Greetings, mununico!
First of all, there is good news: the Googlebot has already visited
your site, even it hasn't actually indexed it:
://www.google.com/search?q=%22%2Bwww.malebasics.%2Bcom%22&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&filter=0
Now, let's run your site through the Search Engine Spider Simulator at
Search Engine World to get an idea of what Search Engine Spiders will
see when they crawl your site:
<http://www.searchengineworld.com/cgi-bin/sim_spider.cgi>
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Spider title MaleBasics.com
Spider meta desc No description available.
Spider meta keywords <blank>
Spider Text
MaleBasics.com -The Unique Source of Underwear- --> --> Advanced
Search UNDERWEAR BEACH COLLECTION T-SHIRTS SLEEP WEAR Terms &
Conditions | Home | Company | Contact Us | Order Tracking | Product
List | Log In | MaleBasics.com MaleBasics.Com click to enlarge/buy
Boxer Suspensory Price US$12.00 click to enlarge/buy Mesh Boxer Price
US$15.99 click to enlarge/buy Boxer Bi-Color Price US$15.99 Your Cart
Is Empty --> Please read Terms and Conditions. Use of this site means
you agree to their terms. © 2002 - 2004, P.A.Z.C Corp. Powered by
MonsterCommerce.com Shopping Cart Software . Copyright 2000-2002
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Google and some other Search Engines now ignore meta tags because
webmasters were "stacking" them with hundreds of unrelated terms;
however, you will want to do a good job with your meta tags because
many Search Engines still look at them.
I recommend adding something like the following keywords tag:
<meta name="keywords" content="underwear, under wear, male, boxer,
boxers, brief, briefs, shorts, suspensory, thong, pouch, tshirt,
tshirts, t-shirt, t-shirts, sleeveless, sleep wear, sleepwear,
comfort, comfortable, beach, collection, UNICO">
You will want to add a meta description tag, something like:
<meta name="description" content="MaleBasics.com -- UNICO Boxers,
T-Shirts, Swim Trunks, and Sleepwear">
Now, for Google and other Search Engines that no longer look at <meta>
tags, you will probably want to re-work and expand the text on your
main page so that it includes all of the keywords from your <meta>
keywords tag. I recommend that instead of 3 pair of boxers, you put
on your main page a good paragraph or two describing the company's
products, as well as perhaps a clickable image of each type, labeled
Underwear Beach Collection T-Shirts Sleepwear
Make sure that the words "UNICO", "boxer", "boxers", "underwear",
"t-shirt", "t-shirts", and "sleepwear" appear at least 2 or 3 times in
your main page text (including the text labels for your clickable
images, which the Googlebot will see as part of your text) -- but not
20 times or more: the Googlebot will consider that to be an attempt to
skew Search Engine results as well.
In addition, because Google and other Search Engines think that the
Title is an important piece of information about a page, I would
recommend changing your Title to:
<title>MaleBasics.com -- UNICO Boxers, T-Shirts, Swim Trunks, and
Sleepwear</title>
I would also encourage you to consider adding a "Site Map" page, with
a clickable hyperlink on each page. The "Search" option may not be
terribly helpful unless the customer happens to pick the right search
words.
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Something else for you to seriously consider: In order to actually
complete a purchase, after clicking "Buy", your shopping cart software
will not let me progress to the next page without turning off my
advertising / cookie / spyware filtering software.
To be honest, when I buy things online, if a site requires me to
accept a cookie or turn off my blocking/filtering software, I will
leave and NEVER come back. I cannot emphasize enough to you what a
turnoff it is to a potential customer that your site requires them to
do this to make a purchase; I figure that any site that does so is
intent on spying on me and collecting information without my
permission, and I don't particularly care to do business with those
kinds of sites.
