Search Engine Tutorial

To get your Web Site listed on search engines you need to first know how search engines work. Most search engines "crawl" or search sites by looking at a tag in the web page. This tag is called the "<META>" tag and is located in the head of an HTML document. Keywords or Description words tell the search engine what words to associate with your site. Words located in the "<META>" tag should be words associated with your business that a prospective customer may use in a search for your site. There is no limit to the number of words you can place inside these tags but repeating a word several times in a row should be avoided.

The good news is you can submit your site to search engines and at their leisure they will list your site. The bad news is that it is taking months to get sites listed. You can also submit your site with a payment that will speed up the process and if getting your site listed is very important this is one option you may want to investigate further. There are also companies that specialize in getting your site listed and these companies can be located on the internet.

A list of many search engines and links to their submit pages can be found at Digitallycorrect.com. Care should be taken to ensure your site remains listed. One process is to search using keywords and looking at the results of the search. There is also commercial software that will perform this check for you.

The most important part of getting traffic for your site is to make sure it all works. It doesn't matter how many search engines list your site if people get frustrated and leave. If visitors leave without getting the information you want them to retrieve all your work is wasted. MAKE SURE IT WORKS.