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wildfang
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Dear all
I've read the excellent advice as provided by the usual suspects on this topic.
...but I wonder how long it takes for crawlers to do their thang.
I submitted my url to Google only a week ago and, not surprisingly, it is not there yet when I search rush-grimwood or rush grimwood. HOWEVER, what is curious is that my RC profile and links to some of my postings ARE there!
I only submitted url to the others search engines/sites yesterday/today, so not expecting anything from these yet
WF
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Grimwood, Rush, Rush Grimwood, Grimwood Rush, Hardy, Hickman, Pattenden
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Gadget
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It takes a while. I think I got Cyndi's list first, followed by Yahoo and then Google.
Rootschat still the best referral though 
Gadget
Ps - I presume Julian and PaulE have mentioned 'shameless plugging' <copyright PauleE>
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julianb
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Portrait of the genealogist as a young man
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Dear all
I've read the excellent advice as provided by the usual suspects on this topic.
...but I wonder how long it takes for crawlers to do their thang.
I submitted my url to Google only a week ago and, not surprisingly, it is not there yet when I search rush-grimwood or rush grimwood. HOWEVER, what is curious is that my RC profile and links to some of my postings ARE there!
I only submitted url to the others search engines/sites yesterday/today, so not expecting anything from these yet
WF
Did you search on "pages from uk" or "the web"? My resuts are better on the web - because Rootschat FH sites are a ".net" rather than a ".uk".
But it might take a while for google to crawl your site. By the sound of it, they haven't yet. Don't worry, it will all start happening soon
It takes a while. I think I got Cyndi's list first, followed by Yahoo and then Google. Rootschat still the best referral though Gadget Ps - I presume Julian and PaulE have mentioned 'shameless plugging' <copyright PauleE>
Yes, thank you, Madam G 
I have not mentioned it directly, but if you read Section 12 of Bob's tutorial, you will have come across the concept. In simple terms it is a case of pointing RootsChatters (or others elsewhere) to a part of your site.
For example you might say in a post:
"I have Rush's from Hitcham in Suffolk but they moved to Hornchurch in Essex. If you are interested, you can read more about this on my RootsChat FH site here - http://rush-grimwood.rootschat.net/ind240.html [shameless plug copyright Paul E]"
QED
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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SarahH
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My Great x2 Grandfather William Levi Hector
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I've had my site 3 months and noticed today that it pops up as the 2nd link on a google search for 'Hector Family Tree'. It takes a while but it'll get there.
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HECTOR - Brigstock, Stanion, Higham Ferrers ROB(B)INS - Hartwell, Northampton WILSON - Northampton, Bedfordshire LOVERIDGE - Towcester FLETTON - Benefield, Higham Ferrers IRONS - Northamptonshire RIDYARD - Middlesex, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire My Website: http://robinshector.rootschat.netCensus information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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downside
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Wildfang
It is advisable to have a couple of lines in the <head> section of your code like the example below:
<META NAME="description" CONTENT="The family history of Hector and Robins and related surnames.">
<META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="Hector, Robins, Robbins, William Levi, Curriers, Family History, Genealogy, Hale, Newman, Wheyment, Wilson, Loveridge, Bailey.">
</head>
This is taken from SaraH's webpage. Web crawlers will look for these magic lines and index them accordingly.
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Sussex: Floate, West
Kent: Tuffee
Cheshire: Gradwell
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julianb
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Wildfang
It is advisable to have a couple of lines in the <head> section of your code like the example below:
<META NAME="description" CONTENT="The family history of Hector and Robins and related surnames.">
<META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="Hector, Robins, Robbins, William Levi, Curriers, Family History, Genealogy, Hale, Newman, Wheyment, Wilson, Loveridge, Bailey.">
</head>
This is taken from SaraH's webpage. Web crawlers will look for these magic lines and index them accordingly.
downside
Alternatively, you can actually have the key surnames on your homepage - this works for me.
It's a matter of choice - but Downside is right - the crawlers have to find something to get you up the search ranks.
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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