Help! How do I get more hits on search engines?

[Benedict]

Hi,

Ok, I've installed my forum and added a few hacks. I have a growing and happy community. I would now like the forum to pop up more on the search engines..

I've read stuff on creating site maps etc but I dont know where to start... Would you kindly provide me with a road map of what I need to do please.

E.g

Step 1: Install this hack: hack 1
Step 2: Install this hack Hack 2
etc...

Thanks

Ben

[Zachariah]

- Meta tags, keywords, ect.
- allow guest to view what you want a spider to view.
- make sure there are not tons of errors in HTML code that may stop a spider.
* http://validator.w3.org/

[Benedict]

- Meta tags, keywords, ect.
- allow guest to view what you want a spider to view.
- make sure there are not tons of errors in HTML code that may stop a spider.
* http://validator.w3.org/

Thanx - what's this stuff about site maps i.e. how do i go about installing the software to create them?

[Zachariah]

The best tool to find what you need here is:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/search.php?

Select: vB3.5 Modifications (before search)
(there are 3-4 ver of the forums out there, this will limit your search to VB 3.5x)


There are a few out there.

1)
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=100435&highlight=sitemap

2)
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=93980&highlight=sitemap

[kobescoresagain]

I have looked at some things about google searching which I assume to be the most important search engine. 1 thing it says is to make sure your site description has to do with what your site does. It says that some of these engines look at the first 5-6 words and basis some things off of that. Also get your site out on other members sites. Linking can sometimes bring your ranking up dramtically

[Benedict]

Thanks guys for the feedback. BTW I always use the search feature before I bother anyone with questions :)


Cheers

Ben