Hi Sturdy ~
Actually, your site has been crawled by google at least once, as it
does show up in a search for your domain name:
"Showing web page information for www.sturdyart.com
www.sturdyart.com/
Google can show you the following information for this URL:
* Find web pages that are similar to www.sturdyart.com
* Find web pages that link to www.sturdyart.com
* Find web pages that contain the term "www.sturdyart.com"
- ://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&c2coff=1&q=www.sturdyart.com&btnG=Search
Clicking on the links for "web pages that link to ..." or "web pages
that contain the term ..." produce no results.
Notice, too, that there is just the URL showing, no page title or
snippet of code describing your site, as there is no text for Google
or other search engine crawlers to index. Here are some valuable
guidelines from Google's Design and Content Guidelines:
"* Make a site with a clear hierarchy and text links.
Every page should be reachable from at least one
static text link...
* Create a useful, information-rich site and write
pages that clearly and accurately describe your
content.
* Think about the words users would type to find your
pages, and make sure that your site actually includes
those words within it.
* Try to use text instead of images to display i
mportant names, content, or links. The Google crawler
doesn't recognize text contained in images."
- ://www.google.com/webmasters/guidelines.html
In addition, your site uses frames, which make it additionally
difficult for Google to index. Here's the explanation from Google's
"Reasons your site may not be included":
"Your page uses frames. Google supports frames to the
extent that it can. Frames tend to cause problems with
search engines, bookmarks, emailing links and so on,
because frames don't fit the conceptual model of the
web (every page corresponds to a single URL). If a
user's query matches the site as a whole, Google returns
the frame set. If a user's query matches an individual
page on the site, Google returns that page. That individual
page is not displayed in a frame -- because there may be no
frame set corresponding to that page."
- ://www.google.com/webmasters/2.html
There are also no links TO your site, which would help in regularly
crawling your site. Here's what Google says about getting listed in "
How Do I Get My Site Listed on Google?"
"The best way to ensure Google finds your site is for
your page to be linked from lots of pages on other sites.
Google's robots jump from page to page on the Web via
hyperlinks, so the more sites that link to you, the more
likely it is that we'll find you quickly."
- ://www.google.com/webmasters/1.html
Summary
=========
Your site is in Google's index, but with no links to your site, no
real content to index, and using frames, the chances of a visitor
finding your site using Google's search engine are remote.
Google offers many suggestions and recommendations on how to get your
site indexed and what is needed to help with decent placement.
I am including those links from Google's site to help you with your
site's listing. This information will help you understand Google's
goals and responsibility to the web searcher (and not the webmaster or
site owner).
It is incumbent upon you, the webmaster or the website owner, to
ensure your site meets these basics if you want your site listed.
Webmasters who do follow the guidelines and avoid Google's "Thou shalt
nots" usually have no problem getting listed and showing up under the
search terms they desire.
* Google Today (absolutely the best information you
can read about the "how and why" of Google's results
- ://www.google.com/corporate/today.html
* How Do I Get My Site Listed on Google?
- ://www.google.com/webmasters/1.html
* My Web Pages Are Not Currently Listed (a good 'primer'
on how and why Google works so well)
- ://www.google.com/webmasters/2.html
* PageRank Information (covers both Google's PageRank and
SERPS)
- ://www.google.com/webmasters/4.html
* Webmaster Guidelines (contains both the dos and don'ts)
- ://www.google.com/webmasters/guidelines.html
* Google Facts & Fiction (can you buy your way to a
high ranking in Google?)
- ://www.google.com/webmasters/facts.html
* Search Engine Optimizers (some good advice on what to look
for if you're going to hire a Search Engine Optimizer)
- ://www.google.com/webmasters/seo.html
* Frequently Asked Questions (pretty much what it says, but
definitely worth wading through)
- ://www.google.com/webmasters/faq.html
* Remove Content from Google's Index (just in case you feel
a burning need to start all over again)
- ://www.google.com/remove.html
Search terms ~
I used bookmarked material and resources to answer this question,
including Google's links.
Best of luck to you,
Serenata
Google Answer Researcher |
Clarification of Answer by
serenata-ga
on
10 Aug 2004 22:47 PDT
The keyword metatags are pretty much ignored by all search engines, so
they won't help, and could possibly hurt if it appears as if you are
'stuffing' your pages with keywords which don't appear on those pages.
The description tag is sometimes picked up by directories or web
crawlers or spiders for some search engines and made a part of the
description of a page ... although the major search engines, such as
Google, Yahoo and others, rarely return the description tag, but
rather a snippet of content from where a searcher's search terms
appear on a page.
Regards,
Serenata
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