Site ranking

[Howard Larson]

Was just having a little fun so did some different SE searches using different word patterns for my site(s) and I found that my page here on TeamCircle came up higher than my page on MerchantCricle let alone anyother of the ning sites that I am in.

Look for yourself and see whre you are in the SE's. It can be interesting.

Howard Larson
Larson & Associates
Target Marketing & Telesales Professionals for new account acquisition
Making good businesses great and great businesses even better
847-991-0488
[e-mail]
http://www.geocities.com/larsonassoc1979/1
http://larsonassociates.blogspot.com
http://member.merchantcircle.com/larsonassociates
http://businesswarfare.ning.com/profile/HowardLarson
http://teamcircle.ning.com/profile/HowardLarson

[Lindy Asimus]

Howard that is excellent! And not surprising, you've been dilligent in working it, I've noticed!

Of course the more quality content we get overall, the better it is for us individually too.

The more quality businesses we have represented on TeamCircle too, the better.

Better for SE... but better because we have a great bunch of people to share ideas with and learn from.

Thanks for your contributions, Howard.

[Howard Larson]

I also have a Search Club of 3 friends in which we search for each other on the web each week.

Anyone interested in forming one here?

[Lindy Asimus]

What do they use for search terms, Howard? Not your names I guess - you can set a Google Alert for that..

[John James O'Brien]

Hi Howard, curious to know what you actually search on for such a test. In my own case, subject key words are not particularly effective as the competition is too great from major companies. My company name, my own name work fine. (That's why I always use my middle name as part of my first, along with the "letter" that men a lot in Asia but are really all about differention from all those other guys with the same name).

[Dorinda Duclos-Favors by Dorinda]

This is interesting. I recently added a sitemap (thanks to Angie bringing this to my attention) to my page for both Google & Yahoo. Yep, dopey me didn't realize I didn't have one. In three days, my site's come up anywhere from 2-4 pages higher than before. If you don't have a sitemap, I strongly suggest you get one. It's easy and can be used for both Yahoo & Google, just different validation codes.

What baffles me is how different these two sites index. For example:

I put in the search - baby candy wrappers. On Google I come up on page 3 but on Yahoo I come up on page 7!
Same as with - baby time capsules. I dont show on Google at all yet on Yahoo I am number ONE on page ONE.

I get a headache trying to keep track of these things. Can anyone shed some insight on how our pages are indexed and why it's so difficult to get to page 1?

Dorinda

[Lindy Asimus]

I didn't know candies had babies... ;-)

[Dorinda Duclos-Favors by Dorinda]

oh but they do..they're called mini's ;o]

[Howard Larson]

Did a site map for google with the new site I am in the process of creating, still need to do yahoo, but it is a work in progress, but on track with the building first with temples then Ill get a web designer to rework all the pages.

[Danielle Stirling]

Wow, that is fantastic, congrats on the work paying off! I wish I knew where to begin with my website, I am at a loss, I have actually lost pagerank in the past 6 months, sigh.

[Dorinda Duclos-Favors by Dorinda]

Danielle,

Have you made changes to your site at all? Even the slightest change will be picked up by the search engines. Try making it a point to add content every couple of weeks or so and see if that helps. There are also programs out there (free) such as Google Webmaster and Google Analytics that help you monitor your sites performance.

Dorinda

[Lindy Asimus]

That would be a great How To post, Dorinda. Feel like writing it? ;-)


Lindy

[Dorinda Duclos-Favors by Dorinda]

Sorry I haven't been here lately. Things are a bit whacky here. I'd be glad to. Just give me a couple of days to get my info together.

Dorinda