Google has a sitemap tool that is supposed to be used for indexing websites (faster?) as opposed to having just a 'sitemap.html' in the main folder of say, a redneck fun website.
I created a christmas site using that utility a few months ago.
Since then, I have been watching like an alien the search engine results on google, yahoo, and msn and find that yahoo and msn would find pages on my sites much faster than google did while using this so-called tool. My Halloween site was posted on the google-sitemap-utility-site, since it was new, in the hopes that it would get indexed quickly. The only thing that seemed be found quickly by google was the main page, which was just a few days. It took a good 2&1/2 months for any other pages to show up while yahoo and msn had already found those pages in about 3&1/2 weeks.
All the while, I see where google spiders from several different regions have been viewing the sites on a daily basis; sometimes viewing a single page and other times viewing several pages.
It seems to me that this sitemap tool by google is nothing more than an excuse for their spiders to do less work. In any case, I and a others have found that the tool ( google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/login ) is not very efficient.
I have resumed using "sitemap.html" files for getting my sites indexed by Google.
To be continued...
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Thursday, August 09, 2007
One Way Links To Your Website
We have all invested time and effort into the development of our websites, yet few of us know how to 'Get more traffic to a website' get visitors. Increasing traffic to your website with visitors that are ready to buy your product is paramount to the success of most any commercial site; without traffic, failure may be on the horizon. "You have to spend money, to make money", and there may be no better way to make that money than "internet word of mouth". Get noticed by the search engines while simultaneously bringing in visitors that want to buy your products by creating an authoritative reputation. And no, I am not trying to sell you an e-book.
Wegetyoulinks.com creates text based web pages with links describing your web site product/s and/or service/s. In other words, we create web pages with one-way links. One-way links are wonderful things to have because they increase your 'Link popularity is a measure of the quantity and quality of other web sites that link to a specific site on the World Wide Web'. Search engines such as Google place huge importance on link popularity when ranking your site.
The issue is getting quality links on sites that are relevant to your own. We are usually at the mercy of the 'other' webmaster and frequently have little control when it comes to how the links are worded and where they are posted; not to mention a 'no follow' tag. Webmasters want links from relevant sites pointing back to their site yet, in order to get them, the other site wants a back link. That's all good but, a problem that can occur is when they put that backlink on a 'links page'. Well, that is a link, but it could be more effective.
I want a backlink on the same page that talks about my products but, that's not always in the best interest of the that other website. Paid links used to be considered a good way to go, but now the search engines are getting wise and those appear to have a diminishing value especially when the referring page content was not directly related to the referenced content.
We-get-you-links webpages only talk about your product(s) and only have links to your main website, sending both the search engine spiders and visitors to your site.
Monday, June 25, 2007
Better Looking Websites
Like a lot of people, I have been building what I consider to be asthetically pleasing websites. The more I work at it, the more ideas I get on improving my tactics. A lot of sites on the web are obviously geared towards commercialization and are nothing more than link farms. Some of them appear to be made with some really cheezy html tool like front page or worse yet, notepad. Now don't get me wrong, I understand that it takes some talent to be an HTML guru, but there are easier ways to build a nice website that actually gets legitmate, natural traffic. The subject of traffic should be left to a later blog...
So, back to ugly websites, as I have been working on building a halloween website, I found a nice looking site here -> http://halloween .whipnet.net. This site is not overdone with a lot of flashy, distracting graphics, nor is it over laden with false links to what appear to be interesting sites, only to find that you are taken (in) to some bsornot site. These other sites can, and generally are only sites that at first appear to be another search engine, yet all the links are to additional commercial sites. Some of these so-called search engines are nothing but link farms and, entering a search with no keywords or search terms results in even more links to commercial sites. But, I digress yet again... Ugly websites.... With the proliferation of HTML software and DSL for everyone, comes responsibility - I say that laughingly because as you may know, you can and will find almost anything on the web if you look long enough or in the right places. I suppose that the biggest source of these ugly websites would be from people building personal pages that can be hosted nearly anywhere, these so-called websites then link themselves to other ugly websites and the circle is re-invented on a daily basis.
