Many web sites may be finding it difficult to get indexed by search engines. Being listed is one of the only ways that potential visitors will ever find your web site on the Internet. Searchers use different keywords and phrases to locate specific information. If your site does not include these words or phrases, chances are search engine crawlers will not index you.
By not adding proper keywords and phrases to your web site, there are also other aspects that may be holding it back from being indexed. You may experience some problems that should be fixed before or after submitting your site.
Issues you may be having with website crawlers:
Design and technical issues can prevent crawlers from indexing your web site. If you are unsure of what to do, it is best to hire a search engine optimization professional who is aware of how to improve your current position.
New websites have been indexed – search engines continuously crawl different web sites, so your current ranking may drop from the index.
Your web server is not connecting to the Internet or your web site is not available.
Your site may be outdated, which can lead to deletion. Also, be careful when choosing other web sites to link with. If their links are outdated, it may reflect badly on your rankings.
You have a slow connection.
Search engines may crawl your web site too often. You can use the 'Crawl-delay' parameter in your Robots.txt file to set how often they can visit your site.
About CODANK Charlotte Web Design
CODANK is a top Charlotte Web Design and Internet Marketing Company located in Charlotte, NC. The company is dedicated to providing a broad range of web design services. CODANK specializes in Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Graphic Design, Online Marketing, and Web Design and Development.
For more information, visit CODANK Charlotte Web Design and Internet Marketing Company at www.codank.com
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Friday, May 7, 2010
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Re-Indexing Your Site
Indexing a web site should not be looked at as a onetime occurrence. Web search engines are known to occasionally reindex pages. It may sound scary but being reindexed is a great way to make sure that the proper information is being listed in specific search engines.
Indexing is the process of collecting and storing data to facilitate fast and accurate information retrieval. Search engines, such as Google and Yahoo, use indexers (spiders, crawlers, and robots) to gather information about your web site in order to be listed.
An initial index is conducted after the first time a web site’s URL is submitted. From time to time, the search engines will reindex sites. By indexing pages, the engines can verify that the pages still exist and update the database reference to the page if necessary.
If a page does not exist anymore, search engines will remove the references from their listings. Finding and removing used pages is not a quick process. If a site is busy, down, or isn’t responding to a request, the search engine simply marks the web page and moves on. Be very cautious because once a web page can’t be found on several occasions, the web page is removed from the database.
It is very important to understand what indexing and search engines are really about. Doing so will save you a lot time and energy when hoping to achieve high search engine result listings. Visit the top search engines to read more about their services.
About CODANK Charlotte Web Design
CODANK is a top Charlotte Web Design and Internet Marketing Company located in Charlotte, NC. The company is dedicated to providing a broad range of web design services. CODANK specializes in Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Graphic Design, Online Marketing, and Web Design and Development.
For more information, visit CODANK Charlotte Web Design and Internet Marketing Company at www.codank.com
Indexing is the process of collecting and storing data to facilitate fast and accurate information retrieval. Search engines, such as Google and Yahoo, use indexers (spiders, crawlers, and robots) to gather information about your web site in order to be listed.
An initial index is conducted after the first time a web site’s URL is submitted. From time to time, the search engines will reindex sites. By indexing pages, the engines can verify that the pages still exist and update the database reference to the page if necessary.
If a page does not exist anymore, search engines will remove the references from their listings. Finding and removing used pages is not a quick process. If a site is busy, down, or isn’t responding to a request, the search engine simply marks the web page and moves on. Be very cautious because once a web page can’t be found on several occasions, the web page is removed from the database.
It is very important to understand what indexing and search engines are really about. Doing so will save you a lot time and energy when hoping to achieve high search engine result listings. Visit the top search engines to read more about their services.
About CODANK Charlotte Web Design
CODANK is a top Charlotte Web Design and Internet Marketing Company located in Charlotte, NC. The company is dedicated to providing a broad range of web design services. CODANK specializes in Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Graphic Design, Online Marketing, and Web Design and Development.
For more information, visit CODANK Charlotte Web Design and Internet Marketing Company at www.codank.com
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Indexing 101
Registering your web site with search engines such as Google and Yahoo lets them know that your web site actually exists. Numerous search engines take an initial look at your site immediately after you submit it and verify that the address you submitted is valid. After that, the specific search engine schedules your web site for indexing.
