Search engine placement

[Rich Osborne]

Hi There!

I'm really stuck on this issue. My site (http://www.imagedraw.com/) has been
online since June 5, 2000. The site (non-commercial, hobby site) has become
more and more dedicated to Real-DRAW Pro (since March of 2002) and still
hosts tutorials for Image Composer and PhotoDraw. When I use certain words
to search for the site, it almost doesn't exist in Google. It does fairly
well in Yahoo!.

The search words and results from today:

real draw --- Google zero, Yahoo! 11th
real draw pro --- Google zero, Yahoo! 40
realdraw --- Google zero, Yahoo! 71
realdrawpro --- Google 33, Yahoo! 8
real-draw --- Google zero, Yahoo! 12
real-draw pro --- Google zero, Yahoo! 46

I've even contacted Google to ask what I can do differently. Got a generic
response that said that I should do pretty much what I'm doing.

I'm not trying to be number one or even real high in the rankings. I'd just
like to have people that are looking for Real-DRAW related sites to be able
to find mine.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Rich

 

[Bill Schroyer]

This is very tricky, at best. When I design a new site and
the client wants good ranking I use a proffesional
service. There is way to much to keep up on as far as how
the search engines rank you.
I have web position gold for the rest of my clients, I
found this to be quite good.

A quick glimps a your page tells me you are not designing
for a good ranking on Google. First you are keyword
spamming. A real NO NO! Second Google currently likes
about 4 to 7 spaced paragraphs containing 2 to 4 sentences.
All keywords used in your meta tags should be used on the
page, your main keyword should be repeated 2 to 4 times.
Use bullet list. Set up a free forum, let users post
keyword rich content. Get your site linked, the more
people that link to you the better. By a small ad spot on
Google, watch your rankings go up, warning when you stop
paying I have found they go down. Alternative text for
pictures. <strong> <h1> <h2> tags, use your keyword in a
hyperlink. Use your keyword in the title of the page. BE
VERY CAREFUL about using tricks such as doorway pages,
frames pages etc. Search enginges will pentalize you for
doing this, Tricks require a lot of work to keep current!!

Bill Schroyer
(e-mail address removed)
http://www.frontpagewiz.com

-----Original Message-----
Hi There!

I'm really stuck on this issue. My site

(http://www.imagedraw.com/) has been

 

[Bill Schroyer]

I forgot the most important thing!!
Do a search on Google and Yahoo for your keywords. Take a
look at the sites that have the high rankings, find things
in common; words on page, bullet list, links, paragraphs,
formatting, keyword prominence, etc.. And do the same with
your site.

 

[Rich Osborne]

Bill -

Thanks! I modified the page. Got rid of a few instances of "Real-DRAW".
Changed some wording here and there. No gimmicks or tricks. At least not
intentionally.

Thanks for the tips.

Rich

 

[Robin]

Those tips from Bill are really good ones. I didn't design my site in Frontpage, but in Publisher, but I have had some luck with the same structure that he promotes. It took 2 months to get picked up by Google and 2 by Yahoo, but now I rank pretty well I think - especially with the potential ambiguity of my site. Good luck

www.microbusinessva.com

 

[Guest]

Go to this chat board should give you lots of idea.
http://community.otwa.com/eve/ubb.x click on web
stuff. good luck

-----Original Message-----
Hi There!

I'm really stuck on this issue. My site

(http://www.imagedraw.com/) has been