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Once you've got the changes to your website ready to go, you will want
to submit it to Google at:
<://www.google.com/addurl.html>
(Be aware that it may take anywhere from 1 to 3 months for your site
to start showing up on Google; however, since Google also uses DMOZ as
a guide to its indexing efforts, you might be able to speed that up a
little by also submitting your site in a DMOZ category as described
next.)
DMOZ (Directory Mozilla/Open Directory Project):
<http://www.dmoz.org/add.html>
FIRST: search using keywords that really describe your new
website to find the best category at <http://www.dmoz.org> ,
then once you're on the page for the category you choose,
click on the blue "Add URL" hypertext link in the
upper right-hand corner of the page.
For you, I recommend
Shopping: Clothing: Men's: Underwear
http://dmoz.org/cgi-bin/add.cgi?where=Shopping/Clothing/Men%27s/Underwear
Other popular Search Engines to which you can submit your new site:
HotBot:
<http://ldbreg.lycos.com/cgi-bin/mayaLogin?m_PR=29&m_CBURL=http://insite.lycos.com/searchservices/lite?step1.asp>
AllTheWeb:
<http://www.alltheweb.com/add_url.php>
AltaVista:
<http://addurl.altavista.com/addurl/new>
Zeal (LookSmart/MSN free submission w/free registration)
<http://www.zeal.com/users/register.jhtml>
To get a higher Google Page Rank, you should ask sites with similar or
related themes (such as men's clothing, men's underwear, and women's
underwear) if they would place a link to your website on theirs in
exchange for you placing a link to their website on yours. You will
especially want to find other sites which already have a Page Rank of
4 or higher; you can determine a site's Page Rank using the Google
Toolbar, which is an add-in to Microsoft Internet Explorer. You can
read more about the Toolbar, and download it, here:
<http://toolbar.google.com>
For more information on how Google Page Ranking works, I encourage you
to read the following excellent papers:
"The Google Pagerank Algorithm and How It Works" by Ian Rogers, IPR
Computing Ltd. (Last edited: 16th May 2002):
<http://www.iprcom.com/papers/pagerank/index.html>
"PageRank Uncovered" by Chris Riding on the Search Engine Optimization
Support Forums website:
a page of explanation and examples:
<http://www.supportforums.org/pagerank>
"PageRank Uncovered" by Chris Ridings
<http://www.supportforums.org/PageRank.pdf>
Remember that links from a few ***quality*** sites with related themes
who link to only a few other pages (including yours) will do far more
to improve your Page Rank than links from one hundred other pages that
link to hundreds of sites.
CAUTION: Be wary of "submit-a-site", website "positioning", and
"search engine optimizer" services, and "link exchanges" (link farms),
who promise to increase your Page Rank in exchange for money (or for
free, for that matter). Such programs (like WebPosition Gold and
LinksToYou) are a good way to get your site banned from Search
Engines.
For more information on developing a Google-friendly website, I
recommend that you study the information in Google's Help Department:
<://www.google.com/webmasters>
Guidelines
<://www.google.com/webmasters/guidelines.html>
Facts & Fiction (myths dispelled)
<://www.google.com/webmasters/facts.html>
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
<://www.google.com/webmasters/seo.html>
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
<://www.google.com/webmasters/faq.html>
User Support Discussion Forum
<http://groups.google.com/groups?q=google.public.support.general>
Another fabulous resource is the forum at WebmasterWorld.com:
<http://www.webmasterworld.com>
and at Search Engine World:
<http://www.searchengineworld.com>
I encourage you to visit these sites and learn more about making your
site attractive and friendly to Search Engines.
If you take full advantage of all the resources listed above to
increase your knowledge and proficiency as a webmaster, I am confident
that you will see it pay off in improved Search Engine Results.
Before Rating my Answer, if you have any questions about this
information, please post a Request for Clarification, and I will be
glad to see what I can do for you.
I hope that this Answer provides exactly the information that you
needed. Best wishes for increased search rankings and traffic for your
website!
Regards,
aceresearcher |
