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Markus

12:30 am on Feb 18, 2000 (gmt 0)

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Hi folks,

Since 4 month I'm trying to get my site recognized from any of the major searchengines (I have not tried the smaller ones).

Neither the URL nor my name or a keyword have been indexed so far (I have regular submitted to AltaVista and Lycos and read carefully Bretts pages).

My site is using frames and most people tell me frames are poison for spiders. But a full ignorance?

Please, one of you specialists out there, give me a hint how to make my site visible.

Thanks in Advance, Markus

DaveAtIFG

4:02 am on Feb 18, 2000 (gmt 0)

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Markus - After a quick vist and I can offer a few suggestions. The URL by default pops up a site in German(?). If you've been submitting that URL to US portals you've wasted your time. Submit the english language pages... Submit the German(?) page to the European counterparts.

Your heading section needs work. Metas as they are now will get you a great listing on a search for peakworks, but of course nobody searches on that. Do some research and select a key phrase that describes the general catagory your product falls into.

Your <title>, description, and keywords should all contain this new key phrase. That term should also appear near the top of the <body> section.

Eliminate the revisit-after meta or at least set it to a reasonable value, 30 days or similar.

Keep in mind the SE's are not a constant. As they change their algos and allainces, the easy and time delay getting indexed varies. Patience and persistence is required...

These suggestions should get you started... Good Luck!

Markus

11:45 pm on Feb 18, 2000 (gmt 0)

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Yes, Dave, this is light at the end of the tunnel. Thank you for giving it the time.

BTW, how are searchengines determinig the language of a page if there is no meta tag for this in the header? Are they searching for specific phrases or words?

I will follow your guide and post my experiences in this forum. Maybe I can choose a smiling icon instead a question-mark then...

Markus

DaveAtIFG

5:18 am on Feb 19, 2000 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



I suspect the US based portals assume sites are in English and the European portals offer different URLs to submit to for different languages, this is a guess. I'm US based and have no experience... Hopefully someone who does will jump in and correct or confirm this... Good Luck!

Brett_Tabke

8:37 am on Mar 3, 2000 (gmt 0)

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They do some pretty fancy word analysis to determine language. I'd tried to find an article on this subject on ClickZ, but I sure couldn't find it. There is a long story on just this subject floating around (I thought it was clickz).
Ring any bells?