of soccer" and "basic soccer rules", "where did soccer originate", "famous soccer players" and "who invented soccer". When i search for the title of my site, which is now "Soccer Help And Information" i show up #11 for that term, but it's still not showing for the titles of the keyword targeted pages (inner pages) Stomme poes, The allintitle: function shows all results with the all words you enter in the TITLE, where as intitle: shows results of the pages that have the keywords you type in that are in the pages title and description. (Hope that makes sense to you - just do the searches a few times and compare them - you will see what i mean, or google allintitle: and follow the link tot he google page that explains it) The site: function shows all pages in your site that are indexed.
Well, I'm about to head to bed, and I won't be online this weekend, so PM me and I'll see what I can do about conducting a proper keywords analysis for you free of charge (this offer applies to you and you alone).
Oh, I understood what it was doing when I used it, but I had to copy the text and command from you, as I've never sought google with any of those things. But thanks. I urge you to take Dan up on his offer. He'll tell you what your options are... I would think about how much this site will grow though 'cause you need more content too.