Dear invicta,
First of all, and that is very important - Google Answers is not
linked with the Google Index, and I am not a Google employee. I am,
though, sort of an expert on search engine submission, and in
particular in Google submission.
There could be several reasons, why a site is not indexed on Google.
Even if you submit a site through Google's "Submit URL" function
(://www.google.com/addurl.html), it doesn't guarentee that you'd
be listed on their index.
This is because Google doesn't work like many other search engines
that are
men-edited. Google has a robot, which crawls between sites' links to
other sites, thereafter indexing them. Moreover, as much as a site is
linked by other sites, it has more chances to be indexed.
The reason you don't appear in Google's search engine could be, that
you haven't been crawled to yet. That might be because you are linked
to few sites, and I am not sure if any of them link back to you.
In other words, the first step you have to take in order to ensure a
Google indexing, is to convince as many other site holders to link you
site to theirs. For example, sites that review caravanning/RVs,
camping, vacations, etc. (some may ask you to link theirs in return,
that's the way it is). You can also "advertise" you site in Google
Groups that specialise in vacations in the Northwest, thus maintaining
the option that people would voluntarily link to you. Another fool
proof method to be linked and indexed is to insert yourself to the
Google Directory and in other relevant directories
(http://directory.google.com/Top/Recreation/Outdoors/Camping/Campgrounds/Europe/United_Kingdom/?tc=1/
or http://directory.google.com/Top/Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/Travel_and_Tourism/Accommodation/Caravan_and_Campsites/).
All you have to do is choose a category in the directory, that would
describe you the best, and using the "submit a site" option.
You could also do things that would maximise the content of your site
and your chance of being visited or linked: adding keywords and
correcting the spelling of some (or adding alternative spelling, that
people might use); adding content like articles on the area and on
plans to hike there, etc.
If you read these explanations and say "but I have already submitted
my site to the Directory (and it had been rejected), been linked from
other sites and have super-cool keywords!", there might be another
explanation.
There are also some reasons for Google to remove manually your site
from their index. Google discourages (or maybe I should say - bans)
cloaking and link exchanges, and other "artificial" methods that would
make it look as if you are linked to many sites, that are actually not
linked to you.
You can find more information on Google's index at
://www.google.com/webmasters
You can also use their FREE user support forum
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=google.public.support.general
I hope that answered your question. Please contact me for
clarifications on the answer. I'd be pleased to clarify my answer
before you rate it. |
