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tomihasa · 11-23-2005, 02:52 AM

jackson wrote:
This is my site...

http://www.desiclassifieds.com

If you have time please visit and give me feedback for more traffic.

(1) Routine check

Site desiclassifieds.com is indexed by Google:

"Results 1 - 100 of about 341 from desiclassifieds.com]
http://www.google.com/search?&q=site...ds.com&num=100

PageRank (PR) is 3/10 for http://www.desiclassifieds.com/ (PR is updated once in about 1-3 months. You can see PR with Google Toolbar, http://toolbar.google.com/).

You have keywords in title, description tag, keywords tag and in body of document.

Site desiclassifieds.com seems to be accessible to search engine bots, because it is indexed by Google and it can be viewed with Lynx (text-only web browser, http://lynx.browser.org/).

I can also view your site with Internet Explorer 6, Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7, and Opera 8.5, which is good, because if your site can be viewed with more than one popular browser, the more probable it is for you to get new customers.

(2) Possible problem points

(a) You use popups on your main page. Some people don't like them, and might go away from your site.

(b) According to LiveHTTPHeaders with files

http://www.desiclassifieds.com/css/default.css
http://www.desiclassifieds.com/css/print.css

I get an HTTP 302 temporary redirect. A 302 redirect has been used by spammers who try to hijack web sites, so search engines might be suspicious about 302 redirects.

(3) Oddities

On your main page http://www.desiclassifieds.com/ you link to directory/search pages that might not be very interesting from the visitor viewpoint and make them confused:

http://www.desimovie.net/
http://www.desipedia.com/
http://www.travelagentclub.com/
http://www.xtremesports.org/
http://www.casinoencyclopedia.com/

(4) Suggestions for solution

To get more traffic, try to rank high in search engine results for various searches. One way to improve your ranking is to get *direct* links from web sites that already are indexed by Google:

"The best way to ensure that Google finds your site is to have pages on other relevant sites to link to yours. Google's robots jump from page to page on the web via hyperlinks, so the more sites that link to your pages, the more likely it is that we'll find them quickly."
http://www.google.com/webmasters/1.html

With direct links I mean simple HTML links pointing directly to your web site with no redirections to other pages/sites before people see your site. It is too easy to spam using JavaScript or other methods used to create redirects, so search engines probably don't count redirection links as links.

Also, create good content with relevant keywords. If your site has interesting content, people will link to your site.

Advertise your web site for example via email by telling to relevant sites about your site. If you want to pay for advertisements, see the help pages of the search engines or web sites where you want to advertise.

You can find more suggestions in search engine guidelines and for example searching for SEO checklist:

http://www.google.com/webmasters/guidelines.html
http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/ysearc...basics-18.html
http://search.msn.com/docs/siteowner....htm&FORM=WGDD
http://www.google.com/search?&q=SEO+checklist&num=100

Following suggestions mentioned above and in this article doesn't mean you will rank in top search results in search engines, see "Warning about competition" below.

(5) Warning about competition

If your business is depending solely on how well your web site ranks in free search engine results, you can get in financial trouble, because no-one can guarantee top positions in search results, so don't believe everything SEO people will tell you, because some of them might only want to get your money:

"No one can guarantee a #1 ranking on Google."
"Beware of SEOs that claim to guarantee rankings, allege a "special relationship" with Google, or advertise a "priority submit" to Google. There is no priority submit for Google. In fact, the only way to submit a site to Google directly is through our Add URL page or through the Google Sitemaps (Beta) program, and you can do this yourself at no cost whatsoever."
http://www.google.com/webmasters/seo.html

The more competition there is for a search query, the less probable it is for an individual web site to get ranked in top 10 search results for that search query. People usually don't look at more than about the 10 first search results.

For example, there are about 177 million web pages for search classifieds:

"Results 1 - 100 of about 177,000,000"
http://www.google.com/search?&q=classifieds&num=100

Simple probability calculation for the top 1 ranking for that search shows how low the probability is, much less than 1 percent:

1 / 177000000 * 100 % = 0.00000056 %

The above search isn't the only search where you might try to rank high in search results, it is only an example demonstrating how much competition there can be for search terms and how low the probability can be to rank high in search results.

Google changes its ranking algorithms between Google Updates, so some sites rank higher and some lower from one update to another. Perhaps Google might change its algorithms even because not so many web sites would always be ranked in the first places year after year when there would be other approximately equal web sites according to the content. That would be fair to some other approximately equal web sites so they also would get more income because of ranking higher in search results.

