Search Engine FAQ

1. What do I gain from registering with search engines?
2. What is a title?
3. What are keywords?
4. What is a description?

1. What do I gain from registering with search engines?
   It's a proven way to help increase traffic to your website. It's not magic though - you won't get a 1000 hits to your website overnight! What this will do is increase the odds of interested visitors and/or prosective customers finding your website when they enter relevant keywords in any of the hundreds of search engines on the internet today.
   
   
2. What is a title?
   The title is the words that appear at the very top of your browser when you visit a webpage - the words that are in the frame of the window that contains the buttons that minimize, maximize, or close the browser. Here is the title for this web page:
   
   
   
   Now, the words that make up your title can be an advantage in the battle for search engine placement, so don't just use a title like "Welcome to ABC, Inc." A descriptive title such as "ABC, Inc - producers of quality widgets" is much more effective.
   
   
3. What are keywords?
   Keywords are the words and phrases that searchers use to find websites related to the subject they are interested in.
4. What is a description?
   A description is an important part of the process of search engine placement. A concise, accurate description will increase your chances of appearing high in a results list of a searcher.