Step 7 - Maintain Your Site (Cont.)

Continue To Promote

How do I monitor my search engine registration? Use these links to check Your Search Engine Standing.

I'm Not In The Top 100!. If you aren't satisfied with your search engine placement, read this article Tips on Improving Your Search Rankings! from First Place Software, Inc.

How Can I Learn More? Your search engine placement will change over time and search engines keep changing the rules, so it is important that you stay informed. Read at least one article a week from one of these sources:

• » Take Care Of Your Most Important Visitors - The Search Engine!, by Bill Green, Guest Author.
• » Getting To The Top Of The Search Engine Lists - The Street-wise Way, by Jim Rhodes, Guest Author.
• » Steps To Optimizing Your HTML Codes For Promotion, by Shelley Lowery, Guest Author.
• » Search Engine Watch. Search Engine Watch is the authoritative guide to searching at Internet search engines and search engine registration and ranking issues. Learn to submit URLs, use HTML meta tags and boost placement The best source on the Net!
• » Virtual Promote An excellent source of promotion information.
• » Goldray - Registering Your Web Site. Good information on site registration and more places to register your site.
• » Bruce Clay's Web Ranking Tools A must read, excellent source for getting your page near the top of the search pile.
• » Wilson Web. Deals with Internet marketing, e-commerce, and doing business on the Web, designed especially for small to medium (SME) businesses.
• » Daggle.com. Danny Sullivian leaves Search Engine Watch. Mailing list to keep updated on Danny Sullivan's plans.

Creating a successful Internet presence involves much more than designing a great web site or selling the "perfect" product. Listing your website with the Search Engines is your first step, however, you must not solely depend upon the Search Engines to bring you traffic.

Read this article by Ms Shelley Lowery and learn why you must develop a complete promotional strategy and work it every day.

Although I am always available to answer your questions and queries, by clicking on help, it might be more beneficial to visit the forums below regularly and join-in on discussions that may intrest you:

• » Digital Point. Search Engine Optimization and Marketing forum.
• » Cre8aSite. The Cre8asite Forum covers expert advice on search engine optimization, usability, web design, quality assurance testing and more by leaders in these fields.
• » HighRankings. Offers discussions on a variety of SEO/SEM topics including keyword research and marketing.
• » iHelpYou. Doug Heil hosts discussions for Webmasters and search engine submitters. He promotes safe search engine marketing practices, which can help you avoid penalties.
• » Search Engine Forums. Discussion forums dedicated to the topics of search engine optimization and ... Search Engine Forums. Helping to make the Web - Since 1998.
• » Search Engine Watch Forums. Links to the week's topics from search engine forums across the Web.

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Matt Cutts and Google. Matt Cutts answers Google questions on video.

These search engines list didn't make my top search engines list, but provide free Website submission. Why not give them a try?

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