Optimizing Your Site For The Search Engines
Optimize Your Site For Search Engines, by Margot B So you've
built your web site! Don't submit it to the search engines until
you've given it a tune-up to make it read for the search
engines. With "Net Mechanic" at http://www.netmechanic.com you
will find "HTML Toolbox" that will scan your pages and let you
know about errors before your customers find them. Learn which
meta and title tags are best for your web site. They'll even
insert them into your Web page for you, and check your spelling
as well. Net Mechanic has a search engine starter that will
submit your site to 12 popular search engines. This is their
free sample. To prepare your site for search engine submission
they offer a free sample of their Keyword Popularity Support.
With this program, you'll learn which keywords will get the most
traffic to your site. To test up to five Web pages they offer a
free sample of "HTML Tool- box". You can get a free tune-up.
With this you can repair common HTML errors, find broken links,
get help with HTML tags. You can get a free test [of up to five
pages] of the download time of your site. They offer a free
monthly tune up. Then they will give you, as a free sample, your
search engine ranking in six top search engines and they will
check your rank every week and send a page rank report to you.
HTML Toolbox is safe to use. Their tools won't automatically
change any- thing on your site. All their repairs are on a copy
of yur Web page so that you can download and install when you're
ready. Another item to check is the size of your graphic images.
Few visitors are willing to stare at your blank screen for 10-20
seconds while your graphic images load. With Net Mechanic's free
"Gif Bot" you can reduce your image file size, optimize images,
re-use images, pre-load images. If you re-use the same image on
your web site, such as company logos and navigational menu bars
and icons, site visitors will only have to wait for a single
download; the images are cached on your hard drive and display
immediately. For more detailed information see
http://www.netmechanic.com/news/vol3/ loadtime_no6.htm. You can
get a free evaluation of your site's graphic image size at
http://www.cdmusicstore.com/gifwizard.htm They find the bloated
graphics on your web site and tell you how much they need to be
reduced. They optimize the graphics automatically. Tips for
reducing file size; save your high resolution art at 72dpi. Crop
or shrink graphics. Use fewer than 256 colors for GIFs where
possible. Save JPEG files in 'low' or 'medium' quality. With
http://websitegarage.netscape.com/ in their program "GIF Lube"
you can type in the URL of your site, or the image, and their
technology will immediately compress the image and give you back
the results. If practical, test your site to see how it will
look in different browsers on different machines. If may take
time and money, butit's the only way you can truly see how your
site appears on different browsers. If you make a mistake in
your HTML code, Internet Explorer will presume to know what you
meant, and display it correctly, while in Netscape it may not
show anything but a blank page. Or you can go to Net Mechanic at
http://www.netmechanic.com They'll let you view your site
exactly as it appears on 14 different platform and browser
combinations. This service is reasonably priced. Last, but not
least, Net Mechanic has a free newsletter giving you valuable
Web design and maintenance tips. They have a strict privacy
policy,they will not sell or give away personal information.
About the Author: Margot B mailto:margotb@wonderport.com Web:
http://www.writers.Org-HQ.com Margot B is a writer, editor, and
web site developer. http://websitebuilder4free.Biz-page.com
http://margotsnewsmedia.News-HQ.com