Anyone know what the best way is to get a website listed on the first page of search engine results??

I mean without paying anyone to do it as i'm broke : (

yep PAY most of the results at the top of the search results are paid for.. google and yahoo both have paid results..

you have to bid so much for a word, the highest bidder gets to the top.

after the paid results will come the rest making your site SEO for a start.

it also depends on the search string the user inputted into search page in the first place.

try doing a search for " Spigle " on google and you'll see just what I mean.

There is no easy way to get your site a high ranking.

1) Target the right keywords. Target the wrong keyword phrases and your online business is destined to fail.

2) Don't use keywords or phrases that are too broad. The competition is too fierce, and research has shown that though you will get more traffic through general phrases, that traffic doesn't convert to sales. All of the traffic in the world will do you no good if it doesn't convert to sales!

3) Optimize your page content. Target each Web page to a different and highly focused keyword phrase. In other words, your main page should be optimized for one keyword phrase. Are the keywords used relative to the site's overall content? Do you use too many keywords, or too few?

We have a huge database of SEO articles, proven small business marketing strategies at:

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Happy reading!

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1) add your site to as many search engine listings as you can find, ie http://uk.search.yahoo.com/freesubmit/submit

2) make sure you add meta tags to your website (key words which you list then when people search for those keywords your site will come up in the results) - all part of SEO - search engine optimisation

3) put your website address on all your business stationary - letterheads, invoices, compliments slips, delivery slips, envelopes, parcel packaging, business cards etc etc

4) promote your website by adding it to your email signature on both business and personal emails

5) join as many social networking sites as you can ie hi5, bebo, tagged, facebook, myspace, yahoo 360 etc and add your web address in your profile or notice boards etc

6) add yourself to online directories who give free listings ie http://www.yelldirect.com/freelisting/home.html

7) get some stickers made for your car, and window stickers made for car windows of friends, family, customers etc

8) PR is always a good move, ask your local paper(s) to run a feature, get your business start-up story on business sites like http://newbiztips.net/startupstories.aspx

9) use http://www.vistaprint.co.uk to get some free/low cost marketing materials and leave them everywhere you go - cafes, train stations, libraries, school, community centres, college

10) word of mouth is a great way to promote something - and it's free! tell everyone you know and get them to tell people they know

Write some good meta tags for your site, there is information on the internet about this - use keywords. A cheap way of getting the website on the first page is to use pay per click advertising. You can set limits on this so that you don't go over budget.

As far as I am aware the more you put the key word into the site the more likely a search engine will pick it up. I think the top sites inbed it into files that you can't see but the search engine picks up on.

This is no easy task these days. Start with the basics:

1. Create good text content for your site
2. Keep the site's structure simple and use intuitive URLs eg. http://ourmaninparis.googlepages.com/webmarketing (the /webmarketing in this domain name helps the robots to index this page)
3. Make sure that you have filled in all the metatags and alt. tags (for pictures)
4. Make sure that links are created from key words and not from "click here" texts
5. Submit your site to the major search engines
6. Get related web sites to link to you (very important)
7. Repeat 1 and 6 over and over again

Over time your web site will become more visible, but I'll be honest with you, it's not going to be overnight unless you find some money and buy keywords in either Adwords or Yahoo Marketing.

Good luck, OurManInParis

http://ourmaninparis.googlepages.com

Here are some methods to increase your search rank for free :

You may want to consider some simple algorithms which, when observed and committed in designing of a website with placement of various critical metatags that can surely achieve a high search engine presence and increase Internet traffic to your website. These metatag strategies work well with published webpages at Google and Yahoo.

Design: Should you create an extensive Flash-based website, make sure to fill-in the property entries such as the Title, Description and Keywords. Failing to do so, leaves no hard HTML or ALT resource that can be readily indexed by search robots. Also consider the Internet audience and their incoming setup. For example, if they are on analog/dialup, Flash webpages take too long to load up and therefore analog users will likely lose interest and discontinue entering the Flash site. On the other hand, anyone on hi-speed DSL lines, will welcome Flash pages which load quickly. So before designing a pure Flash websitge, ask the simple question, "Who's my end user - is he on dialup or DSL?" And if you had to choose between these two users for maximum marketability, then select analog users since 80% of most resident users are still analog Internet subscribers and pure HTML designed webpages is best for them.

A non-Flash-based website which relies on hard text, is far easier to be indexed by search robots. Limit the use of stylized text saved as .gifs since as a graphic, they are not indexable by search robots.

Avoid use of frames since any number of search robots are unable to properly classify textual material.

Placement of Metatags:

A ranking or search order does take place with Google and Yahoo and it begins with the "Title" metag which should consist of no more than 65 characters separated by commas. The "Title" should describe in generic terms, the goods and services, followed by a location from which the resource is located, i.e., city, state. The placement of a domain name which is not generic within the "Title" is not appropriate, unless your domain name is a major recognizable brand name.

The second metatag is the "Description" which is usually 25-30 words to form a complete sentence which best describes one's goods and services.

And the very last category - "Keywords" are also somewhat limited to 15-16 words which can be plural and compound in nature. Again, avoid multiple entries which could be mistaken as "spamdexed entries" which is defined as the loading, and submission of repetitive words into a particular metatag category.

Good luck!

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