First, make sure that you submit your website to the search engines. It takes anywhere from 2 weeks to even 6 months for websites to show up in the search engines. In some cases, a website will show up after 2 weeks of being online, only to disappear for maybe 3-6 months (which is called Google sandbox, though Yahoo to a certain extent also does)
With Yahoo, you can go to https://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/submit to submit your site for free. For guaranteed inclusion in their search engine, you have to pay and use their paid services http://search.yahoo.com/info/submit.html
Ranking high in the search engines, however, is a tougher ballgame. Search engines look at the following factors in ranking websites, though in varying degrees of importance:
- Age = an older site stand a higher chance of getting better rankings than newer sites because they are more established (especially if considered an authority in the field) and a lot more incoming links
- Quality and Uniqueness of the Content = sites rank well if they have content that users consider relevant and original, not rehashed or using content used by hundred other websites (e.g. articles in article submission directories)
- Keyword density = number of times the keyword appears on the site. This also includes having the keywords in important places such as the title, metatags, even H1s and H2s
- How it fares in the results = when it comes up in the search engines, are people clicking on it or not. If not, search engines consider the site to be not relevant to the keyword. Also, how long does the user stay on the site; if they hit the back button immediately, then the site may not be relevant to the search term
- Site structure = on-page factors to sitemaps
- Backlinks = who are linking to the site and what are their quality (the more authoritative the site linking to your site, the better).
If you are going to read only one piece on search engine optimization, I suggest you read Brett Tabke of WebmasterWorld.com's "Successful Site in 12 Months with Google Alone: 26 steps to 15k a day." http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum3/2010.htm
WebmasterWorld.com http://www.webmasterworld.com has different sections that cover various aspects of search engine optimization, and each section is participated in by respected webmasters and even search engine employees (e.g. there's a GoogleGuy that responds to Google topics)
Other resources that can help you get top ranking in the search engines are:
Google Press Releases http://googlepress.blogspot.com/
Matt Cutts Blog http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/ (Matt is a Google software engineer)
Digitalpoint Yahoo Forums http://forums.digitalpoint.com/forumdisplay.php?f=6
SearchEngineWatch's MSN Forums http://forums.searchenginewatch.com/forumdisplay.php?f=8
As for tools to help you get top rankings in the search engine, here are some of the best in the field today
Total Optimizer Pro http://www.totaloptimizer.com/
Keyword density tool http://googlerankings.com/ultimate_seo_tool.php
Google Sitemaps (to help Google index your pages faster) https://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/siteoverview?hl=en
SEO Book - lots of free great SEO tools http://tools.seobook.com/
2006-10-17 07:12:36
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answered by imisidro 7
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You have to optimize your site for the search engines. This process is called Search Engine Optimization or SEO. There is lots of rubbish advice on SEO on the web so the best thing you can do is learn from a reliable resource like this free tutorial http://www.seo-blog.com/tutorial.php
2006-10-17 01:00:21
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answered by memetrader 6
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You should add the meta tag keywords(of HTML) appropriately, for it to be listed on any search-engine.
Also, it should be linked with some other web-sites, for crawlers to come to ur web-site...
2006-10-17 01:30:31
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answered by Vaibhav 4
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You will need to add meta keywords in your website to get listed in search engines.
Check this page on how to add keywords:
http://catalyst.washington.edu/how-to/metadata/create_tags.html
2006-10-17 00:54:46
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answered by Tarun 3
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freewebsubmission.com
Has alot of the major engines plus ones that are regional to certain areas..
2006-10-17 00:57:38
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answered by cajunpalomino 3
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Use the tips and tools here.
2006-10-17 00:57:40
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answered by Anonymous
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