Getting listed on Google

[thunderstruck]

I have a website that has been live for 3 weeks now, and I have submitted the URL to Google twice in that time. I have all the correct meta information and the site is well structured, but so far, it has not appeared on google. Are the spiders just slow or am I missing something?

Thanks, Simon

[schueymcfee]

There's a keyword here (pun intended) links, links, links. Get one way links from directories in the category of the field your site is promoting. You can get listed in Google within 2 weeks just by linking to a site from one of your other sites without the need to submit to Google.

Forget the submission (also resubmitting puts you to the back of the que!) if you start a good linking campaign Google will find you eventually.

>> Edited by schueymcfee on Tuesday 6th December 11:08

[_dobbo_]

Good place to start is the DMOZ. Certainly google have historically used this to find sites. It's worked well for me in the past:

www.dmoz.org

Careful though - you must submit your site to exactly the right category as the DMOZ is moderated by real people.

[Kinky]

The key to Google in the UK is as follows:

1. Having a .co.uk domain name
2. Having your site physically hosted in the UK
3. Having external links to your .co.uk URL.

K

[JonRB]

I've been trying to get listed on DMOZ for years and it is damn near impossible these days, mainly because they have a staggering backlog of submissions. So I wouldn't pin too many hopes on DMOZ if I were you.

There is a whole industry built around getting good google placment - do a search on SEO (Search Engine Optimisation*)

The current thinking is that meta tags and manual submission are useless and what really counts is incoming one-way links from other websites. Reciprocal links are far, far less useful than once they were. The other thing google likes is changing content - static sites that are seldom updated will rapidly slip down the google ranking.

Note that all this is just a laymans opinion - I'm sure a SEO expert will be along to slap me down shortly.

(* - or Optimization, depending on British or American spelling)

>> Edited by JonRB on Tuesday 6th December 12:35

[timsta]

schueymcfee said:

links, links, links.

Wot he said.

[egomeister]

I think I may have submitted my site to yahoo, then it appeared on google soon after. Seemed to work for me anyway....