Because most web sites include more than just one page, search engines use the URL you submit to find other pages at your site. When submitting your web site to be indexed, you are required to give the search engine the URL to your home page in this form:
http://www.codank.com/
Google and Yahoo, as well as other search engines, use this page as the starting point for all of the other pages at your web site. Each link found on the homepage is searched and indexed. Eventually, the indexer will crawl through every page on your web sites.
A number of days might pass before your web site is actually indexed. Your waiting time depends on the accumulation of new sites waiting to be entered into the database and the effectiveness of the indexer.
Depending on the web site and owner, there may be a few pages that need to be excluded from your site indexing. There are a few ways that you can control what pages are indexed and what pages aren’t indexed. The first alternative is to use a robot exclusion file. This file is a plain-text placed in the top-level directory for your web server. You place this tag in the HEAD section of a web page can then specify which links to follow.
About CODANK Charlotte Web Design
CODANK is a top Charlotte Web Design and Internet Marketing Company located in Charlotte, NC. The company is dedicated to providing a broad range of web design services. CODANK specializes in Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Graphic Design, Online Marketing, and Web Design and Development.
For more information, visit CODANK Charlotte Web Design and Internet Marketing Company at www.codank.com
Because most web sites include more than just one page, search engines use the URL you submit to find other pages at your site. When submitting your web site to be indexed, you are required to give the search engine the URL to your home page in this form:
http://www.codank.com/
Google and Yahoo, as well as other search engines, use this page as the starting point for all of the other pages at your web site. Each link found on the homepage is searched and indexed. Eventually, the indexer will crawl through every page on your web sites.
A number of days might pass before your web site is actually indexed. Your waiting time depends on the accumulation of new sites waiting to be entered into the database and the effectiveness of the indexer.
Depending on the web site and owner, there may be a few pages that need to be excluded from your site indexing. There are a few ways that you can control what pages are indexed and what pages aren’t indexed. The first alternative is to use a robot exclusion file. This file is a plain-text placed in the top-level directory for your web server. You place this tag in the HEAD section of a web page can then specify which links to follow.
About CODANK Charlotte Web Design
CODANK is a top Charlotte Web Design and Internet Marketing Company located in Charlotte, NC. The company is dedicated to providing a broad range of web design services. CODANK specializes in Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Graphic Design, Online Marketing, and Web Design and Development.
For more information, visit CODANK Charlotte Web Design and Internet Marketing Company at www.codank.com
Friday, March 12, 2010
General Tips Before Launching Your Website
Once your web site has been completed, be sure to test it and work out any problems or errors before its official launch to the World Wide Web. It is better to push back its release than to introduce it with too many problems.
Below are some general tips to assist you in creating and launching a great web site. Take these tips into consideration and also consult with your search engine optimization staff. These tips can be found in Black Enterprise: Guide to Starting Your Own Business by Wendy Beech.
Use navigational indexes – Scatter some search windows, icons, indexes, frames, and sidebars throughout your web pages so that visitors can easily navigate their way around your site.
Update your site regularly – More than 15,000 web sites are introduced to the World Wide Web every day. It is very important to keep your visitors interested. You will need to keep your content fresh and up-to-date while still providing access to older or basic information.
Load your site quickly – SEO professionals theorize that you have 10 seconds to catch a visitor’s attention and keep it. If your site loads slowly, the visitors are more likely to go elsewhere for the information he or she needs. To make sure that your web site loads quickly, keep backgrounds simple and graphics files small.
Provide different points of contact – Offer several ways in which your visitors can reach you. Provide an email address, phone number, fax number, and mailing address.
Display a company logo on the homepage – Consider displaying your company logo or some other colorful graphic at the top to invite visitors into your web site.
About CODANK Charlotte Web Design
CODANK is a top Charlotte Web Design and Internet Marketing Company located in Charlotte, NC. The company is dedicated to providing a broad range of web design services. CODANK specializes in Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Graphic Design, Online Marketing, and Web Design and Development.
For more information, visit CODANK Charlotte Web Design and Internet Marketing Company at www.codank.com
Below are some general tips to assist you in creating and launching a great web site. Take these tips into consideration and also consult with your search engine optimization staff. These tips can be found in Black Enterprise: Guide to Starting Your Own Business by Wendy Beech.
Use navigational indexes – Scatter some search windows, icons, indexes, frames, and sidebars throughout your web pages so that visitors can easily navigate their way around your site.
Update your site regularly – More than 15,000 web sites are introduced to the World Wide Web every day. It is very important to keep your visitors interested. You will need to keep your content fresh and up-to-date while still providing access to older or basic information.
