Personal Trainer is a very generic term used by countless web sites.
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| Hi BJ
|
| Thanks, yes it really weird, I got google to find my site but only if I
| search on Nick Beavan Fitness, if I search on Personal Trainer it doesn't
| come up but this words are repeated throughout the site much more and are
| first on my list of key words. I really dont know how it picks up the
site.
| Will let you know if I find out more and pls do same... many thanks
|
| "B. J." wrote:
|
| > Hi Debbie,
| >
| > I haven't mastered the science of what Google wants either. For
example, my
| > site,
http://www.firstdivisioninc.com, shows up #8 and #7 in Yahoo &
MSN,
| > respectively when I search for: general contractor northern virginia.
| > However, I can only find it using Google if I type in 'First Division
Inc.'
| > My home page file is index.htm - but Google isn't caching any of my
content
| > or keywords - stops after First Division which are the first two words
on my
| > page. So if you have any success with this - please do share!
| >
| > B. J.
| >
| >
| > "DebbieF" wrote:
| >
| > > Thanks, yes I'll add that to the page titles and I now understand more
about
| > > keywords so I'll add some others too. Do you know if google has any
specific
| > > requirements about your home page. Does it mind if its called index or
| > > default and does it mnd what the home page title is?
| > >
| > > Thanks for your help
| > >
| > > Debbie
| > >
| > > "B. J." wrote:
| > >
| > > > Hi,
| > > >
| > > > I took a look at your site. Is the name of the business 'NJB
Business'? If
| > > > so, I would recommend adding it the the page titles. Although I've
read that
| > > > search engines don't look much at keywords, I still used them in my
site.
| > > > Just made sure the keywords I used were indeed a part of my page
contents.
| > > > Also, register with as many search engines and other related
business sites
| > > > that you can. All of the links from outside pages really helps!
It took
| > > > about a month for my site to show up in the search engines (and
another 2
| > > > months before I had a Google page rank).
| > > >
| > > > Good luck!
| > > >
| > > > B. J.
| > > >
| > > > "DebbieF" wrote:
| > > >
| > > > > Hi thanks to both for replying. I think I need to wait a bit as
you say. I do
| > > > > have a link to another site from mine and I am waiting for that
same site to
| > > > > link to mine so I guess that will help. I'll try a site map in a
few weeks if
| > > > > it's still not picked up. I think the site is clearly targetted
but as it's
| > > > > my first attempt it may not be great. Please feel free to take a
look at it
| > > > > and pass back any comments that you might have regarding the links
key words
| > > > > etc. The site is
www.njbfitness.co.uk.
| > > > >
| > > > > Thanks again
| > > > > Debbie
| > > > >
| > > > > "Jon Spivey" wrote:
| > > > >
| > > > > > Hi Debbie,
| > > > > > There's no difficulties getting into google if you approach it
correctly, it
| > > > > > shouldn't take longer than a few days. Best way is to link to it
from
| > > > > > another site, do you have another site(s) you could link to it
from? Or
| > > > > > maybe ask freidns/colleagues to put up a link to you on their
sites. Failing
| > > > > > that get your sitemap up - Google will usually download and
start following
| > > > > > links on a sitemap within a day or two, although it may take a
bit longer to
| > > > > > get in the index. This is assuming your site is optimised for
the search
| > > > > > engines - ie it's clear what the site is about, each page is
clearly
| > > > > > targetted to key words(s) the pages are all linked together etc.
If not
| > > > > > start by doing that before you think about trying to get into
google.
| > > > > >
| > > > > > Cheers,
| > > > > > Jon
| > > > > >
| > > > > > | > > > > > > This is my first site that I have published and I've read lots
of stuff
| > > > > > > about
| > > > > > > the time and difficulties of getting your sites picked up by
ggogle and
| > > > > > > other
| > > > > > > search engines. I have logged my URL with google and verified
the site by
| > > > > > > adding the meta tag they supplied but I haven't yet added a
site map. My
| > > > > > > worry is that the site is not even being indexed and iff I do
a site
| > > > > > > search
| > > > > > > ie "site:
www.*****" google still doesn't find it. Can anyone
help me
| > > > > > > please?
| > > > > > > Thanks
| > > > > >
| > > > > >
| > > > > >
