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- Dno
...and the question is how long does it take to to get listed anywhere on google etc...
I have seen various timings for getting listed - from two weeks to 90 days!!!!
What is the average time before you can expect a visit from a spider?
I have looked on the google rankings site and the site isn't even being seen! :(
...as ever the client thinks that I have "seo high ranking" button somewhere on my keyboard and is getting tetchy that the site is not appearing yet!
any suggestions?
- ********0
3 months (90 days) is about right. But it could actually take longer.
Did you manually submit the site?
Might speed it up a little to do so.
- incito0
Wrong - it depends on how much your new site will have incomming links and how visible they will be.
Get your link posted on BBC and you will be in Google in notime.
Other thing is the DB refresh and sync rate - it is about one week
- republik80
Submit it manually and it might only be a few weeks...
- ********0
Sorry incito, but that's not wrong.
You are not wrong either, but what you're talking will only improve the listing once it's there.
- UndoUndo0
it doesnt depend solely on incoming links. goto google sitemaps and create a sitemap for you site and tell them about it!
search google like:
'link:www.yourdomain.com' to see if you have any pages in the index
- Dno0
...thanks for the replies :)
I hadn't manually submitted it - but now have.
I tried the link:www. thing but it doesn't find anything which makes me think the spiders haven't found it yet.
It is only a single page with the essential details of a commercial property that is for rent - so it is not a massive load of info - pictures, spec and location - I have added the relevant phrases and keywords and a few links to local amenities etc...
the url is www.cromptoncourt.co.uk
if anyone can see anything glaringly wrong with - I'd be grateful!
- Dno0
...also...
"Get your link posted on BBC and you will be in Google in notime."
Como?
- ********0
Well I'm not at all excited, and I'm not sure Google will be. It's not a website, and it doesn't offer anything!
Your best bet would be to use Google Adwords in this case. Pay for placement.
You could also look into using proper HTML tags, such as H1, H2, H3 etc. that google so loves, but for this "page" I think it's a waste of time trying to get a decent placement because nobody wants to look at that, let alone link to it.
- Dno0
...ha ha ha - thanks for the kind words!!! ;)
No, I agree it is not the most exciting page at all! It is just part of my clients attempt to get the building rented out.
Adwords is already been activated - only yesterday.
Just wanted to know if there is anyway of getting it listed easier.
But, it is not my usual thing at all!
- UndoUndo0
you find the 'link:' and 'site:' operators give you more info over at yahoo - some SEO experts say G are trying to hide something by not showing all sites actually linking in (incoming and outgoing links have an affect on ranking amongst other things as Moth mentioned)
The best thing you can do to improve ranking is to add unique content to your site (related to the sites topic of course)
- Dno0
...how long do the adwords take to start appearing? any one had experience of this?
- ********0
They're pretty much instant once you've paid the set-up costs an all.
- UndoUndo0
you might want to consider yahoo search marketing too - its cheaper that G but less traffic and slightly different demographic. You should also consider affiliate programs like offerred by http://www.affiliatefuture.co.uk…
- Dno0
cheers for the replies fellas!
...So if the fee was paid yesterday - I should be seeing it now?
Damn - nothing at the moment!
I'll check that url - cheers Undo
- UndoUndo0
i think G likes to vet yr site - just make sure yr not an adult site advertising on general keywords etc - also if you have budgetting setup and yr budget is lower than the max expenditure yr ads wont be in the same place all the time
- Dno0
...yeh, I have set a budget of £300 per month which is monstrous considering it is 15p per 100 clicks!
and having checkeed the stats it has appeared 176 times since yesterday afternoon - and as it says on the can - it won't appear in every search.
Do you know if there is any way of increasing it's population in searches or is that pot luck?
- Dno0
"...yeh, I have set a budget of £300 per month which is monstrous considering it is 15p per 100 clicks!"
...sorry per 1000 clicks!
- UndoUndo0
you may get a better bang for your buck if you choose less generic keywords and go for specific phrases,
so instead of 'football club' choose 'leeds united football club'-
you can setup campaigns for groups of keywords and use them to compare the performance - so whatever works for you best
you might also want to opt out of advertising on partner sites (site that use adsense to generate income)
- Dno0
okay - so if I streamline the keywords in the account as you suggest - some of them have got a lot of impressions whilst others have none.
Cheers Undo - big help ;)
- UndoUndo0
when you go for generic keywords the possible amount of clicks can be high so G will move you around alot (to hit yr budget)- if your more specific with yr terms then the amount of impressions drops and so does the possible number of clicks so you dont move around as much