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earch Engines and General Information to Optimize Your Site
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Basic SEO Tips based on Google's SEO Starter Guide and other tips.
Top Dozen Optimization Tips . . .
: <head> <meta> Title Meta Tags: assign unique and descriptive page titles.
: <head> <meta> Description Meta Tags: place unique, yet descriptive, page summaries.
: <head> <meta> Keyword Meta Tags: list significant words that accurately reflect page content.
: Improve URL Structure: with well organized, word named; sub-directories, pages, images and videos.
: Cosolidate Images, Cosolidate Videos: into a single directory for each with well named sub-directories.
: Properly Name & Tag Images with descriptive; word names, "alt" tags and "title" tags.
: Simple Navigation: with an easy to follow hierarchy.
: Use Descriptive Word Names & Title Tags in Hyper-links: to function as keywords and descriptions.
: Use <h1> & <h2> Heading Tags: to emphasize keyword rich titles & sub-titles in outline-like form.
: Create a 301 Redirect File: (like .htacess) to guide visitors and crawlers of page & image changes.
More Optimization Tips . . .
: Use a robots.txt File or nofollow <meta> Tags: to restrict crawling where it is not needed.
: Create Sitemap: (like xml-sitemap.com ) to post on your site and to submit to search engines.
: <head> Be sure you have a proper Doctype:, check at: Recommended Doctype Declarations.
: Create Useful 404 Not Found: page to guide visitors.
: Search Google Ad Words Keyword Tool to select popular keywords and phrases for your site.
: View Site in a Text Browswer (like Lynx or use Delorie.com) to see how most spiders see your site.
Webmaster's Tools are Offered by some Search Enginges to help Optimize Your Site
Google Webmasters Tools  Google Webmaster Tools
Bing Webmaster Tools  Bing Webmaster Tools

Online Link and Code Validators Identify Code Errors and Broken Links
Link Validator (W3C)  W3C Link Checker
HTML Validator (W3C)  W3C Link Validator
CSS Validator (W3C)  W3C CSS Validator

Submit Your Site to Search Engines (for Free & for Fee)
Submit Your Site to Multiple Search Engines. See list at: FreeWebSubmission.com/ !
Some Search Engines listed below (redundantly) with additional information
ENGINE KEYWORDS & GENERAL INFORMATION META TAGS SPAM? FREE PAID
Google Google.com  <h1> & <h2> tags also function as keywords, as do <title> tags, and the names of sub-directories, HTML pages, and images. Sites that link to your site create "link populariy" which increases your ranking. Both quantity and the quality of links count. The quantity of a site that links to yours is based on how popular that site is ranked.
Submit sitemap: http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/ping?sitemap=YOUR SITEMAP URL		 Google does read Description <meta> tags, but it does not read Keywords <meta> tags. Use of link farms, cloaking, excessive repetition. Submit
Yahoo Yahoo.com  search responses are now powered by Bing. <h1> & <h2> tags also function as keywords, as do <title> tags, and the names of sub-directories, HTML pages, and images. Yahoo drives other engines like Go.com, AltaVista, View Yahoo Directory at: dir.Yahoo.com. All basic <meta> tags are read. Keyword repetition, meta refresh tags, invisible text, mirror pages. Submit Submit
Bing Bing.com (formerly Live.com)
Submit sitemap: http://www.bing.com/webmaster/ping.aspx?siteMap=YOUR SITEMAP URL		 Submit
All The Web AllTheWeb.com  Search results on AlltheWeb are provided by Yahoo!. See Yahoo! See Yahoo! Yahoo!
Bing		 Yahoo!
Bing
Open Directory Project DMOZ.com Open Directory Project:  All basic <meta> tags are read. ODP gets your site into affiliated portals and search enginessuch as AltaVista, DirectHit, Google, HotBot, Lycos, Netscape Search, etc. If your site has been accepted into the Open Directory it may take weeks to be listed with affiliates who have their own update schedules. Submit
Alta Vista AltaVista.com  Search results on AltaVista are provided by Yahoo!. <h1> & <h2> tags also function as keywords, as do <title> tags, and the names of sub-directories, HTML pages, and images.
Submit sitemap: (Submit to Yahoo!)		 Not very important, but should be used just in case. Keyword repetition, meta refresh tags, invisible text, mirror pages, excessive submission. Yahoo!
Bing
Ask Jeeves Ask.com  Ask.com acquired Direct Hit and has implemented Direct Hit's technology into its search results.
Submit sitemap: http://submissions.ask.com/ping?sitemap=YOUR SITEMAP URL		 All basic <meta> tags are read. <meta> tag refresh
Also see: SumbitCorner		 e-mail:
url@askjeeves.com
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