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Tips on Promoting a site?

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  • 22-01-2002 9:36pm
    #1
    mountdaisy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭


    Any one got any real tips on how best to promote a web site? With little or no cost!


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    #2
    BioHazRd
    Registered Users Posts: 2,088 ✭✭✭BioHazRd


    registering with the major search engines is always a good start. Also see if there are any sites that are similar to yours and try and work out a banner exchange deal eg. you will mention their site on yours and vice versa.

    Good luck


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    BioHazRd
    Registered Users Posts: 2,088 ✭✭✭BioHazRd


    Sorry, but I should have pointed out that the above should cost practically nothing :o


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    Kali
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,601 ✭✭✭Kali


    download a program like webposition gold or similar.. they analyze your html, and mark it in a similar way that search engines do.. then gives pointers on how to improve rankings for various search topics. it also automates the search engine submission process as well... i found it damn handy anyway in the past.


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    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    SPAM!:D

    Register with www.yahoo.com and www.dmoz.org Visit http://pw1.netcom.com/~pohallor/ireland/direct1.htm, www.addme.com, type add a link directories into a search engine pref google.

    Finally use your url in your sig!

    Mike.


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    peterd
    Registered Users Posts: 258 ✭✭peterd


    If you're looking to promote e.g. the site in your site, I would first hit the Irish search engines (there are about 15, www.indexireland.com www.browseireland.com ... ), and make sure you get listed under all the Regional>Mayo listings.

    Use world-renowned search engines (www.google.com www.yahoo.com) and type in keywords you want your site to get listed on. Visit the 1st page / 2 of sites and see if you can get link exchanges going w/ these sites.

    Post to Mayo related forums (if any) or even Irish tourist forums, and be sure to leave your sig+link to site. DON'T promote your own site in a post (regarded as self advertising) but try to be really helpful to people, giving your sig a better status.

    Being a directory, maybe ask your listee's to link back to you. Make it as hassle-free as possible to encourage your linkage. Copy+Paste HTML seems to work well and give several options of banner styles/sizes and plain text links. This can be a very effective means of traffic building, as your site becomes the centre of attention, and the "Mayo Sites" be all and end all.


    /ooops, I've said too much


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    #7
    mountdaisy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭mountdaisy


    Good tips thanks to you all!
    :p


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