what can I do to have my website out there for everyone to see. I have summited it to google and other search engines but I want to do more. what else can I do or is that only it?

is there a .php file that I can make so that when bots come to my website they can add it to other searches when lets say I search for ny chat cause when I do nychat my website comes up first.

Thanks alot!

The best way, apart from adding your site to search engines, is to make sure your site is search engine friendly.
There's many free sites where you can have your site checked for this, and you have to make sure you make the best use of your META tags. Try a search at Google for that, I'm sure you'll find plenty of tips.

Good luck!

In terms of meta tags, the only ones that truly count anymore are keyword and description. Google doesn't even use the keywords meta tag anymore.

Pay attention to your <title></title>, page name and URL to the page. The less layout before content that you've got, the better of a chance you have of getting placed higher, as it makes your site that much easier to index. I recently designed a series of sites and sold one of them. The customer put targetted Google AdSense up and without ANY adjustment from him, Google served targetted ads immediately, so I know that all the pains that I took to make the site SEO friendly was perfect right off the top.

It's all about the layout, the content, the page title, the domain name, the URL, and the meta tags.

Thanks alot!

can I add text to the <title> of a php site?

There are many tips, but no matter where you submitted it, 2 things are important:

- you have to have external links to your site (from other sites)
- you have to structure your whole site properly

I have the tips, but I can't post link yet; I will when I'm approved

Originally posted by imbrod
- you have to have external links to your site (from other sites)
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sorry I don't know what you mean by this here?

can I use comma's in <title>?

Thanks

Originally posted by NightLinks
Thanks alot!

can I add text to the <title> of a php site?
Of course you can, provided there is SOME html on the page... which I assume there must be for it to be viewable :)
I am using PHP pages myself, and treat those just like any HTML pages.

You ask about incoming links.... THis means that some other web site out there in cyberspace is linking to YOUR site. For instance, some webmaster happens to find your site, likes it, and decides to put a link to your site from theirs.
This because they want to do their own visitors a service - and help you out at the same time :)

And, BDW, you do NOT need to submit your site to search engines. In case of Google, it may even be counter-productive!
Just make sure you have some of those abovementioned INcoming Links, preferrably from some site with a theme similar to yours. And a site which is fairly well-established. Such sites are visited very often by our dear old Google-bot. Personally, I used this technique to get indexed by Google within a day or two.
:cool:

A quick word of advice would to be not to use scripts which fool google into givng you a higher ranking. With certain scripts, if Google detects that you are using them, they will ban your site from their crawlers--which is essentially like being kicked off the internet from a marketing point of view.

Thanks alot guys! very helpful

Originally posted by NightLinks
can I use comma's in <title>?

Thanks
You sure can, my friend....
My advice is to keep the title text brief, and to the point. Make sure you begin with some word(s) that describe the content of the page in question. FOr instance, if the page is about blue gizmos with pink stripes, then the title could look like:
<title>Blue pink-striped gizmos</title>
:cool:

Originally posted by Bradstar
A quick word of advice would to be not to use scripts which fool google into givng you a higher ranking. With certain scripts, if Google detects that you are using them, they will ban your site from their crawlers--which is essentially like being kicked off the internet from a marketing point of view.
OOOh yes, there are SO many No-No:s.... for instance, DON*T try to get better ranking by doing this:
<title>gizmos gizmos gizmos gizmos gizmos</title>
All that does is make you look like a fool.... :stickout:

Another baddie is putting some text with same color as background of the page... Say you write: "gizmos, gizmos, gizmos... /and so on 1000 times/ -- on the page itself, and so as not to look foolish to a human visitor you make the text invisible. Now, the search engines are aware of such tricks and may well find you out... and then! You Are Banned.
Meaning in case of Google that it pretends your site doesn't exist.

I should've said that my site is a phpbb forum.

you said that I can use comma's in the <title> <<< is (Site description) in the phpbb board

so is it still good to use comma's there?

sorry about the same question.

Best bet is to stick to "white hat" seo, Google changes their ranking algo frequently and what is okay today might bite you in the a** tomorrow.

And stay away from free submission sites, you will end up lumped together with spammers and the like and google WILL know. Get links from sites in your area of topic, it's as easy as asking! Then just sit back and wait, with the infamous "sandbox" it could take MONTHS to get any traffic from google. Also, submit your site to DMOZ, it's importance has been downgraded somwhat, but it will still garner some weight with google.

It's also good to get your web page and URL out there! One great and fun way to get your URL out there is by forums like this one. (notice everyone's signature) So by giving your 2 cents, and beng an active member of the forum, you get great publicity and search engines will also pickup your link a ton more! Visit other forums and sites with the same topic, see if you can exchange links, banners, etc! :)

I think in desperation I added my site to 2 search engines or sites that look kinda funny :(

I hope it doesn't get banned :(

It won't get banned for submitting to crap sites and search engines, it just won't rank for those links. And it can actually hurt your ranking by weighting your site with spam sites instead of the keywords you are targeting.

oh ok thanks alot!