Load your site quickly – SEO professionals theorize that you have 10 seconds to catch a visitor’s attention and keep it. If your site loads slowly, the visitors are more likely to go elsewhere for the information he or she needs. To make sure that your web site loads quickly, keep backgrounds simple and graphics files small.
Provide different points of contact – Offer several ways in which your visitors can reach you. Provide an email address, phone number, fax number, and mailing address.
Display a company logo on the homepage – Consider displaying your company logo or some other colorful graphic at the top to invite visitors into your web site.
About CODANK Charlotte Web Design
CODANK is a top Charlotte Web Design and Internet Marketing Company located in Charlotte, NC. The company is dedicated to providing a broad range of web design services. CODANK specializes in Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Graphic Design, Online Marketing, and Web Design and Development.
For more information, visit CODANK Charlotte Web Design and Internet Marketing Company at www.codank.com
Friday, December 11, 2009
The Importance of Keywords
During your Search Engine Optimization efforts, trying to come up with the perfect combination of keywords and phrases to drive in traffic to your site can often be challenging. You must make sure that the words you choose are relevant to the content of your website or else it will affect your site ranking.
Once you have properly chosen your specific phrases and keywords, it is now time to start putting those words to work. Be sure to place each word in the correct place and use them appropriately. This will help you toward making your Pay-Per-Click campaigns successful.
When a visitor uses a search engine, such as Google or Yahoo, they typically type in a word or words and click the “search” button. The search engine then looks in its index for those words.
Suppose that you typed Charlotte Web Design. In general, the search engine looks for:
Web pages that contain the exact phrase Charlotte Web Design.
Web pages that don’t have the exact phrase Charlotte Web Design, but do contain the words Charlotte and Web Design in close proximity.
Web pages that have the words Charlotte and Web Design somewhere, though not necessarily close together.
Web pages with word stems Charlotte Web Design.
Web pages that have links pointing to them, in which the link text contains the phrase Charlotte Web Design.
Web pages with links pointing to them with the link text containing the words Charlotte and Web Design, although not together.
As a result, choosing the right keywords is critical. If a specific keyword or phrase does not appear in your pages, your website will not appear when someone enters those keywords into the search engine.
About CODANK Charlotte Web Design
CODANK is a top Charlotte Web Design and Internet Marketing Company located in Charlotte, NC. The company is dedicated to providing a broad range of web design services. CODANK specializes in Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Graphic Design, Online Marketing, and Web Design and Development.
For more information, visit CODANK Charlotte Web Design and Internet Marketing Company at www.codank.com
Once you have properly chosen your specific phrases and keywords, it is now time to start putting those words to work. Be sure to place each word in the correct place and use them appropriately. This will help you toward making your Pay-Per-Click campaigns successful.
When a visitor uses a search engine, such as Google or Yahoo, they typically type in a word or words and click the “search” button. The search engine then looks in its index for those words.
Suppose that you typed Charlotte Web Design. In general, the search engine looks for:
Web pages that contain the exact phrase Charlotte Web Design.
Web pages that don’t have the exact phrase Charlotte Web Design, but do contain the words Charlotte and Web Design in close proximity.
Web pages that have the words Charlotte and Web Design somewhere, though not necessarily close together.
Web pages with word stems Charlotte Web Design.
Web pages that have links pointing to them, in which the link text contains the phrase Charlotte Web Design.
Web pages with links pointing to them with the link text containing the words Charlotte and Web Design, although not together.
As a result, choosing the right keywords is critical. If a specific keyword or phrase does not appear in your pages, your website will not appear when someone enters those keywords into the search engine.
About CODANK Charlotte Web Design
CODANK is a top Charlotte Web Design and Internet Marketing Company located in Charlotte, NC. The company is dedicated to providing a broad range of web design services. CODANK specializes in Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Graphic Design, Online Marketing, and Web Design and Development.
For more information, visit CODANK Charlotte Web Design and Internet Marketing Company at www.codank.com
Friday, May 29, 2009
Optimizing your Landing Page
Employing smart web design when it comes to your landing pages can be difficult sometimes. After all, landing pages are there for many reasons. What’s most important about your landing page is that you establish who you are as a company and that you give them a call to action to enter your site. Lets talk about some ways I’ve found that your landing pages can be designed to get the most done.
