Video Quick Tip: Do Google and Yahoo Know you Exist?

I often hear the following statement from dentists that are concerned about their website — “I am not even in Google!” If you have found yourself wondering if you are being noticed by Google or Yahoo! you need to watch this video. Learn how to ensure that you are on Google and Yahoo’s radar.

If you want to ensure that you are in Google’s index watch this video tutorial and see for yourself. If you find that you are actually not in Google’s index, read on. If you see that all of your pages ARE indeed indexed, get cracking on getting results on those keywords by reading this blog and setting yourself or your office assistant into action!

Ok, so if you are reading this part you didn’t see any pages returned when you did the site: command in Google or Yahoo. Don’t panic.

Here are some questions to ask yourself:

1. Is my site brand new? If it is 3 months or older it should be in the index by now.

Remedy: Award your website at least one backlink. A backlink is a link from any other domain on the Internet that is indexed. In other words, it is any other site linking to your site. The easiest way to accomplish this is to post an answer on Yahoo! Answers and drop a link to your website in the “Source” field. You could also post on popular forums and drop a link back to your website. Be careful that you do not SPAM these forums or Yahoo! Answers.

2. Is my site 100% Flash? Although Google has recently announced that it can index Flash… if your stie is 100% built in Flash it could be causing you indexing problems.

Remedy: You should contact an SEO professional and web designer about this. Consider adding an HTML alternative to your website that is SEO Friendly.

3. Have I done anything “shady” with my website that would get me banned? Have you been paying for links? Stuffing your code with keywords? Showing the search engines one version of your site and the visitor another version?

Remedy: You can file a reinclusion request with Google by installing Google Webmaster Tools here and Yahoo here. They will review your claim and make a judgement as to whether to reinclude you in their index.

There are some cases where this can get complicated, if you run into problems you can contact me here or leave a comment and I will be happy to help.

January 11, 2009    Posted in: Video Quick Tips

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