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29 Sep 2003 12:00:14 -0700 |
GETTING LISTED IN META SEARCH ENGINES
Welcome to TrafficPost, an informative newsletter about search engine
placement. Are you interested in bringing more Internet traffic to your
business? If you respond to this email we will provide a free analysis of your
Web site.
Meta search engines such as Ask Jeeves and Hotbot have become popular search
tools. This week's newsletter will talk about how meta search engines differ
from regular search engines and how to get listed in them.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A META SEARCH ENGINE AND A REGULAR SEARCH ENGINE?
Meta search engines are very different from regular search engines. The main
distinction is that meta search engines do not have their own databases. They
do not review Websites and they do not index them. Instead a meta search engine
will perform a query on many different search engines simultaneously. Your
search terms are automatically sent to the databases of other search engines
like Alta Vista, Fast, Look Smart, MSN, Open Directory, Overture, or Yahoo. The
results pulled from those search engines are merged together and presented as
one unified set of results.
ARE META SEARCH ENGINES BETTER THAN INDIVIDUAL SEARCH ENGINES?
This is a difficult question to answer. If you perform your search on a single
search engine you will get a large number of results, but only Websites in that
engine's database will appear. Since meta search engines give you access to
multiple databases they often produce more varied results. Unfortunately, those
results are also limited since often only the top hits from each of the
databases appear in the meta search engine results.
The success of your Meta search query will depend on several factors. The
status of each individual search engine will affect your query. Busy servers,
timeouts and slow responses can all contribute to poor results on your search.
Also, you cannot refine a search on a meta search engines since they do not
handle complex search queries intelligently. They do not recognize search terms
such as "and", "or", and "not". Finally, not all major engines are accessible
by meta search engines. Google, for instance, says they do not allow their
database to be searched by meta engines because they claim that it would drain
their resources.
HOW DO I GET LISTED IN META SEARCH ENGINES?
To get your site listed in a meta search engine your site needs to have been
indexed by the other search engines it pulls its results from. A good ranking
in one search engine can thus do double duty by getting you good ranking on
meta search engines too.
Below are links to some popular meta search engines:
http://www.ask.com
http://www.hotbot.com
http://www.dogpile.com
http://www.metacrawler.com
http://www.mamma.com
http://www.ixquick.com
http://www.highway61.com
OUR SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION PROGRAM
The best way to get noticed by the search engines is to use a professional
search engine placement service like ours. We use expertise and technological
know-how to get you top search engine placement:
1. Our professionally trained technicians help you to choose the 20 keyword
phrases that best reflect the main focus of your site.
2. We use those keywords to optimize your meta tags and build over 100 HTML
advertising pages designed to conform to the ranking criteria of the top search
engines.
3. Since many search engines now use link popularity in their rankings, we
employ link building strategies such as reciprocal link relationships with
related businesses.
4. We manually submit your site to Web directories like the Open Directory
Project. (We do not submit to spider-based search engine because research
indicates that these types of search engines give preference to sites that
their spiders find through links.)
5. Our online client reporting system puts tracking information at your
fingertips so that you can monitor your site's progress.
6. Free customer support is always available for active clients through our
toll free customer support hotline. Active clients can check their search
engine keyword rankings with our online reporting system.
If you are not an active client and would like information on our Power Click
Network, search engine optimization services, or a free keyword analysis of
your Web site please respond to this email and include your name, phone number,
and site URL.
SEARCH ENGINE NEWS FROM AROUND THE WEB
Google Launches Internet Coding Battle
http://www.silicon.com/news/500019/1/6062.html
IBM Unveils New Advanced Search Engine
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/corporatenews/view/49350/1html
Overture Enters Spain
http://boston.internet.com/news/article.php/3078771
Five Common Search Engine Mistakes
http://www.computerweekly.com/articles/article.asp?liArticleID=124936
LookSmart Class Action Lawsuit Settlement Proposed
http://www.searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3077341
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