The first objective of your landing page I mentioned was about establishing who you are as a company. Write a good headline at the top of the page and make sure it is well known whose web page they have landed on. This ensures that the potential customer experiences your name and your brand as soon as they land on that page. This is important as you want them to remember your company name from the first moment they experience your website. Also, depending on the specific use of the landing page, give the reader some peace of mind that when they move on, they’re going to be finding what they’re looking for.
Just as important is the call to action that you present to your visitors. This can be in the form of strategically placed navigation buttons, advertisements for current products or services, or just good copy that calls them to action. In the sales world, many times you only have one chance at pitching to a customer. The same goes for your landing page. You want this page to be designed in a way that your visitors are drawn in, interested, and compelled to move on with the sale or interest in a sale. All of this can be accomplished with words such as “Click Here to Try it Now”, or “Join Thousands of Happy Users” in conjunction with some appropriately large and noticeable buttons for them to click.
In conclusion, we should establish that landing pages are like no other page in your website design. This is not a home page by any means as it has a completely different objective. Remember that your landing page has absolutely no navigational structure and is only a means to point potential customers to your real digital storefront. So try using some smart web design when creating a landing page for your website and hopefully the customers will start pouring in. CODANK of Charlotte, NC can help you develop the pages that bring the right customers to your website. Call today for a free quote.
About CODANK Web Design of Charlotte
CODANK is top rated Web Design firm, and Internet Marketing Experts located in Charlotte, NC. We are dedicated to provide the highest quality, cost effective custom software development services, delivering a broad range of business consulting and outsourcing services. Here at CODANK, we understand that web design can present complex issues for our clients. That's why we work closely with you to develop a custom solution that will fit your every need. We take great pride in our ability to analyze each individual situation and apply the most appropriate, proven technologies in order to achieve the goals and objectives of the initiative.
We offer full application design and development services, world-class e-Commerce web development, and custom content management solutions to name a few. All of these products and services are backed by the most important asset CODANK has . . . employees. Each individual works diligently in an open teamwork atmosphere, to bring our clients superior products that deliver great results while providing friendly and responsive customer service. CODANK is your one-stop shop for a custom solution tailored to your specific issue.
Contact us for a free quote today! For more information, visit us at http://www.codank.com
The first objective of your landing page I mentioned was about establishing who you are as a company. Write a good headline at the top of the page and make sure it is well known whose web page they have landed on. This ensures that the potential customer experiences your name and your brand as soon as they land on that page. This is important as you want them to remember your company name from the first moment they experience your website. Also, depending on the specific use of the landing page, give the reader some peace of mind that when they move on, they’re going to be finding what they’re looking for.
Just as important is the call to action that you present to your visitors. This can be in the form of strategically placed navigation buttons, advertisements for current products or services, or just good copy that calls them to action. In the sales world, many times you only have one chance at pitching to a customer. The same goes for your landing page. You want this page to be designed in a way that your visitors are drawn in, interested, and compelled to move on with the sale or interest in a sale. All of this can be accomplished with words such as “Click Here to Try it Now”, or “Join Thousands of Happy Users” in conjunction with some appropriately large and noticeable buttons for them to click.
In conclusion, we should establish that landing pages are like no other page in your website design. This is not a home page by any means as it has a completely different objective. Remember that your landing page has absolutely no navigational structure and is only a means to point potential customers to your real digital storefront. So try using some smart web design when creating a landing page for your website and hopefully the customers will start pouring in. CODANK of Charlotte, NC can help you develop the pages that bring the right customers to your website. Call today for a free quote.
About CODANK Web Design of Charlotte
CODANK is top rated Web Design firm, and Internet Marketing Experts located in Charlotte, NC. We are dedicated to provide the highest quality, cost effective custom software development services, delivering a broad range of business consulting and outsourcing services. Here at CODANK, we understand that web design can present complex issues for our clients. That's why we work closely with you to develop a custom solution that will fit your every need. We take great pride in our ability to analyze each individual situation and apply the most appropriate, proven technologies in order to achieve the goals and objectives of the initiative.
We offer full application design and development services, world-class e-Commerce web development, and custom content management solutions to name a few. All of these products and services are backed by the most important asset CODANK has . . . employees. Each individual works diligently in an open teamwork atmosphere, to bring our clients superior products that deliver great results while providing friendly and responsive customer service. CODANK is your one-stop shop for a custom solution tailored to your specific issue.
Contact us for a free quote today! For more information, visit us at http://www.codank.com
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