David, thanks for tour very informative reply.

From what you say, the actaul Domain Name is irrelevent for people seraching ... right ?


Regards,

Gerard



>Gerard,
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>>We have just set up a website and I am wondering what to do so that when people search, say using Yahoo,Alta Vista etc, our web page will show up.
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>There are dozens, if not hundreds, of sites that tell you how to optimize your pages, usually using META tags, to place higher in the listings. Most of the sites also tell how to submit your pages to the search engines.
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>I recommend that you find some of these informative sites, study the materials there, and do the job yourself. Resist the urge to try out any of the thousands of sites that say they will do the submissions for you for a price. Most are a rip-off. Some, however, will handle some of the submissions for free, and that can get you off to a simple start, but probably not get you the high placement that you will want.
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>You will have to make the submissions, wait, wait, wait, then check your placements with various keywords that your target customers are likely to use, then tweak, resubmit, wait, wait....
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>A trip to the local Borders Books or your favorite store, will yield a few dozen books on the subject, but you want to supplement those with the freshly-updated info on the better placement sites.
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>A search on Altavista for "search+engine+optimization" yields over 6,000 sites, so you're sure to find something of value.