Getting listed quickly
Getting listed quickly in search engines is something every web
site owner wants to do. Lots of site owners don’t really know
how to do this, though. Fortunately for them, there are several
ways to getting listed quickly, all of which we will go over in
this article. These ways include submitting the URL, using
keywords, using links, and using blogs to get listed quick.
Tip #1: Submit your URL manually to search engines
Search engines like Google, Altavista and Yahoo all have options
for you to manually submit your site. Before submitting,
however, it is important to make sure of the following:
1. All pages on your site are complete. Search engine spiders
won’t touch incomplete sites.
2. Your site is not full of spam and/or excessive use of
keywords. Yet again, spiders won’t touch spam sites, which means
your site will be skipped over if it contains lots of spam.
When you submit the site, make sure to submit it only once to
each search engine. Submitting multiple times to the same search
engine will get you no where. In fact, they might keep your site
from ever having a chance at being listed on the search engine.
Tip #2: Use keywords to get spiders to come to your site
Search engine spiders absolutely love sites with good,
well-placed and well-used keywords and key phrases. In other
newsletters, we have covered the correct use of keywords and
key phrases, so you might already be familiar with it. If not,
we’ll briefly touch on it right now.
Keywords are words that are used frequently on a site that
search engines look for. The key to correct usage of keywords is
to make them fit naturally throughout a piece of content and not
look like spam. Before writing your content for your site, take
a second to decide what the content is about. Then make a list
of keywords or key phrases that seem to fit with the topic at
hand. Next, write the content and try to sprinkle in the
keywords or key phrases throughout the content in a natural,
non-distracting way. When you are done writing the content, you
should count the number of keywords or key phrases. Then divide
that by the total number of words in content. If the number you
get is between 1-3%, you’re good to go. If it’s below 1%, try to
naturally add in keywords or key phrases. If it’s above 5%, try
to take out keywords or key phrases. Aim for the perfect balance
of between 1 and 3%.
Tip #3: Use links
Having another site link to you will make spiders that visit the
first site come to your site as a result of the link. Many
owners of sites related to yours are happy to post a link to
your site on their links page. Some might require what is called
“reciprocal linking”. This basically means that if they place a
link to your site on their page, they want you to return the
favor by posting a link to their page on your site. Doing so
helps both sites better gain the attention of search engine
spiders and helps them both to get listed quickly.
Tip #4: Install a blog on your site
Blogs are extremely popular and quickly listed by search
engines. Places like Google are known to index(or list a
site/blog) far faster than they list regular web sites. Blogs
are listed by search engines like Google within days of being
created, whereas it can take weeks and months for search engines
to notice a site.
Installing a blog on your site is really easy. All you have to
do is install a program such as WordPress on your web site and
then use that to make blog postings. If you run a sports site,
for instance, you could try making twice a week posts on the
blog about sports news. Doing so will help your site as a whole
get noticed quicker by search engines.
If you apply just one of the tips above to your web site, you
will get listed quicker than expected.
Creating a blog on your web site is quicker than ever
before. Do it today and watch how quickly and effortlessly your
site gets listed on search engines!
The Right Keyword Density
Having enough keyword density on your web site is an extremely
important thing that can make or break how well your web site
does in search engines. Having too little or too many keywords
can severely hurt your site. So what exactly is the perfect
amount of keyword density? And what exactly IS keyword density?
Well, in this newsletter, we will go into good detail about the
basics of keyword density. After you have read this, you will be
able to effectively apply keywords to your web site.
So what is keyword density anyway?
Put simply, keyword density is the ratio of keywords or key
phrases to the total number of words on a particular page of
your site. A good rule of thumb is to have a keyword density of
1-3%. Some may be thinking, “how do you get the keyword density
percentage?” The mathematical formula is quite simple: you
divide the total number of keywords or keyword phrases in your
content by the total number of words.
So if you have 10 keywords in a document with 1000 total words,
that’s a keyword density of exactly 1%, which is the lowest
keyword density your page should have for search engine
purposes—anything less and chances are, your site won’t be
listed high in a search engine.
To achieve the ideal keyword density of 3%, you would have to
have 30 keywords or keyword phrases in a site with 1000 words.
Generally speaking, you don’t want to have more than 3% keyword
density, as the keywords tend to get repetitive in that case and
actually hinder your site. But you also don’t want to have less
than 1%, as your site won’t be noticed as quickly or as
effectively by search engines.
How do I make keywords flow naturally throughout my page?
It’s all about coming up with good keywords that relate to your
site and can be used naturally throughout a page without
sounding silly or repetitive. Before you even think about
writing the content for a page, sit down first to decide on
keywords or key phrases to use in the page. Then begin to write
the content, and when you see fit, place in a keyword or key
phrase.
It is a good idea to take a break after writing a paragraph or
two to review the work. When you are looking at what has been
written, make sure it makes sense to you and that the use of
keywords doesn’t distract you from what the page is actually
about. Readers will not enjoy a site that is chock full of
keywords that do nothing but distract them from the article or
piece of content.
A lot of people recommend placing a keyword in the first and
last sentence of every paragraph. While this may be effective
for some, it often does no good for others and hurts their
content. Try not to be too strict with where you place the
keywords—only use them when they seem to “fit” into a sentence.
Then, when you’re done, count them up. If you’ve managed to
place around 10 keywords naturally into your content, then
you’re good to go.
Keyword and word counting seems daunting….are there any tools I
can use to make the process quicker?
The short answer is yes, there are quite a few wonderful tools
which make counting keywords and total words much easier than it
sounds. We will briefly go over a few here.
SEO Keyword Density
Available at: http://www.seochat.com/seo-tools/keyword-density/
This is a free tool available from SEOChat. What the tool
basically does is it analyzes your page for 1, 2, or 3 keywords
in your page and tells you what the keyword density of your page
is. It is a very effective, easy to use tool that will make
figuring out keyword density very easy for you.
Keyword Density Tool
Available at: http://www.keyworddensity.com/
The Keyword Density tool is free, quick and effective. All you
have to do is type in keywords or key phrases, your url and
click “Analyze Keyword Density”. The tool will then tell you how
much keyword density you have on the page.
Keyword Density Checker
Available at:
http://www.webconfs.com/keyword-density-checker.php
Yet another free keyword density checker, this one is
straight-forward to use and effective. Just type in the
keywords, url and hit submit. That’s it.
To sum it all up, keyword density can greatly impact how well
your site does. Learn the basics now, and you’re in for a
successful web site.
Checking keyword density is now quicker and easier than
ever before. Take advantage of the tools mentioned above to
check your keyword density. Your site will be better for it!