This is basic SEO stuff, but thought i’ll mention it here, cos i see “SEO”s on certain forums claim doing it the wrong way.
Getting indexed in Google is one of the basic steps to your SEO jeourney.
But why Google? Why not Yahoo and MSN?
- Yahoo doesn’t award page ranks.
- Yahoo is not Google.
Okay silly reasons there, but i know you’ll agree with me that getting your blog/site optimised with Google is what all of us are working at day and night.
And when you have a new site, is it really possible to get indexed by Google in 24-48 hours? Yes possible.
Getting indexed by Google means basically getting into their directory - introducing your site to Google by that one first hand shake.
You may already be knowing that adding your url to Google is the easiest way to do it. Google recommends it too and then who challenges?Google gives you the option of submitting your url to it, so that the next day you can get listed on it’s search for a particular term(keyword).
Well, this isn’t actually the best way to do it.Sure it’s one of the easiest ways. To submit your url and wait for Google ti index it but not necessarily the BEST one.
As google says - there is no guarantee the submission will be done in this method. My idea is that if you are a wise SEO, then you don’t go for guaranteeless options/services. There are many such services ironically. But being smart is to get around these and find the smart way through.So my recommendation is NEVER add your url to Google by submitting your site.
Why? Think of it this way.When you meet someone, is it better that your common friend introduces you to him or you beg for his attention?
Definitely the first one right? If you have a common friend, he’ll introduce you to the person - because your friend is his friend and there is the trust factor that comes in.
Similarly, to get introduced to Google, don’t beg for it’s attention(by submitting your url and waiting for a guaranteeless possibility) but ask your friend who knows google well to introduce you to it. In simple words - Get a link from already indexed site to yours. And i guarantee Quality indexing!
Here are the advantages of Quality Indexing.
- You will get indexed to googles directory as it will follow to your site/blog from the link - this is weighed more.
- You get automatically linked once when a google robot follows the link - no desperate wait.
- Guarantee results in less time.
How to get incoming links to a new site/blog
Remember for a new website, getting a link from a PR2 or PR3 site wouldn’t be a problem.Just ask someone.Write an email,shout on forums etc.It may sound a bit awkward, but remember - only a crying baby get’s the milk.
I recall that my first link to this blog was from Lyzazel’s blog. Today his blog is at PR2 while i’m at PR4.So today i’m linking back to him(Lyzazel) and i’m grateful to him.(See blogroll)
If you are unlucky just join the list of those forums that help you add a signature link to your profile.(http://www.forums.digitalpoint.com, http://indian-webmasters.com)
Another way is to buy links - this is the expensive way so it’s upto you to take up.You may buy incoming links from www.linkbrokers.com or www.text-link-ads.com or www.linkadage.com.
But make sure that you don’t submit your url to google, as it will not give you this advantage of more PR. Sure it will get you indexed in 3-4 days but for the next google update, if google finds that it’s “friend” introduced you to it (through a link) - then you are likely to get a higher PR.
Got a doubt on SEO? Post it to me HERE. I'll try and answer it asap. :) -- Mani
Thanks its help me alot.www.gobananas.in
Thanks I think I do what you recommended I launched an online learning center for ielts and keep my fingers crossed.
thanks I think i’ll do as you said
Hi there
Thanks for the advise. I have been trying for a while now to get my site indexed,but no luck yet. Hope this will work.
Keep up the good work.
I’m sure this will work Karin.
Do keep me posted.
Cheers!
Mani
Hi Mani,
This was a very useful information for me. Thanks for posting such useful informations for beginners and the ongoing SEOs. Hope to here from you lot
-Monsia
Hi Mani
nice information. easy to follow.
-saleel
saleel’s last blog post..Sensex hits 900 more points
nice article. Thanx Mani.
Excellent advice Mani, thanks!
Thank you for the good advice on SEO.
hi ,good work
good article. well done and thank a lot.
Great advice! Thanks for the help.
Hi Mani
i created an ipl highlights blog on blogspot and linked to it from my Cricket Blog (via blogroll and a blog post) though my cricket blog has PR 4, my ipl highlights blog has not been indexed completely by Google??
site search returns 0 results
has my blog been sandboxed??
pls help me
Regards
Maverick
Maverick, which is the PR4 cricket blog? I have a few questions for it before I decide why it is not indexing. Well, if you are ready for 30 bucks, I;d suggest you buy out an ad from a well crawled authority site. PR isn’t everything sometimes you know.
hi mani
i have a cricket blog with PR4 - (site a), i create a new blog - (site b) and link to it from site a, but still only 1 page of site b was crawled by google & the site search returns 0 results for site b,
now you are telling me that the backlink from site a which had a PR of 4 will not help site b to get fully indexed?
