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Berlin-Bob
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Re: web page
« Reply #1 on: Monday 15 May 06 07:23 BST (UK) » |
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Hi Jim,
to go directly to the page, people need an address.
However, there are web "robots" that constantly crawl around the web, indexing pages for all the different search engines. So if somebody enters something in a search engine, and your page has been indexed for this word or phrase, then the searcher will be given a link to your website.
You can also control this process by adding lines (META-tags) to your web code, to tell the robots not to index this page, or to index this page, but not to follow any links on the page.
Topic: TUTORIAL: Step-by-Step Guide to building your website
7. Extras / What are meta tags?
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,93490.msg444730.html#msg444730
There is also a file robots.txt which can be use to allow or suppress indexing.
hope this helps,
Bob
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Searching for Coleman, Moore, Kallnung in London; Margulies, Remenyi in E. Europe; Ancestors of Hessie Stevenson-Coleman-Baxter (Ireland, 1861) and, of course, any other ancestors for my web-site http://boco.rootschat.net All Census Data included in this post is Crown Copyright (see: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk) |
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Berlin-Bob
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Re: web page
« Reply #3 on: Monday 15 May 06 07:41 BST (UK) » |
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Hi Jim,
you can also register your site with search engines, CyndisList, etc, to get maximum coverage.
There is a topic about this somewhere here, but I'm off to work now.
Bob
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Searching for Coleman, Moore, Kallnung in London; Margulies, Remenyi in E. Europe; Ancestors of Hessie Stevenson-Coleman-Baxter (Ireland, 1861) and, of course, any other ancestors for my web-site http://boco.rootschat.net All Census Data included in this post is Crown Copyright (see: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk) |
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julianb
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Re: web page
« Reply #5 on: Monday 15 May 06 09:16 BST (UK) » |
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Hi Jim,
You can also register your site with search engines, CyndisList, etc, to get maximum coverage.
There is a topic about this somewhere here, but I'm off to work now.
Bob
Jim
I can't find the topic that Bob referred to, but you can register with people like Google, Yahoo plus more specialist sites like RootsWeb, Cyndis List, Kindred Trails, Genealogy.org etc (last two of these are at the bottom of my home page).
Also get your site on to the list of rootschat websites.
BTW, when you check your site in google by searching for a key name in your site, use "search the web" as opposed to your own country.
Good luck (we were all beginners once)
JULIAN
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Essex - Carter, Danns, Mason, Middleditch, Pond, Poole, Rose, Sorrill, Surry, Theobold Kent - Luetchford Nottinghamshire - Baker, Dunks, Woodward, Price, Priestley Suffolk - Rose Surrey - Baker, Bedel, Bransden, Carter, Coleman, Gibbs, Luetchford, Quinton Sussex - Gibbs, Langridge Wiltshire - Brice, Rumble http://genbires.blogspot.com/http://genbires-networking.blogspot.com/Any census info in this post is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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Burrow Digger
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Re: web page
« Reply #7 on: Monday 15 May 06 16:31 BST (UK) » |
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Very nice website it is too. 
I'm listing it here so everyone can get to it easily.
http://bellfamilyscotland.rootschat.net/
I was going to ask if it was a rootschat website.
You can also put the URL in your signature so that everyone here can see it whenever you post.
You just go into your profile, click on the "rootschat profile information" link which is on the left side of your screen, and then down the bottom you will find a space for Research names/areas and a space for a website URL.
The website URL will show up on your profile whenever anyone looks at it.
But if you put the URL in the Research names box, then it shows up everytime you post. Thats called your signature (or siggy).
You can check mine out at the bottom of this post as an example.
Burrow Digger.
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julianb
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Re: web page
« Reply #8 on: Monday 15 May 06 17:51 BST (UK) » |
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Kim
I've just reflected on your original question, and have set out a 6-step campaign to get your website noticed:
How to get your RootsChat site noticed.
Step 1 - prepare the ground
Make sure you’ve got appropriate data on your site that will be noticed by search bots – see this thread http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,93490.msg444730.html#msg444730 about meta tags
Step 2 – tell your best genealogical friends
Add to list of RootsChat hosted websites as at http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,23896.0.html by sending a PM to Biker.
Add your website URL to your RootsChat profile.
Step 3 – spin your web wider
Register your site with some general search engines eg:
http://www.google.co.uk/addurl/?continue=/addurl
http://uk.search.yahoo.com/freesubmit/submit - requires registration (but covers excite and alltheweb also)
http://search.msn.co.uk/docs/submit.aspx?FORM=WSDD2
http://www.ukwizz.com/add-url/index.htm [UK content only]
Step 4 – capture the family history market
Register your site with some key genealogical resource sites:
http://resources.rootsweb.com/~rootslink/addlink.html - for non-RootsWeb hosted sites
http://www.cyndislist.com/submitnewlink.htm
http://surnamesite.com/addalink3.htm
http://www.genealogyportal.com/submit.html
The deal with the following sites is that you are asked to add code to your site in the form of a link:
http://216.71.132.20/listhtml/topsite.html
http://genealogyregister.com/signup.cgi
http://www.genealogy.org/topslist/addsite.asp
http://www.kindredtrails.com/FORM_link.html
Step 5 – Shameless plugging
Indulge in some shameless plugging (Search RootsChat for “shameless plug”, copyright PaulE, and you’ll get the general idea), for example:
Take the opportunity to include hyperlinks to your site (best if they are to a relevant page) in your posts, not just on here but elsewhere eg Genes Reunited and other genealogy message boards
Add your website URL to your profile, if you can, in other genealogy message boards (eg Your family Tree magazine)
Use your website URL on surname boards wherever possible
Step 6 - Keep it moving
Make sure you make changes, even if only minor, to your site on a regular basis. This should increase your noticeability by search engine bots
JULIAN
This post has now kindly been incorporated by Berlin-Bob into Tutorial - step by step guide to building your website - http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,93490.0.html
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Essex - Carter, Danns, Mason, Middleditch, Pond, Poole, Rose, Sorrill, Surry, Theobold Kent - Luetchford Nottinghamshire - Baker, Dunks, Woodward, Price, Priestley Suffolk - Rose Surrey - Baker, Bedel, Bransden, Carter, Coleman, Gibbs, Luetchford, Quinton Sussex - Gibbs, Langridge Wiltshire - Brice, Rumble http://genbires.blogspot.com/http://genbires-networking.blogspot.com/Any census info in this post is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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