Thanks, this stuff is very helpful.

>Based on my modest experience I think, carefully picked keywords and description METAs matter.
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>Then you may place Google Search text box on your page(s). In indirect way you inform of your web site existence.
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>Also register with Google AdSense to allow the Google place dynamic ads on your pages. Do not use frames, make sure that any link on your web site brings visitors (and bots) to exact destination, no ambiguity.
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>It's good to have links to your web site from well-established web sites. Either trade links or create a terrific content :)
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>Well, at some point your concern will become too many hits from bots :)
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>inktomisearch.com comes with 1..20 hits per ip from hundreds of ips 68.142.2%
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>crawl-...googlebot.com uses much less number of ips 66.249.6%, but this guy may come after you comparatively hard, like a thousand hits in an hour from a single ip.
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>msnbot.msn.com comes from 207.46.98.% and behaves mostly like Google's one with even less number of ips.
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>There are some other bots around:
>x1crawler1-1-0.x-echo.com
>5a-o04-a1.data-hotel.net
>sv-crawlfw3.looksmart.com
>...
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>Not every bot behaves like a decent bot should behave, for example respects ROBOTS.TXT file.
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>There are some techniques like 301 redirect that I've heard of but :) did not use so far.