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thecelt · 15-08-2009, 16:45

submitted a website to google a week ago, did meta tags,
anyone got any advice on how to get it to show in searches?

Liam Byrne · 15-08-2009, 18:32

Submitting it only lets Google know that it exists.

It's the content, structure and implementation of the site that lets Google decide whether it's relevant.

Full SEO - particularly on a relatively small site - is tough, but without seeing the site, or what you used to implement it, it's impossible to say whether it has a chance.

As a starting point, make sure it's standards-compliant, has useful page headers in the TITLE tag, uses CSS instead of tables, has all images captioned using ALT & TITLE tags, has sufficient text content that reflects the keywords, and uses "semantic markup".

daymobrew · 15-08-2009, 22:45

You could "announce" the website on the free http://www.irishpressreleases.ie/cat...ebsite-launch/ - this site appears to be crawled by Google very regularly (I announced a site there and it was listed within 4 hours).
How did you submit the site? Did you create a XML sitemap and upload it via your Google Webmaster account? Has the site been crawled?

**mewso** · 16-08-2009, 01:26

You mention meta tags but bear in mind that google likes good clean sites with proper headings (h1, h2 etc.) that are relevent to the content. Meta tags are not as important as they used to be.

Liam Byrne · 16-08-2009, 01:31

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Originally Posted by mewso

You mention meta tags but bear in mind that google likes good clean sites with proper headings (h1, h2 etc.) that are relevent to the content. Meta tags are not as important as they used to be.

i.e. "semantic markup" - hierarchial headers that are relevant headers, lists that are lists, paragraphs that are paragraphs, etc

**mewso** · 16-08-2009, 01:34

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Originally Posted by Liam Byrne

i.e. "semantic markup" - hierarchial headers that are relevant headers, lists that are lists, paragraphs that are paragraphs, etc

Yes indeed but I don't think a few non-semantic divs will ruin your chances too much. Everyone uses them after all.

Liam Byrne · 16-08-2009, 01:37

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Originally Posted by mewso

Yes indeed but I don't think a few non-semantic divs will ruin your chances too much. Everyone uses them after all.

Oh, no issues there; divs are for layout and functionality.

What I was getting at was that the content needs to be structured properly.

StuartC · 16-08-2009, 10:43

post a few links and submit to some irish web directories, should show up very soon.

thecelt · 16-08-2009, 11:44

what would be good directories to submit to?

Webmonkey · 16-08-2009, 17:48

http://www.dmoz.org/

_ZeeK_ · 16-08-2009, 21:03

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Originally Posted by mewso

You mention meta tags but bear in mind that google likes good clean sites with proper headings (h1, h2 etc.) that are relevent to the content. Meta tags are not as important as they used to be.

ah jeaysus, that means you have to be neat

this is discrimination against the sloppy developers

thecelt · 16-08-2009, 22:07

i guess i was just being totally impatient with google!

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15-08-2009, 18:32	#2
Liam Byrne Closed Account Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 17,478 Adverts \| Friends	Submitting it only lets Google know that it exists. It's the content, structure and implementation of the site that lets Google decide whether it's relevant. Full SEO - particularly on a relatively small site - is tough, but without seeing the site, or what you used to implement it, it's impossible to say whether it has a chance. As a starting point, make sure it's standards-compliant, has useful page headers in the TITLE tag, uses CSS instead of tables, has all images captioned using ALT & TITLE tags, has sufficient text content that reflects the keywords, and uses "semantic markup".

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daymobrew Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Dublin 15 Posts: 4,841 Adverts \| Friends	You could "announce" the website on the free http://www.irishpressreleases.ie/cat...ebsite-launch/ - this site appears to be crawled by Google very regularly (I announced a site there and it was listed within 4 hours). How did you submit the site? Did you create a XML sitemap and upload it via your Google Webmaster account? Has the site been crawled?

16-08-2009, 01:26	#4
mewso Moderator Join Date: Feb 1998 Location: To the left Posts: 6,933 Adverts \| Friends Mod: Giving Up Smoking, Unreal	You mention meta tags but bear in mind that google likes good clean sites with proper headings (h1, h2 etc.) that are relevent to the content. Meta tags are not as important as they used to be.

16-08-2009, 10:43	#8
StuartC Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Dublin Posts: 48 Adverts \| Friends	post a few links and submit to some irish web directories, should show up very soon.

16-08-2009, 11:44	#9
thecelt Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Kerry Posts: 307 Adverts \| Friends	what would be good directories to submit to?

16-08-2009, 17:48	#10
Webmonkey Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Dublin Posts: 9,695 Adverts \| Friends	http://www.dmoz.org/

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thecelt Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Kerry Posts: 307 Adverts \| Friends	i guess i was just being totally impatient with google!