>At 10:46 AM 9/2/98 -0700, Barry wrote:
>>I am not labeling all these companies are frauds. Only that I believe it is
>>not possible, no matter what you do, to guarantee that a site will pop up
>>at the top of a search list consistently, unless perhpas your site covers a
>>subject that no one else does <G>. The search engine indexes change daily.
>>It is not possible to control them in this manner. IMHO.
>>
(and then Joop Teernstra said:)
>Just by using the right meta tags and the right page content, my Sharon
>Road site always ranks in the top for searches on Auckland North Shore Real
>Estate.
>Very impressive when I want to make a point. :-)
> For New Zealand or Auckland Clifftop Property my site does not only get
>into the top ten, it gets all the top ten! In Hotbot only the top three.
>But to get to the top under New Zealand Property is another matter. There I
>am not in the first 30.
>From the rankings I gather that it may be useful to have a mirror site,
>with slightly different metatags.
And this supports my point. Sure, if your site's subject matter is not
widely shared, and you search for keywords that are fairly specific to that
site, then it is likely to be readily found. A search for "Auckland North
Shore Real Estate" is a pretty specific one. A search for "Real Estate"
obviously is not. And I doubt that anyone can force a real estate site to
the top of an SE list when those keywords are used.
Heck, I had a supposed expert search engine consultant fail miserably just
trying to force a clients site to rank high using the keywords "Service
Level Management"! I thought that was a fairly narrow field - think again.
It's crowded.
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Barry Lee Brisco <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Web Design & Development - Online Marketing <http://www.ToTheWeb.com>
Connecting Businesswomen in Asia <http://www.women-connect-asia.com>
The Pan-Asian Online Underwater Magazine <http://www.asiandiver.com>
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