11-23-2005, 02:52 AM	#3 (permalink)
tomihasa Noogle Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: How can i get more traffic from search engines? jackson wrote: This is my site... http://www.desiclassifieds.com If you have time please visit and give me feedback for more traffic. (1) Routine check Site desiclassifieds.com is indexed by Google: "Results 1 - 100 of about 341 from desiclassifieds.com] http://www.google.com/search?&q=site...ds.com&num=100 PageRank (PR) is 3/10 for http://www.desiclassifieds.com/ (PR is updated once in about 1-3 months. You can see PR with Google Toolbar, http://toolbar.google.com/). You have keywords in title, description tag, keywords tag and in body of document. Site desiclassifieds.com seems to be accessible to search engine bots, because it is indexed by Google and it can be viewed with Lynx (text-only web browser, http://lynx.browser.org/). I can also view your site with Internet Explorer 6, Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7, and Opera 8.5, which is good, because if your site can be viewed with more than one popular browser, the more probable it is for you to get new customers. (2) Possible problem points (a) You use popups on your main page. Some people don't like them, and might go away from your site. (b) According to LiveHTTPHeaders with files http://www.desiclassifieds.com/css/default.css http://www.desiclassifieds.com/css/print.css I get an HTTP 302 temporary redirect. A 302 redirect has been used by spammers who try to hijack web sites, so search engines might be suspicious about 302 redirects. (3) Oddities On your main page http://www.desiclassifieds.com/ you link to directory/search pages that might not be very interesting from the visitor viewpoint and make them confused: http://www.desimovie.net/ http://www.desipedia.com/ http://www.travelagentclub.com/ http://www.xtremesports.org/ http://www.casinoencyclopedia.com/ (4) Suggestions for solution To get more traffic, try to rank high in search engine results for various searches. One way to improve your ranking is to get direct links from web sites that already are indexed by Google: "The best way to ensure that Google finds your site is to have pages on other relevant sites to link to yours. Google's robots jump from page to page on the web via hyperlinks, so the more sites that link to your pages, the more likely it is that we'll find them quickly." http://www.google.com/webmasters/1.html With direct links I mean simple HTML links pointing directly to your web site with no redirections to other pages/sites before people see your site. It is too easy to spam using JavaScript or other methods used to create redirects, so search engines probably don't count redirection links as links. Also, create good content with relevant keywords. If your site has interesting content, people will link to your site. Advertise your web site for example via email by telling to relevant sites about your site. If you want to pay for advertisements, see the help pages of the search engines or web sites where you want to advertise. You can find more suggestions in search engine guidelines and for example searching for SEO checklist: http://www.google.com/webmasters/guidelines.html http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/ysearc...basics-18.html http://search.msn.com/docs/siteowner....htm&FORM=WGDD http://www.google.com/search?&q=SEO+checklist&num=100 Following suggestions mentioned above and in this article doesn't mean you will rank in top search results in search engines, see "Warning about competition" below. (5) Warning about competition If your business is depending solely on how well your web site ranks in free search engine results, you can get in financial trouble, because no-one can guarantee top positions in search results, so don't believe everything SEO people will tell you, because some of them might only want to get your money: "No one can guarantee a #1 ranking on Google." "Beware of SEOs that claim to guarantee rankings, allege a "special relationship" with Google, or advertise a "priority submit" to Google. There is no priority submit for Google. In fact, the only way to submit a site to Google directly is through our Add URL page or through the Google Sitemaps (Beta) program, and you can do this yourself at no cost whatsoever." http://www.google.com/webmasters/seo.html The more competition there is for a search query, the less probable it is for an individual web site to get ranked in top 10 search results for that search query. People usually don't look at more than about the 10 first search results. For example, there are about 177 million web pages for search classifieds: "Results 1 - 100 of about 177,000,000" http://www.google.com/search?&q=classifieds&num=100 Simple probability calculation for the top 1 ranking for that search shows how low the probability is, much less than 1 percent: 1 / 177000000 * 100 % = 0.00000056 % The above search isn't the only search where you might try to rank high in search results, it is only an example demonstrating how much competition there can be for search terms and how low the probability can be to rank high in search results. Google changes its ranking algorithms between Google Updates, so some sites rank higher and some lower from one update to another. Perhaps Google might change its algorithms even because not so many web sites would always be ranked in the first places year after year when there would be other approximately equal web sites according to the content. That would be fair to some other approximately equal web sites so they also would get more income because of ranking higher in search results.