Re: Search Engine Submission

From: Paul Bruemmer <paul_at_web-ignite.com>
Date: Mon 22 Nov 1999 12:42:37 -0800

KEY POINT MISSING!

ROD ARIES WROTE:
> The reason for submitting every month "whether they
> need it or not" is that (1) sometimes urls don't get
> added, and (2) sometimes they get dropped (as with
> what happened with Altavista last month). Given that
> most of the majors (with the exception of Altavista)
> are taking months to add listings, if you have several
> requests "in the queue" at any one time, if your
> listing drops out, you're likely to get back in
> quicker. Furthermore, if you change your pages,
> because there are undone requests in their queues, the
> change is reflected faster. And even if the search
> engines are combining multiple requests, you'll have
> at least one in the queue.

The statement above is missing a key point.

DO NOT re-submit blindly each month,
"whether they need it or not"

You must first 'look for your URL in the database.'

If NOT found, then you should re-submit.
If found, leave it alone and DO NOT re-submit.

You can do this procedure weekly or monthly:
As long as you first verify you are NOT
in the database before re-submitting.

The reason for this axiom is rather obvious.

1) If you were one of the chosen few who happen to
have a 'Page One listing' and you
Re-Submit............... It can be the kiss of death
to your highly ranked listing. The engine, in its
wisdom, will re-index the page and you will more often
than not, loose your good position.

2) A page (URL) which is already in the database will
not improve its ranking by re-submitting. The code on
the page must be modified to improve ranking.

ALWAYS verify your URL is NOT in the engines database
BEFORE you decide to re-submit any URL.

Best regards,

Paul J. Bruemmer
CEO, Web Ignite Corporation
http://www.web-ignite.com/
805.686.5548





Received on Mon Nov 22 1999 - 14:42:37 CST