"Chase Those Page One Blues Away...Get Themed Content On Your Site And Get On Page One!"

Written by Roger J. Burke


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Do you see my point: if there had been a site with that exact phrase,repparttar search engine software *had* to pick it. That'srepparttar 134612 way search software works, basically.

To make sure your site appears on page one though, you have a bit more work to do.

A quick check with Betterwhois.com for 'BaseballRulesAndTerminology.com' showed that it is available for purchase. Guess what? So arerepparttar 134613 .net and .org names available, and I'll bet .TV and .biz are also!

Now, for ranking purposes, most - if not all - SEs place more emphasis onrepparttar 134614 domain name,repparttar 134615 domain title,repparttar 134616 domain description andrepparttar 134617 themed content ofrepparttar 134618 site. The last is perhapsrepparttar 134619 most important. The keyword meta-tag is all but dead (I'd make sure I followedrepparttar 134620 rules, but I wouldn't worry about keyword meta-tags much). Links are important, but they're last in priority.

Now, if I were that baseball expert, I'd boogie on down to my favorite domain registrar, buyrepparttar 134621 name(s), buildrepparttar 134622 site and get on page one...

Well, now...how can I be *so* sure, you ask?

Let me answer that with examples from my own domain, online-wealth.com. The two words - 'online' and 'wealth' - are pretty common onrepparttar 134623 web, right? And, when used as a phrase 'online wealth', you'd be inclined to thinkrepparttar 134624 same, right? Well...right again!

Here arerepparttar 134625 results (i.e. number of web pages) forrepparttar 134626 search phrase 'online wealth', usingrepparttar 134627 same search engines, without quotes and with quotes:

First up, without quotes: online wealth Altavista: 105,722,390 Google: 946,000 Excite: 15,634,290 Lycos: 525,516 Northern Light: 490,409

Yes, those figures from Altavista and Excite *are*repparttar 134628 numbers returned to me, I assure you!

Now, with quotes: "online wealth" Altavista: 1556 Google: 1750 Excite: 490 Lycos: 1662 Northern Light: 871

The only results page that does NOT include our domain of online-wealth.com on page one, is that from Lycos. All ofrepparttar 134629 others have us on page one, and usually number 1! (I'll have to find out why Lycos is ignoring us!)

What does all that mean? Simply this: anybody who punches in "online wealth" or 'online wealth' (no quotes), into a search box, will find our site on page one ofrepparttar 134630 majors and probably in number one position. And that includes Yahoo, Ixquick, and a few others!

So, you expert on baseball...with more information aboutrepparttar 134631 topic than anybody else...get that domain name, organize that information into a coherent whole - be it a catalog, a dictionary, a database, an e-book or whatever - develop a killer title and description that precisely encapsulate what your new site is all about, promote it to all SEs and directories and...

Hey, don't expect *me* to click through...I prefer deep-sea shark fishing...even if you are on page one ofrepparttar 134632 majors, for your theme! ;-(

Huh!?

Well...that'srepparttar 134633 web! Even if you are on page one, 30% of searchers will ignore you, anyway!

But, at least you'll *be* on page one, and ahead ofrepparttar 134634 rest, whenever your target prospects find you.

P.S. When I last made enquiries, there were maybe only 48 links pointing to online-wealth.com. I get different results from different SEs...so I don't worry about links at all.



Roger Burke has been involved with computers since 1967, and has managed to break quite a few, over the years. He, and his wife Sherry, are now actively engaged in online self-publishing and promoting specific affiliate programs at http://online-wealth.com . If you have any comments or questions about this article, please send emails to mailto:webmaster@online-wealth.com . Copyright 2001, Online-Wealth. All rights reserved.


Where Exactly Is This Business Coming From?

Written by Richard L.Paylor


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address ofrepparttar company and guess what it was in Great Britain. Now in case you don't knowrepparttar 134611 British use British pounds (GBP)! This was a British site advertising Dollars as to whether that was US or Australian is anyone's guess. But I wanted to pay then in British pounds for which there was no price. This gave me a headache so I left NO SALE. In case you haven't already guessed and why should you have, I live in Britain to be exact Scotland. Did you guess that in my first paragraph? Probably not, so why expect your visitors to play guessing games. The Internet is International, price and address Internationally or risk loosing sales. PA, I don't know what this stands for or where it is. Neither I am sure doesrepparttar 134612 majority ofrepparttar 134613 rest ofrepparttar 134614 world. State??? A state of what? If you supply no alternative don't expect your users to fill it with something useful. Zip codes, are they always five digit or should I leave room for more? What country are you in? It seems obvious to us they told us in high school, but not everyone will know. Your telephone number. Are there only nine digits? Because if there are, I for one will get a disconnected tone all day long. What is your International prefix code? $ What currency is that? Is that USD? If it is tell them. If you are happy with your back yard that's fine. But if you don't want to risk losing sales then think truly globally and redesign your site to reflect that.

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