Search Engine Secrets

Run away, fast as you can, whenever someone says they can guarantee you top ten placement in search engines. It's impossible to do so! Consider the following - many millions of pages are already indexed. Top ten spots have only ten entries! How can high placement be guaranteed?

In short, it can't. Probability of top ten, however, depending upon the subject, can often be achieved. And it doesn't have to include spam.

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Step 2 - The Truth About Search Engine Placement

It takes time, effort and a lotof patience. And nowadays, other forms of visibility like Internet Publicity can generate you even more traffic.

Did you know the following?

Search engines change their searching algorithms often.
Which means...
What shows up in the top ten one week can become invisible the next.
And, what shows up high in Altavista, for example, might be at the bottom of the heap in Infoseek.

Now imagine that you want to submit it to the major search engines. You receive in email an offer that for only $99 or $49 or $whatever, you can submit your pages to over 600 gazillion sites!

Have you considered:

Are the sites relevant?
Will your customers be there?
Will the pages be resubmitted for no extra cost every month or so?
Do any of the major search engines regard multiple submissions at one time to be spam, and would penalize your site?
The software that these people use is available to anyone on the net (for example, GK Net Submitter Pro?)

So if it's impossible to guarantee top ten visibility, why do companies offer it?

'Cause people believe it, and buy it.

There are much better alternatives, however.

Below you'll find some pretty cool resources to teach yourself the msyteries of search engine secrets, often for free.

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Step 3 - 2 Cool Resources for Search Engine Tools

Virtual Promote - Contains search engine forums, where you can ask specific search engine visibility questions, the Virtual Promote Gazette, and many other resources.

Search Engine Watch - A comprehensive site that provides information, tips, resources, etc. for search engines.

Are there more resources around? Heck yes! But the above two are the best places to start your quest for great information.

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