Ranking in Search Engines - question

[Brenda]

I have created a new website for a girlfriend who does genealogical research
in upstate NY:

http://www.brickwallbuster.com/

Is there anything I can do (that I'm not doing) that would help the ranking
of her website in search engines?

GoDaddy.com is hosting her website. Right now, she is paying from month to
month because she is on a very limited income. She buys her domain name on
an annual basis. Someone has told her that if she purchases her domain name
for a 10 year period (at once) that will help her ranking in search engines.
(Is this true?)

Thank you,
Brenda

 

[Rob Giordano \(Crash\)]

Does that person work for a company that sells domain names?
I doubt it...how would paying for 10 years effect your ranking...how would
anyone know how many years you paid for?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine_optimization
http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=35769
http://websitehelpers.com/seo/myths.html

there's tons of info on seo on the web...just don't buy$ (for money) any of
it.

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Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression





|I have created a new website for a girlfriend who does genealogical
research
| in upstate NY:
|
| http://www.brickwallbuster.com/
|
| Is there anything I can do (that I'm not doing) that would help the
ranking
| of her website in search engines?
|
| GoDaddy.com is hosting her website. Right now, she is paying from month
to
| month because she is on a very limited income. She buys her domain name
on
| an annual basis. Someone has told her that if she purchases her domain
name
| for a 10 year period (at once) that will help her ranking in search
engines.
| (Is this true?)
|
| Thank you,
| Brenda
|
|

 

[Steve Easton]

How long you register the domain name for has absolutely nothing to do with ranking by search engines.
Tell her to save her money.

It's just a matter of time before search engines pick up a web site.

--

Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
FP Cleaner
http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/fpclean.htm
Hit Me FP
http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/HitMeFP.htm

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

True...

http://www.namesearchdomain.com/google-patent-indicates-domain-registration-length-a-factor.php

http://forums.hostmatters.com/showthread.php?t=13363

http://www.internetseer.com/services/article.xtp?id=25686
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Thomas A. Rowe
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

http://www.Ecom-Data.com
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[Helpful person]

I have created a new website for a girlfriend who does genealogical research
in upstate NY:

http://www.brickwallbuster.com/

Is there anything I can do (that I'm not doing) that would help the ranking
of her website in search engines?

GoDaddy.com is hosting her website.  Right now, she is paying from monthto
month because she is on a very limited income.  She buys her domain nameon
an annual basis.  Someone has told her that if she purchases her domain name
for a 10 year period (at once) that will help her ranking in search engines.
(Is this true?)

Thank you,
Brenda

I've done quite a lot of research (for an amateur) regarding ranking
of web sites and found two items that seem to make the most
difference.

1. You need as many links to your web site as possible from other
webs. I've found that using my web address as a signature on forums
helps a lot.

2. On your home page the words you use are picked up by the search
engines. To help this pick your text carefully and make sure you have
appropriate words in your alt text. Also, a trick I've done is to
place the most relevent text inside links (see site). Do not put
hidden or tiny text on the site as I understand that the search
engines are getting smart enough to recognize this and will give you a
low ranking.

www.richardfisher.com