Re: [APML] Websites- OT

["Kevin Wigell" <kwemail@twcny.rr.com>]

Warren, I think most of the solicitations you might receive for offers to increase traffic to your web site are scams.

It helps to have the key words, such as "astrophotography" in the title of your home page. As in "Astrophotography by Warren Keller".

Google ranks web pages by the number of external links to that page. So if there are lots of other pages that link to yours, you'll get ranked higher by Google. So, now all you have to do is talk other people / organizations with web pages into adding links to yours.

Kevin Wigell
www.kwastronomy.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Warren A. Keller" <warhen@mindspring.com>
To: "APML" <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 19:00
Subject: [APML] Websites- OT


> Hey guys,
>               Does anyone have any suggestions on how to increase web
> traffic to a website? I've joined webrings, gotten links from a couple of
> astro vendors and fellow amateurs, and filled out metatags. Apparently
> though, the biggie engines like Google and Yahoo don't use tags. I've seen
> Yahoo ask for $299 for a good listing within a week or so, and have been
> contacted by a company which claimed to perform a service to increase
> presence on the web. Are any of these legitimate? I do come up by name and
> the name of the site, but not by "Astrophotography" and related queries.
> 
> Thanks much,
> 
> Warren A. Keller
> www.billionsandbillions.com


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