Yes. Site a having a PR4 does not mean everything. There are other factors too that goes into it. If you’d let me know the URL of site A, I can probably give you a better answer.
I didn’t have a problem getting my new site indexed even though I submitted my site to Google…. trying to get a good SERPS is a different story though… new site impatience is setting in!!
thanks for the information……….
a good starter ……………
My blog was getting indexed virtually every time I wrote a post. It was set up in March. Then, since April 30, Google suddenly decided to stop indexing my posts. Is there any obvious reason you can think of why this happened? I tried contacting Google and am still waiting for an answer.
Michael, I may have to dig more into your site to find that out. I hope you checked the google webmasters tools for your indexing frequency. If it says no indexing since April 30, there must be something interesting. Did you do any changes to the site structure since April 30?
Great tips! I’m going to subscribe to your feed.
thanks for he tips.. im also trying some other seo tips on how to get my gossip blog indexed..
Nice article. I like that your blog contains a lot of good content and useful information. Though, I question, does exchanging links with blogs with a lower PR than your blog decrease your blog’s PR?
Thanks In Advance.
Wishing Success 4 U,
Chris, Top Performer with Mentors 4 U.
http://myinternetbusinessonline.wordpress.com
thanks for the info mate. this seo stuff is a mine field.
Great information. I am new with SEO and I am following your tips.
I believe submitting sitemap in webmaster central also expedite the indexing of new pages.
~Sahil
Great info.. I found this blog by chance.. Really you are giving out cool tips.. And I might need your help..later
I’m currently using some of these tips on my new blog!
Any suggestions for mine specifically? If you don’t have time its fine. Thanks a bunch and GREAT work on your articles!
Thanks for the nice tips dude!!
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Hi Mani
In your post you mentioned “In simple words - Get a link from already indexed site to yours.” If somehow I could get a link from already indexed sites, where would I put their links? I’m using blogger platform by the way..
Sorry, I’m really new to this. Backlinks and links exchange really confuses me until now because I just don’t know where to put it in my blogger.
Hoping for your reply Mani
Thanks and more power!
Bobby
Bobby, you needn’t put their link on your site (unless your friend is keen on it) but the idea is to get a one-way link from an already indexed site. If he wants the link on your site, then put it at the regular places, sidebar etc. Doesn’t give him any advantage as your site is not indexed now.
Hi Mani, thank you for the quick response
I’m sorry but what do you mean by “one-way link”?
Do you mean by getting a link from already indexed site is to ask them to put my URL to their blog and not their URL to my blog?
Thanks again Mani
Exactly Bobby. You got it.
Thank you very much Mani!
You just made a stupid blogger like me less stupid
Now I’m learning little by little one at a time
Once again thank you
I got the incoming link from LyZazel website but still my website is not indexed in google.Please help me out.
Thanks in Advance.
Regards
Surendran
http://infovidhyalaya.blogspot.com
Mani, Not getting this Site ” http://indian-webmasters.com “, is the URl is Correct ?.
Nice tips and thanks a lot..
nice tips and my doubts i asked u in the blog camp is cleared fully.
Thanks a lot for the information! Our site, Postcard Planet has really taken off in ranking since we’ve applied some of these methods! From 27 mil to 4.1 mil in less than a month!
Am glad it helped you Scott. All the best.
Myself and a few others have been playing around with the effect of inclusion (embedding) of video in blog postings and have had some pretty remarkable results, including the ability to get a blog which is brand new to be indexed and to rank in a matter of hours. One of the experiments is outlined here:
Another Trick, 100% legal and Very Effective.
Create an account in Addons.Mozilla (http://addons.mozilla.org), edit profile, Fill the Website field.
Download/Use any of the popular Addon, Submit your Review.
:)
You got it Anish, in fact you can even try it with any popular social bookmarking tools like delicious or a front page digg :-p
Mixx, Stumbleupon, Reddit are Other good Options.
what do you do when you’ve submiited for google already?
hey Mani, am i doing it correctly? can u help me see if im ranked?
Knox, yea there are 38 pages of your site indexed on Google already.
Knox,
Search Google for the Indexed pages
” Site:http://knoxious.net ”
For back Links Search Google
” Link:http://knoxious.net “
hey Mani thanks so much for checking it for me!
this site is wonderful
Dear Mani,
I am an SEO starter professional and I need some suggestion from you about creating Google Sitelinks.
Please suggest me some strong and performing ways of letting Google create Sitelinks for any particular website.
Kindly reply me at :
arya@infotainmentcenter.com
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