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Old January 29th, 2003, 11:48 AM
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Post Search Engines - How they work...

So how do these things work? If I wanted to get my web site at the top of the list when searching for something....how does that work?

Also, what if I wanted a specific description, not just a snippet of the web site. For example:

I get this:

My Site
This is where a snippet of the web site info goes...

I want this:

My Site
This is where my description that I choose goes...



Does that make sense?



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Old January 29th, 2003, 01:02 PM
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If I wanted to get my web site at the top of the list when searching for something....how does that work?

makes sense. cannot be done. donīt try to fool them, your ranking will be reduced or you will even be banned.
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My Site
This is where my description that I choose goes...

you can supply a <meta name="description"> tag, but many search engines just ignore it.
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Old January 29th, 2003, 02:28 PM
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makes sense. cannot be done. donīt try to fool them, your ranking will be reduced or you will even be banned.


I wasn't trying to fool them....I was just wondering if there was a way to do that. Apparently not.

Thanx for your help.

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Old January 30th, 2003, 12:55 AM
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One i forgot: for some search engines, you can pay for a better ranking...

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