Re: [APML] Websites- OT

[Eric Beard <ericzbeard@yahoo.com>]

Warren,

While I doubt Google will ever fully disclose how
their spider/search engine works, it's pretty obvious
that they are not paying much, if any attention to
metatags, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't use
them.  Google is popular, but it's not the only game
in town, and metatags aren't obsolete.  That being
said, many search engines are abandoning the tags
since they are abused by many sites that just want
traffic and throw a lot of junk in there.  In the
first paragraph or so of your front page, make sure
you work all your keywords into the actual text of the
page.  Google is getting pretty smart about parsing
actual content for relevant terms.  You could also try
submitting your page to the Open Directory at
http://dmoz.org/add.html, and you will show up in
directory searches if the submission is accepted by
the volunteers who screen them.

Most companies that offer search engine services for a
few hundred bucks just visit each search engine site
and submit your URL for you, which is easy enough to
do on your own.

EZB

--- "Warren A. Keller" <warhen@mindspring.com> wrote:
> 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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