How do I get my blog published and/or drive traffic to it?

[Rick Lee]

I just added my blog URL to my signature here. How do I get it to show up in search engines? I don't want to post on other blogs just to drive traffic to mine, but if that's the only way, I guess I'll do it. Any ideers?

[trekkor]

"Meta tags".

open your site. click 'view' on your browsers pull down menu and click 'source'.
The "meta content" is a large part of what the robotic search engines 'see'.

Click on my site and view the source. You'll see what I mean.

Then enter "tile napa" in Google and see the pay off!


KT

[Rick Lee]

Thanks, but I don't see how any of that gets me listed in search engines or explains how to do so.

[trekkor]

The search engine will 'find you'.

They will find the keywords you edit into the background of your web page's code.


I did *nothing* but what I told you to get top ranking.


KT

[Rick Lee]

Viewing the source of your and my blogs and searching for yours in Google doesn't tell me how to get my blog found by search engines. How do I do that? Am I supposed to edit something in the source?

[trekkor]

Bingo!

Yes, edit the source.

Add keywords that you think people searching would type in, if you wanted them to find you.


Did you see the words I used?

Also, it takes time. My site has been up for several years.
Like I said, the "robotic search engine" spiders will find your 'meta tags'.


KT

[trekkor]

Look at the 'source' on home pages you visit to get some ideas.


KT

[trekkor]

Some people even mis-spell common search words to catch everyone.

"Porshe", for example.

Have you ever searched Craig's list or E-bay fro 'secret ads'?
You'll only find them if you mis-spell.

It goes both ways.

Pretty hard to mis-spell "tile"



KT