Re: Coastal Sites

From: Jim Reardon <jim_at_amusive.com>
Date: Mon 11 Oct 1999 17:00:31 -0400 (EDT)

READ VANDERBILT WROTE:
> (1) after 8 weeks they have been unable to become listed
> with many of the major engines, including Excite, Lycos,
> and Infoseek. Is that common, or are other services
> better?


More likely than not, since your jump pages are all hosted
on the same domain as their other jump pages, that domain
was banned from Excite, Lycos, etc. Search Engines do not
like those who taint their results, and many take proactive
stances to stop things like that.


> (2) I fear that their technique of creating window pages
> might backfire as search engines counterattack these games.
> A worst case scenario:could our base domain (the site to
> which the window pages link) be blackballed by Infoseek or
> others because we have hired an optimizing service?


Yes. In fact, HyperMart, which hosts free business
webpages, was being rampantly abused by people signing up,
making doorway pages, then spamming those to the search
engines. As a result, HyperMart got banned and so did the
spammers.


> (3) I agree with Jim Reardon that most optimizing services
> engage in practices that at best are deceptive, and at
> worst are immoral.


Always be sure to find out WHAT a service is going to do
-exactly- to get you your traffic. If something sounds
fishy, don't go for it. You're going to be the one held
responsible.


> 1. Software packages, services, and other ways that help
> us to improve our site's search engine and directory
> visibility (we haven't used any of them yet).


The only service I've ever used to improve / gain search
engine listings was the wonderful http://selfpromotion.com/
-- I've never needed to use anything else. He offers great
tips, easy to use service, mailing lists, advice, and a
great price (free -- if you like it, send in a donation).

One of my site's listings in Yahoo! was obtained directly
from following his advice, and it gets me about 200 or so
visitors a day (not too shabby).

Besides that, every other service I've tried or software
I've used has been a waste of time.

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