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Hiya 'Heads, I guess this question would be more or the web savy... I'm wondering how my website could get ranked higher in the search engines and get ahead of the annoying directory pages, like super pages, etc. I'm doing ok on most searches for signs and signage in harrisburg. But, when I do a more general search all the other crap comes up. Any suggestions or tips would be greatly appreciated.
Havin' fun,
Checkers
-------------------- a.k.a. Brian Born www.CheckersCustom.com Harrisburg, Pa Work Smart, Play Hard Posts: 3775 | From: Harrisburg, Pa. U.S.A. | Registered: Nov 1998
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You need to find someone (Dan Antonelli maybe?) who can help you to optimize your site with keywords. It's complicated and I don't really understand the details but there are very specific things that a web guy can help you do. I manage 3 websites for the company I work for and I have had many instances where our web-tech guy advised me against adding or deleting certain things from our sites as to not mess with the optimization. He has also told me that it's a process and that anything you do put into place will not have immediate results.
-------------------- Kimberly Zanetti Purcell www.amethystProductivity.com Folsom, CA email: Kimberly@AmethystProductivity.com
“Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.” AA Milne Posts: 3722 | From: Folsom, CA | Registered: Dec 2001
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The easiest way to do it is to add a meta tag with a description of your site, and a search engine list.
The best thing that I did was get the web site books for dummies ("Building a web site", "Web Design", "Web mastering", and "Creating web graphics") for a handy referce.
Check your e-mail. I will send you the section from my online class, so you can read it at your own pace (and I know Steve would not be happy if I posted it here, because it's around 12 pages prined out.)
I looked and you do have your meta tags set...but you will like the strategys that I am sending you...
[ March 14, 2006, 12:42 PM: Message edited by: Mark M. Kottwitz ]
-------------------- Mark Kottwitz Kottwitz Graphics Ridgely, MD www.SeeMySignWork.com -------------------------- Imagination is more important than knowledge. -- Albert Einstein Posts: 746 | From: Ridgely, MD | Registered: Oct 2000
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Hiya Mark and thank you! If for some reason you get a failure notice when you email me, would you please send it to my yahoo address instead? It's checkers_custom@yahoo.com I appear to be having problems with my email today.
Thanks,
Checkers
-------------------- a.k.a. Brian Born www.CheckersCustom.com Harrisburg, Pa Work Smart, Play Hard Posts: 3775 | From: Harrisburg, Pa. U.S.A. | Registered: Nov 1998
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Registering your site on dmoz works well also. http://dmoz.org/ Metatags are way important too, webdevelopers can offer more info. For locality searches assuming you get the right category etc, dmoz seems to still be the source of preference for the major search engines. HTH
-------------------- David Fisher D.A. & P.M. Fisher Services Brisbane Australia da_pmf@yahoo.com Trying out a new tag: "Parents are the bones on which children cut their teeth Peter Ustinov Posts: 1450 | From: Brisbane Queensland Australia | Registered: Nov 1998
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If you want to pay, you can use Google Adwords. I've used it successfully for a couple years now. It is actually not that expensive compared to the business it generates.
You're not actually showing up as a search result, but as an Ad on the top or right side of the search page.
A few bucks here and there on Pay-Per-Click ads can really draw in a lot of new customers (at least it has for me). Plus, with Google, you can turn it on and off at will. Put the ad "on" 'til you get busy, then turn it back off.
-------------------- Jim McLain McLain Studios 1203 Main Street Asbury Park, NJ 07712 jlm@mclainstudios.com Posts: 42 | From: New Jersey | Registered: Aug 2004
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I have an article coming up in Sign Business that addresses the issues on what to look for when hiring a firm to work on the site, and things sites need to include to be better optimized for SEO results.
"Some are born to move the world, to live their fantasies. But most of us just dream about the things we'd like to be." - Rush Posts: 1192 | From: Washington, NJ | Registered: Feb 1999
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