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Can anyone give any pointers as to how to get a website listed on the internet. This is off topic a bit but I have been battling this for two weeks. Built the site in synthasite, and is complete but does not show up on any search. Some of you guys have websites that are easily accessible. Thanks for your help. Feel free to PM.:confused:
it isnt just gonna show up in search it takes some time for that to happen
have you set it up through google yet so in time it will show up in searchesQuote:
Originally Posted by tntjigman
Post up your website so we can look at it! Once people start looking it might be easier to get it to come up.
It is Placeholder Page . I did all the google business. Although confusing, I think I pushed all the right buttons!!
It does take some time once you upload it before it is populated in search lists and you need to add good keywords. Sent you a PM, may be able to help ya a bit. - AtticaFish
Okay, when I typed in the name in the previous post... why did placeholder page pop in ??? The name of the site is one word "crappie crippler .com"
Not sure why that text would change... Is your site brand new, I went to it and was nothing but a blank page?
did you launch your website through synthasite
Atticafish, I sent you a PM. Thanks for your time.
Placeholder Page
Crappie Crippler
When you post the URL substitute Crappie Killer for Placeholder page. Do it in the preview page, can do it in the edit page I believe.
you gotta pay to be in the top search engines...i use to pay $99.99 a year but now i dont even worry about iti just tell people and people tell more people
It is hard to get included into search engines in any way if you use a free domain and hosting service... has to do with being redirected to their dedicated server instead of one setup for your domain. You can spend around $100.00/year for a domain/hosting service and you will show up on a search that includes your keywords and meta tags.Quote:
Originally Posted by CrappieKillerJigs
You can spend more $$ (much or little as you want) to be at the top of the list or on the side when your keywords are searched. Cost goes by number of times you want to show up on the top a day and per click to your site
PM me if anyone else needs some info, my job is in graphic design and I make websites on the side. - AtticaFish
"tntjigman" can't view your website - do you have it published on a 24/7 hosting computer?
Like "AtticaFish" says, $100 or less a year should get you domain registration, a basic site building tool, and hosting. It took my site about half a year to show on search engines back in 2005. One trick for (free)search engine recognition is to maximize the use of your desired key words & phrases in your title and site text. For example if you want your site to be shown in a Google for "crappie jigs" use that phrase as much as possible. "SiteStudio" provided by "Stepping Stone Hosting" allowed me to build & maintain a functioning website that gets (free)top ranking on a Google search. Works for me but I can't compare with other hosting services. Our public library was a good source of reference material for getting started.
Edit: ditto "AtticaFish" - avoid "free" hosting services.
One more tip I forgot about... may be a help to you guys with lots of picts of jigs to get ranked better on a search. Make sure to name your pictures with a name relative to your site, not the number sequence your camera gives it. Search engines also rank by number of times a keyword or phrase is written on page, this includes names of picts. Maybe name your picts... "crappie jig 01" or "feather jig 01" or "hair jig 01" This way any time these words are searched, your site will have the words alot of places!!
There are other tricks, but I won't get into all of them. Some do work, but some are not looked upon well by the engines, so you can possibly get blacked balled by them for a while.
You get what you pay for even with web sites, feathers, etc. Makes no difference in what you want, but what you pay makes a huge difference.
I pay for my web site and don't allow any advertising on it from anyone. I don't want my customers seeing pop up ads, search spots, banners, etc. I think it just being cheap to sell out for someone else to pay for your web site. I want my customers to feel good about looking at my site Ad free so nothing to bother them.
I pay more than $100 per year for sure, but I take no ad money from anyone and I don't depend on any money from outside sources. I think my web site cost me a little under $40 per quarter ($30 something), but I am not totally sure since my wife pays the bills I don't see it after making the deal.
Just to make a point I just got some quotes from a feather company and it went something like this...
Loose Marabou 1"-4" per pound is $17.
Blood Quills 3"-6" (I think) or so was close to $43.
Strung Neck Hackle 3"-4" was like $40 something per pound and 4"-6" was $87 per pound.
So no matter if it feathers, web site, or what ever you get what you pay for and to go on the cheap side will cost you in the long run IMHO!
Skip
Thanks for all of the input gentlemen. I appreciate the tips and tricks and your time spent trying to walk me through this! The infomation is confusing at times, but with a little patience maybe I will get this figured out. Thanks to all of you!
Came right up when I tried it
Fatman
OK, was able to access the site. Good start, I've used a Paypal cart for years with no problems. Pics seem to load unusually slow tho on my XP IE7 system.
skip is right...you get what you pay for.... i think im up to paying $380 a year for my new website and let me tell you before i knocked some stuff off of it....it was around $520 a year...paypal is okay but there is much better stuff where you dont have to pay as many fee's
CKJ... What is your site address and where are you getting your site from, hosting and domain regestration? Seems like alot of money compared to what I've set up for people. I know domain registration is where alot of people get nailed to the wall. I have heard of people paying $100+ for a simple domain and the ones I order are $9.99/year.Quote:
Originally Posted by CrappieKillerJigs
i only payed $10 a year for my domain but my brother in law runs my site and is updated every day with up to date fishing on the local lakes...witch the new site isnt done yet but should be soon if i can get his @$$ in gear...if not i might be contacting you if you would want to build a site but i would have to ship you around 500 or so jigs to take pics of for the site but i would let you keep them
but i pay him $200 a year to do all the work on the site witch makes the site run me about $340-380 a year
For a site administrator to be updating that much, that sounds like a good price to me. Was thinking you ran your own site and that was your starting cost!
Yeah, I'm always willing to quote out a price, but also don't want to cause a rift in the family by taking money away from them... if ya do need anything, let me know. - AtticaFish
I did my own through Yahoo business. Costs me $12.00 per month. You can get your own .com domaine name. You are invited to look at it and get some ideas. fishin4crappie tips, CD's and jigs - Home
My website is finally up and running! I appreciate all of the tips and hope you will have a look and give me some more advice on how to improve it. Not yet picked up by Google or Yahoo, but will work if you type into your browser Crappie Crippler Jigs . Thanks again guys! I received more help from this forum than I did from the tech support!
hey Tnt you can make some pretty cool banners for your website using Cool Text: Logo and Graphics Generator and ill find you some more stuff to give your website alil flash
You could include:
1. Hook brand & size options per item
2. Your shipping policy & details
set a flat shipping rate....like shipping will be $3.00 up to 12 dozen
also to take up less space you can do the jigs is come in these color....just post a pattern and offer it in other colors also but dont add pics for every color since this will take up all your website space just let them know what colors they are and post a diff color jig in other patterns so they can see what that color looks like...
Travis,
I just sent you two emails. Hope that helps some.