How to Promote your Site – 5 Things You Should Take Note Of
Any website owner should be able to tell you how important good website promotion is, if you don’t understand what you are doing then this will cause nothing but harm to your website. There are lots of different ways to promote a website, not all of these are good. There are lots of common mistakes that people make when promoting websites and we’re going to look at five of them now…
No Spam – Sending out unsolicited email will attract nothing but hate to your business. It will make your site untrustworthy and also result in large ISPs blocking your site.. Everyone hates spam just as much as you and it’s doing nothing but destroying your reputation.
Submission – There are lots of people who will quite happily spend to list their site on 100’s of search engines. The problem is however that there aren’t 100 good search engines out there in the first place, using one of these automated systems can also cause your site a lot of harm. The reason search engines can track this, is because most submission services use the same devices and websites to submit their client’s projects in to. If you need to use one of these services then ensure that they are genuine and aren’t just taking you for a ride, read reviews and find out what they will do for the money.
Search engine submissions- Although there are lots of search engines on the internet very few of them are used regularly. There are only around 30 important search engines, you can also consider searching for specialist directories and search engines which are related to your site. If your site is about travel, then seek out directories related to travel then.
Yahoo – Yahoo is a very important directory, and it’s also one of the hardest to get into, this is because all submissions are reviewed by humans and not machines. You should take your time with your application to ensure that your site gets added as quickly as possible
Closed – You should never submit your site until it is open and working properly. Before submitting you need to ensure that every part of your site works as it should and that there are no spelling mistakes. By making sure you are completely ready for customers it will make it much easier to secure sales and inspire confidence.