Search Engines

[Jeremy]

Google, Lycos, and AltaVista bots have been to my site but it doesn't show up on their sites if you search for it. Anyone know how long it takes? Are there any tips or tricks?

 

[Ice]

Have you registered your site with these search engines? If not, you can manually request to be added. Actually, it's preferable since you get to specify what people will read about your site. Yahoo! and Google requests can be made from the links, "Suggest a site" and "Submit a site," at the bottom of the page of a directory/category page. I haven't checked the others yet. It may take a while for someone to get around to your request, but it's better than waiting and hoping.

 

Also, because the bots use the <meta>data of the HTML on your page, you may want to ensure you have all of the keywords addressed there.

 

When all else fails, use one yourself. From that, here's a good resource. Here's one from this board. (You have to read down a bit.)

 

Good luck.