One word of caution. While you will not see any spammer mail, you also won't
see messages from search engine/directory owners if you do this. I run a search
engine which is on at least one "submittal" list and I have to keep deleting the
same entries over and over again. Every week or so, the same people send
entries which simply do not fit my directory's criteria. I've gone so far as to
visit the site in question and try to get contact info there, but it's a real
PITA.
Cyberspace Publishing wrote:
> Excellent post, Javilk, hence my repeating the entire post below.
> I'd like to add, though, a trick I use to handle the spamming
> concern. Since my personal domain has unlimited "email aliases",
> I use a special email address when submitting a site and set up
> filters to send all email addressed to that particular address
> into its own bit bucket. That way, I never see the spams unless
> I choose to.
>
> I use what I consider one of the best submission programs
> available called AddWeb ( http://www.cyberspacehq.com/addweb/home.htm )
> which is currently at version 2.54. Version 3.0 is in beta and,
> when released, will submit to over 1500 different engines --
> submitting to multiple sites simultaneously. It's ranking
> engine will rank a site with the top 14 search engines and the
> reporting is excellent. Though my company name is similar to
> theirs, I have no association with them except as a very
> happy customer, and now, a beta tester of version 3.0.
>
> Tom Fosson
>
> At 07:59 PM 2/20/99 -0800, Javilk wrote:
> >>
> >> I have a question for the pros.
> >> Is it true the only way for a webpage to be among the
> >> top sites of the search engines is to go through Submit-it
> >> and other services?? Also, besides having meta tags within
> >> the HEAD tags, is there another technique to get noticed by
> >> the search engines?
> >
> > First, many of the so called submission engines will submit your site
> >to other sites which use submissions as a way of getting names to spam
> >with their advertising. When I submitted a special page to a 500 site
> >submission service, I got a few hits to that page, mostly from robots, and
> >must have been 200 or 300 pieces of spammage! A month later, that page
> >was getting ZERO hits. So my advice is hit the search engines yourself,
> >and plug the pages yourself.
> >
> > Third, meta tags and titles are nearly mandatory. They are not enough
> >to get you good position... but almost enough. If you want to be listed
> >for, say, "boats", you need a good title, like
> >
> > "Sunnyside Boats and Boat Equipment"
> >
> > (Note that the word boat is more common than boating in queries, so
> >you should use boat rather than boating.)
> >
> > Then you need a good billboard for your site -- the meta description tag.
> >one to two lines of text. Your meta description tag is your store front on
> >the information superhighway. You web pages are showrooms, not
> >store fronts. They don't see your pages till after they have decided to
> >enter your site... It is your meta description tag that has to persuade
> >them to visit you. Example:
> >
> >meta name="description" content="We make, sell, and finance boats 5 to 50
> >feet long. Real wood, real brass, real class! Training classes too! New
> >and used."
> >
> >(Note, I did not say "pre-owned", because no one searches for pre-owned
> >boats, they search for used boats. And maybe forclosure boats or
> >reposessed boats, but that does not look good on the description.
> >
> >Nex, you need a good set of keywords on boating:
> >
> >meta name="keywords" content="boat, boats, boating, dock, drydock,
> >trailer, fish, fishing, sail, sailboat, sailboats, new, used, sale,
> >finance, credit, loan, bass, houseboat, houseboats, powerboats, skiboats,
> >forclosure, reposessed...
> >
> >Having that, you need to work the main keywords into the titles and text
> >of the pages.
> >
> >H1 Great New and Used Boats for Sale /H1
> >
> >H2 Powerboats for sale /H2
> >
> > We have new and used powerboats....
> >
> >
> >h2 Good bass fishing boats
> >
> > We carry the latest line of bass boats...
> >
> > And well into the pages, so that people have some text to read while
> >they are waiting, you can add some pictures of boats.
> >
> > Having done it that way, the search engines will see that your meta
> >tags are not empty words, but are worth far more because they are repeated
> >in the text and titles. This will cause some engines to put you much
> >higher than pages which just mention the words in the text, or just in the
> >meta tags.
> >
> > And once a person hits your page, he or she will see right off the
> >bat that you DO have what they are looking for.
> >
> > As to how you can tell what keywords to use, well... drop in on the
> >link below, and also check http://www.mall-net.com/se_tech/zero.html
> >
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >----------------- Every mouse click, a Vote -------------------
> >---------- Do they vote For, or Against your pages? -----------
> >----- What people want: http://www.mall-net.com/se_report/ ----
> >---------------------------------------------------------------
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