Home page no longer found by google.

roeskej wrote on 1/16/2008, 6:51 PM

My site and domain are no longer found by serach engines like google. Whats the point of having a site if no one can search and find it! Before I switched to magix it was found by google....why and how can I fix this?

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Lazerboy wrote on 1/17/2008, 4:27 AM

Hi,

if your page will not be found it has not to do only with the provider (in this case Magix). The crawlers of search engines work simple, but change "system" from time to time.
To be found there are some simple rules - these have nothing to do with Magix.

- make sure that have you used Keywords in the option dialog for the website
- make sure that you are linked from other websites. As more different website link on your website, as higher you will be in results

There are more things you could do (SEO), but these are the first very simple rules.....

ralftaro wrote on 1/18/2008, 6:18 AM

I second what Lazerboy wrote. Keep in mind that search engine ranking optimization is a science in its own right. Especially professional websites employ specialists that are exclusively devoted to ranking optimization. Beyond filling out the keywords and description fields in Website Maker, which will be transferred into the appropriate HTML meta tags on your published website, your website's results also depend on external factors, e.g. the number of websites linking to your site and the status of those referrals. You could also manually submit your website's URL to some search engines and web directories to get things going. There are (free) auto-submission services that will help you to bulk submit your URL to a high number of directories. Some of them are a little fishy, though. If you use one of them, make sure to use a dummy e-mail address, as you *will* receive spam...