Before you actually submit a site (or have a site submitted for you), you'll need to go through your site with a fine-tooth comb. Yahoo! editors are sticklers for working links, proper spelling, and good site navigation, so make sure that everything on your site is in working order. Also, some time should be spent deciding on title and description of your listing. Along with relevant keywords in category URL and site domain name (e.g. www.keyword-keyword-keyword.com), keywords in title and description are main factors that determine how well your site is ranked in search results at Yahoo!. In fact, because Yahoo! is a search directory and not a pure search engine, "on-the-page" criteria such as keywords in a page's text or META tags are not taken into consideration in ranking algorithms.

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8.Design in HTML. Java and Javascript allow you to do those pretty rollover things, however, they slow download of your page, as well as potentially confuse some search engine spiders. Make use of non-Java links instead.

9. No more than 6 links per page. Why do some webmasters put up 20 zillion links per page? Often visitors are so confused they leave. Keep it simple and guide visitor logically through your site with a minimal number of links per page. Again, fewer links requires less memory.

META TAGS 10. Limit meta tags to 5 or 6 keywords. Why do some webmasters insist on hundreds of keywords? Apart from slowing download of your page, search engine spiders will see your site as being very diluted and meaning "nothing to no-one."

HOSTING 11. The server speed of your web site host will influence speed of your web site's download. Avoid "Free" hosting. Nothing is truly "free." Free hosts tend to be oversubscribed and lack resources to provide fast and reliable servers.

GOLDEN RULE 12. The golden rule of golden rules...make sure each page of your web site is no bigger than 30kb in size. If you can do this you will be well on way to a fast web site and a fast web site is of course a professional web site.

For outstanding examples of just how good plain old HTML can look, see www.the5k.org The site is no more than 5kb

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Rich Vicar has been providing search engine placement solutions since 1998. He is expert in submitting your web site in an ethical, efficient and effective manner.

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