Blog and Ping
Every webmaster knows that the free search engines are a
major source of traffic.
They also know that applying all the SEO techniques in the
world will not in itself get their web pages spidered, indexed
and listed. Yes, sure, a "perfect" page, once indexed and
listed will surely rank high for its keywords but unless it
is found by the spiders, it is pretty useless.
It is no secret that the process of a web page being found by
the spiders can be helped by placing links to that web site
on other web sites (e.g. by doing a links exchange with other
web sites, by putting one's URL in one's signature file when
posting on a forum, by writing and submitting articles for
free distribution and placing one's URL in the author's resource
block etc.) All of this will surely work but it can take months
before anything happens. The webmaster has no option but to
be patient and wait...and wait...and wait.
Now there is something very easy and very effective one can
do to speed up this process. Actually, using this method,
will get a web page indexed and listed in less than 48 hours.
And the whole process is controlled by the webmaster. It is
easy, fast in terms of setting it all up and what's more it
is free!
Here is what one does:
- Go to http://www.blogger.com
and sign up for a new account (free - they even host the
blog on their server at no cost)
- Give your blog a name.
- Navigate to 'Settings' and then choose 'Site Feed'
- Check that the 'Publish Site Feed' option is set to 'Yes'
- Copy the 'Site Feed URL' to the clip board (you can paste
is some where .. you're going to use it when you've set
up your my.yahoo account)
- Save your changes
- Navigate to 'Posting' and create your first entry.
- What should you write? Anything, actually - your words
do not make that much of a difference. What is important
is that you add the URL of each page you want listed to
the blog. Remember to add them as live links (to enable
all the spiders to follow them!)
Mmm, you don't know how to do a live link? Here is an
example. Just copy the HTML code
link
to Perfect Party Ideas
Replace the URL with your URL and the description ("link
to Perfect Party Ideas" with your own.
As a suggestion, why not make your blog a log of this
experiment?
- Publish your blog by hitting the 'Publish' button.
Sorry, we're not done yet...
- Now you have to go to http://www.yahoo.com
and open a My Yahoo! account. Just follow Yahoo's very clear
instructions.
- Click on the 'Add Content' button.
- Click the ' Add RSS by URL' link.
- Paste the 'Site Feed URL' you've copied earlier in the
'URL' field and
- hit 'Add'
You have just added your site's news feed to your My Yahoo!
account.
Mmm, you don't know what a news feed is? I've written a document
explaining it all. You can read it
here.
- Last step: go to http://www.pingomatic.com
- Enter your blog's name and URL (similar to mine: http://www.perfect-party-ideas.blogspot.com)
- Select all the services to ping (of which My Yahoo! is
one) and click the 'Submit Pings' button.
- Navigate back to your My Yahoo! account and refresh your
browser.
- Scroll to the bottom of the page where you'll see your
blog's feed appearing.
Your job is done - the spider bait is ready!
Now for a bit of excitement. Start watching your web site's
stat's to see how quickly the spiders find their way to your
web site. You could even throw a free stats counter on your
blog and watch the spiders visiting your blog.
Next step: Play "blog-and-ping" every day or so. More often
if you have the time! Whenever you feel like it, add another
posting to your blog. Remember to throw in some links to specific
pages on your web site.
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