Google and Site Promotion

Considering how often google visits these forums, does that mean if someone included their website in their signature, that it would result in google visiting their website?

Seems to me that this could be a good way of promoting a website to the search engines, only reason I ask is that I have never had any success in promoting my websites, I sometimes think it could be because they are hosted for free on Geocities, but then other people with sites on Geocities manage to get them listed.

Taruns site appears very high in the google listings, just by typing in lunarsoft, and djlizard appears at the top, has this always been the way tarun and dj, or has your sig in forums helped.

I dont know if it will promote your site but if you type in something from this forum such as your name it will come up in the google search results.

I dont know if it will promote your site but if you type in something from this forum such as your name it will come up in the google search results.

yeah done that already but I normally have to include someone elses name as well.

I actually submitted to search engines. Today has been insane. Nearly 3000 hits.

Tarun, your hit counter and Members is going up fast. :blink:

Tarun, your hit counter and Members is going up fast. :blink:

Yeah, 2900 right now. O.O

My above post was 2500.

3000 now. WOW.

3000 now. WOW.

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Just kidding, I couldnt resist. :D

lol! I did that so there'd be a timestamp for me to compare. :D

Geocities is a very crappy webhotell, with banners and scripts inserted to your page and very very limited bandwidth.

If you look around, you will find many better free webhotells.

If your site got a good content, it will spread via the mouth-to-mouth method.

You can also message your friends and tell them about your website, and if it's good maybe they will tell their friends.

You can also submit it to search engines, so they start index it.

You can also use meta-tags on your site.

You can set the website in the homepage field in your forum profile.

Advertising/mentioning your site when it is relevant is okay, spamming is not.

Considering how often google visits these forums, does that mean if someone included their website in their signature, that it would result in google visiting their website?

Seems to me that this could be a good way of promoting a website to the search engines, only reason I ask is that I have never had any success in promoting my websites, I sometimes think it could be because they are hosted for free on Geocities, but then other people with sites on Geocities manage to get them listed.

Taruns site appears very high in the google listings, just by typing in lunarsoft, and djlizard appears at the top, has this always been the way tarun and dj, or has your sig in forums helped.

If you're interested in getting some very affordable web hosting I can get you in contact with my webhost. :)

Look here too its free and quite good.

http://ugtech.net/free.php

Geocities is a very crappy webhotell, with banners and scripts inserted to your page and very very limited bandwidth.

If you look around, you will find many better free webhotells.

If your site got a good content, it will spread via the mouth-to-mouth method.

You can also message your friends and tell them about your website, and if it's good maybe they will tell their friends.

You can also submit it to search engines, so they start index it.

You can also use meta-tags on your site.

You can set the website in the homepage field in your forum profile.

Advertising/mentioning your site when it is relevant is okay, spamming is not.

I agree Geocities is crap, although it does not have banners, it has an ad square in the top right corner, which can be closed.

I agree bandwidth is a problem, my main site cannot even be viewed completely twice in an hour because it has quite a few pages, thus exceeding bandwidth.

My site's have spread by word of mouth and nothing else as of yet.

I have submitted them to search engines but with no luck as of yet.

Meta-tags are already included.

I would never spam because I prefer the honest approach.

I regard creating websites as a hobby, and as a means of spreading information, and will be the first to admit they will never look as good as a professional website, but I am semi-happy with them considering I do not even work in the I.T. sector.

CaP: Simply putting 'www.whatever.abc' in your signature on forums really ramps up the hits.

Tarun,

I have had a look at your webhost after seeing you mention a special deal a while back, I have also looked at various UK webhosts, I just cant make my mind up who is best yet.

Thanks anyway.

CaP: Simply putting 'www.whatever.abc' in your signature on forums really ramps up the hits.

I will do it Dj, when I get a proper name registered and proper hosting sorted out, being on geocities means I have to be a bit careful at the moment.

Tarun,

I have had a look at your webhost after seeing you mention a special deal a while back, I have also looked at various UK webhosts, I just cant make my mind up who is best yet.

Thanks anyway.

Which host did you check?

Which host did you check?

optichosts

Look here too its free and quite good.

http://ugtech.net/free.php

I have looked here as well rridgely, we have a similar one at www.heartinternet.co.uk

It gets to the stage where I think my mind is made up then I read something bad about them in a forum and start all over again. :(

P.S. Tarun, dont do the "for the love of god" bit on me

optichosts

What sort of package are you looking into?

I have looked here as well rridgely, we have a similar one at www.heartinternet.co.uk

It gets to the stage where I think my mind is made up then I read something bad about them in a forum and start all over again. :(

P.S. Tarun, dont do the "for the love of god" bit on me

lol, you're fine. Just gotta teach you about the multiquote trick. ^^