So you may ask; What if I only have front page for creating a website and therefore may be limited on what I can do towards building an attractive website? ( No, this is not a link towards selling you, the reader anything .) Like I mentioned earlier, if you look long enough, and in the right places, you can find anything - such as a trial version of a real HTML program and even a means of getting that application to be a full version. I am not suggesting anything illegal, just that there are ways to get things done if you really want them.
To continue with my venture on finding creative ideas in building an asthetically pleasing website, I have found several examples of both good and bad looking websites - way to many to list, but you can find them on most any search engine - be aware, all search engines are not created equally and will not always list the same results on the same search terms ( see getting natural traffic ).
One Billion Web Users Need Better Websites
By: Jason Lee Miller
December 2005
Some time this year, the number of Internet users reached one billion. Billion with a "b." If you count to one billion at one number per second, it would take you over 31 years to finish. It has taken the Internet 36 years to count that high, says web usability expert and former Sun Microsystems engineer Dr. Jakob Nielsen. The next 10 years will bring the second billion, growing at an annual rate of 18 percent, and will include unprecedented numbers from Asia and senior citizens-and that has huge implications in e-commerce.
Statistically, says Nielsen, the one billionth online user was a 24-year-old woman in Shanghai. Only 23 percent come from North America, leaving 24 percent in Europe and 36 percent in Asia. By 2015, though accounting for nearly one-third of e-commerce, North Americans will consist of only 15 percent of Internet users.
"This means that for e-commerce to fulfill its potential to double, sites must be more systematic at following the e-commerce usability guidelines. Selling to the 200 million early adopters was easy. The 800 million mainstream users who are now starting to shop need much smoother sites; the next billion will require even higher usability levels," writes Nielsen.
Visit Olemedia and see some great looking websites!
So, back to ugly websites, as I have been working on building a halloween website, I found a nice looking site here -> http://halloween .whipnet.net. This site is not overdone with a lot of flashy, distracting graphics, nor is it over laden with false links to what appear to be interesting sites, only to find that you are taken (in) to some bsornot site. These other sites can, and generally are only sites that at first appear to be another search engine, yet all the links are to additional commercial sites. Some of these so-called search engines are nothing but link farms and, entering a search with no keywords or search terms results in even more links to commercial sites. But, I digress yet again... Ugly websites.... With the proliferation of HTML software and DSL for everyone, comes responsibility - I say that laughingly because as you may know, you can and will find almost anything on the web if you look long enough or in the right places. I suppose that the biggest source of these ugly websites would be from people building personal pages that can be hosted nearly anywhere, these so-called websites then link themselves to other ugly websites and the circle is re-invented on a daily basis.
So you may ask; What if I only have front page for creating a website and therefore may be limited on what I can do towards building an attractive website? ( No, this is not a link towards selling you, the reader anything .) Like I mentioned earlier, if you look long enough, and in the right places, you can find anything - such as a trial version of a real HTML program and even a means of getting that application to be a full version. I am not suggesting anything illegal, just that there are ways to get things done if you really want them.
To continue with my venture on finding creative ideas in building an asthetically pleasing website, I have found several examples of both good and bad looking websites - way to many to list, but you can find them on most any search engine - be aware, all search engines are not created equally and will not always list the same results on the same search terms ( see getting natural traffic ).
One Billion Web Users Need Better Websites
By: Jason Lee Miller
December 2005
Some time this year, the number of Internet users reached one billion. Billion with a "b." If you count to one billion at one number per second, it would take you over 31 years to finish. It has taken the Internet 36 years to count that high, says web usability expert and former Sun Microsystems engineer Dr. Jakob Nielsen. The next 10 years will bring the second billion, growing at an annual rate of 18 percent, and will include unprecedented numbers from Asia and senior citizens-and that has huge implications in e-commerce.
Statistically, says Nielsen, the one billionth online user was a 24-year-old woman in Shanghai. Only 23 percent come from North America, leaving 24 percent in Europe and 36 percent in Asia. By 2015, though accounting for nearly one-third of e-commerce, North Americans will consist of only 15 percent of Internet users.
"This means that for e-commerce to fulfill its potential to double, sites must be more systematic at following the e-commerce usability guidelines. Selling to the 200 million early adopters was easy. The 800 million mainstream users who are now starting to shop need much smoother sites; the next billion will require even higher usability levels," writes Nielsen.
Visit Olemedia and see some great looking websites!
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