Weekly
Exercise 23a:
Read all of the steps before you
begin
- Visit the following sites and review the information on adding your site to a search engine.
- Google
- Yahoo Search
- Yahoo Directory
- MSN Search
- Visit the Google site - Webmaster Guide
- Review the Webmaster Guidelines
- Review - Cloaking, sneaky Javascript redirects, and doorway pages
- Do a search on the internet for "SEO"
- Visit two sites and read about Search Engine Optimization.
Now for the fun part:
- Write a summary post for you blog about what you have just researched.
- Discuss the practice of adding your site to a search engine. Does it work? Do you pay? How often do you need to do it? ??
- How
useful did you find the Google Webmaster Guide? What programs/features
does Google have that you might now be interested in? Will you sign up
for any? Is Google all you need to know about?
- Pick two points/ideas/suggestions from the Google Webmaster Guidelines and comment on them.
- In your own words tell your readers what "Search Engine Optimization" is.
Briefly discuss one area of SEO.
- For more bells
and whistles you might want to add links or images to support your discussion.
- When
you have made sure everything works
email the instructor.
Include
in the subject - Weekly Exercise 23a Completed.
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