Gazing into my crystal ball I observed Internet Novice
<> writing in news:28a323ed-6b29-439c-8067-
:
> I read a post in this Newsgroup from 2000 that listed a sight that
> would do FREE submissions to the various Search Engines so as to move
> your web site higher on the search list.
>
> 1) Is there still a FREE service that will do this for me ???
>
> 2) Where can I find a list of web sites where I could do my own
> submission (for FREE) ???
>
> Thanks.
>
If your site is on the Internet, and there is a link to it anywhere,
Google will find it, as will all the other bots, even those you have
never heard of.
The important thing is to have the site ready and accessible for the
bots when they arrive.
1. Title element that is relavent to each page
2. Description meta element that is relavent for each page so Google and
others will list the description in the SERPs
3. Correct and relavent heading element(s)
4. Good content - no bloat
I would also suggest using semantic markup, use CSS for presentation.
Valid markup (strict) also seems to help.
You might want to go over to alt.internet.search-engines - lots of
helpful folks over there. Search Engine Watch
[
http://searchenginewatch.com] has tips and links to smaller, niche
engines.
--
Adrienne Boswell at Home
Arbpen Web Site Design Services
http://www.cavalcade-of-coding.info
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