General advice on Search Engines

[ponpots]

I was wondering if anyone had some general advice on Search Engines.

Do's & Don'ts ?

like's & dislikes ?


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Keith
Christian Online Shopping Mall - Christian shopping online store

[Hope]

This really depends on the search engine in questions. Some general information for all search engines is:

don't use doorway pages
don't submit all the time
don't cloak
don't use misleading keywords
get good inbound links
have quality copy

[ponpots]

Thank you "Hope"  Anyone other who would like to make any other input....

[SensoVision]

me not, Hope have mentioned everything important IMHO, just don't try to cheat anyone and it will pay out to you in long term.

[Will Spencer]

You might also look at what the search engine operators themselves recommend:

• Google's Webmaster Guidelines
• MSN Search Guidelines for Webmasters and Microsoft bCentral Search Engine Optimization Tips
• Yahoo's How do I improve the ranking of my web site in the search results?

[Hope]

bCentral is so outdated and useless most of the time. Do not use that.

[Will Spencer]

An ad hominem attack on bCentral is probably not the best approach to determining effective SEO techniques.

[Hope]

an attack? I am just stating that search engines change the algos so often that bCentral is unable to keep up. You seem to be taking things personlly.

[Will Spencer]

I am making an argument for proper process.

If you disagree with bCentral, you should state upon what points you disagree with them and why.

An ad hominem attack on bCentral proves nothing and provides no value to the inquiry.

And no, I am not taking things personally, I do not represent bCentral in any way.  I am fairly unhappy with Microsoft in every way possible.  However, that is irrelevant to the discussion at hand.

[Hope]

If you disagree with bCentral, you should state upon what points you disagree with them and why.

bCentral is so outdated and useless most of the time. Do not use that.

There is my point. It is OUT DATED!

An ad hominem attack on bCentral proves nothing and provides no value to the inquiry.

This is not an attack. It is my opinion that the data is old and out dated. This isn't to help the "industry" but as a warning to unknowing webmasters that the technology may not help them because it is outdated.

Any technology or only tutorial used to "optimize websites" is going to be outdated after a period of time. Usually very quickly. This is do to the nature of the search engines. It is in Microsofts best interest to keep bCentral partially out of date. This is so the spammers cannot go there and learn all the tricks quickly and clutter the search engines.