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Q: http://sunflowersbycynthia.airweb.net./ ( Answered,   2 Comments )
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Subject: http://sunflowersbycynthia.airweb.net./
Category: Arts and Entertainment > Visual Arts
Asked by: cynandco-ga
List Price: $2.00
Posted: 22 Apr 2003 10:23 PDT
Expires: 22 May 2003 10:23 PDT
Question ID: 193872
Why doesn't this web come up on google?  And what do I have to do to
get it to come up?
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Subject: Re: http://sunflowersbycynthia.airweb.net./
Answered By: serenata-ga on 22 Apr 2003 22:38 PDT
 
Hello Cynandco ...

In addition to the comments below, there are some things specifically
you need to know and to apply to your site.

The first question is -- have you submitted your site to Google?
Google's form to add your URL is found here:
  - ://www.google.com/addurl.html

Google offers a list of suggestions on what you can do to get your
site indexed and listed in Google.

They include:

1. Submit your site to DMOZ and Yahoo. (See: What else can I do to get
listed in Google?)
    - ://www.google.com/webmasters/1.html

2. Pay attention to "Google Information for Webmasters" where Google
offers helpful suggestions thoroughly describe how important rich text
content is in order ot get listed.
   - ://www.google.com/webmasters/guidelines.html

3. The proper use of TITLE and ALT tags (ensure they are descriptive
and accurate).
   - ://www.google.com/webmasters/guidelines.html   

There are further explanations on how to not only get your page
listed, but increase chances of favorable page ranking at:
   - ://www.google.com/webmasters/4.html

Your website as it currently exists gives very little for Google's
search engine to list or rank. And while your sunflowers are lovely,
it takes more than your lovely pictures in order to get listed in
search engines.

One of the foremost experts in proper web design for search engine
optimization is Danny Sullivan, who runs Search Engine Watch,
http://www.searchenginewatch.com. You may want to take the time to
review the material available on this site in order to redesign your
site to optimize your chances for listing, and a better page rank. If
you're so inclined, you may way to subscribed to stay on top of this
ever-changing 'rules' of search engine optimization.

Good luck in your endeavors.
Serenata
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Subject: Re: http://sunflowersbycynthia.airweb.net./
From: highroute-ga on 22 Apr 2003 13:18 PDT
 
Probably because you did not submit it to Google and Google hasn't
accidentally found it by following links from other sites that link to
it. Much the same goes for other search engines and Web directories.
See "How Do I Get My Site Listed on Google?" at
  ://www.google.com/webmasters/1.html

It's also helpful to use valid HTML. Your home page contains no
DOCTYPE declaration, as the W3C HTML Validator points out:
  http://validator.w3.org/

If I assume that you intend to be using HTML 4.01 Transitional, the
W3C Validator finds many coding errors relative to that standard.
Subject: Re: http://sunflowersbycynthia.airweb.net./
From: robertskelton-ga on 22 Apr 2003 14:11 PDT
 
Get some text in there! Google indexes text, but it cannot read text
within images. So if someone searches for your name, it won't be
found, because the words are in an image.

It can take up to 2 months to appear in search results after
submitting to Google.

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