Help with promoting my web site

[Marty]

Hi..

I have a problem that I don't know how to solve. Maybe there is someone on this board that can help me by answering some questions.

I have a web site and I have made some sad attempts to get it onto good search engines but failed. When contacting some of the companies that "promises" to have my web site on MSN, GOOGLE, ALTA VISTA etc, they fist require me to sign up, get an account with them etc, etc. All they promise is that there will be "hits" on my web site. In my mind, that could mean a "site generator" software program run by them to visit my site a certain number of times per day...

Questions: If any of you have experience with web promoting or can direct me to a company that will do an honest job for a reasonable amount of money (fees), please let me know.

Is there any way of avoiding the "pay-per-click" fees - they seem like a trap to me.


In other words.. I am totally lost and need all the help that I can get - if any of you guys / gals know how to do this for me - I will be willing to pay for your time.

I have one hell of a good product, a (what I think) really nice web site (http://palominoleather.com) and I know that there are over 250 million people in the US alone - and I can't reach them!!

Marty

[Danzig]

Start by adding to these. MORE INFO NEEDED

meta name="resource-type" content="document"
meta name="Generator" content="palomino Tag Generator"
meta name="classification" content="Arts and Crafts"
meta name="description" content="Handmade leather dog collars, chokers and leads"
meta name="keywords" content="dog, collar, chokers, leads, leashes"
meta name="distribution" content="Global"
meta name="rating" content="General"
meta name="copyright" content="palomino custom leather"
meta http-equiv="reply-to" content="marty@palominoleather.com"
meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="english"

[Danzig]

Also try

http://www.globalserve.net/~iwb/sear...ne/killer.html

I found it here

http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...good+meta+tags

[Marty]

Thanks for the quick response..

One thing: do I enter them on every single web page or just on the Index.htm page??

Marty

[vraiblonde]

Click here

[Danzig]

Do all, also have a page that links back to the main page that has LOTS of text and use the KEY words over and over. (you do not need to link to the page from the site, just have it link to your main page) Also submit the new page with all the text to MSN, GOOGLE, ALTA VISTA etc. You can also make it so the page forwards to your main page in 5 sec.

[Danzig]

Originally posted by vraiblonde
Click here

In September of 2003 we served 2,719,287 pages of information about the Southern Maryland region to more than 80,000 unique visitors from all over the world - people who were specifically looking for information about the area.


Does that count the forums or is that SOMD.COM

[vraiblonde]

Originally posted by Danzig
Does that count the forums or is that SOMD.COM

The forums are part of Somd.com.

[Marty]

Thanks..

I will check up on all leads and, appyday - I will give you a call.

Right now I am getting ready for work - so I'll check in tomorrow.

Thanks again

Marty

[Danzig]

Use tracking software. See how long they stay, and how they got there 10,000 hits are useless if they are just that "hits".

I can get you 12,000 hits an hour and not one customer, what good is that.

I did a site for a guy a few years and he is now #1 in the most of top engines but it took a year or so to reach that point. He has since changed the site and most of my work is gone. I need to call him and tell him to update his meta tags cause the new design left them off.