Once you have a website, you need to promote it.
Check your web page design
Your website should include interesting and useful content. Use meta tags, titles and headings. Keywords are important, so think about which words you will use on each page. Your code should be HTML compliant - you can check this at: http://validator.w3.org/
Submit your website to major directories and search engines
Google is currently the most popular search engine. Google uses a complex algorithm to determine the 'PageRank' or importance of a web page. For this reason, you should consider submitting your website address (URL) to each of the following search engines and directories:
The Open Directory Project (ODP / DMOZ)
It can take some weeks before your website is 'found' by Google or Yahoo!, or accepted/rejected by ODP.
Web Analytics
Google Analytics is a free tool that allow you to analyse the 'traffic' to your website.
Online Advertising
If you have some money to spare, you could use Google AdWords to create an advert which is shown when relevant keywords are searched.
Other options include Facebook and BTTradespace.com
Email Marketing
Email marketing is the advertisement of a product, service or brand through electronic mail. It is popular as it can be much cheaper than traditional mail marketing, and can reach a wide audience in a short period of time. If it is abused, it can be regarded as spam (emails that are sent to a large number of people with little discretion). Always include an option for people to easily leave the distribution list.
Email Signatures
Whenever you send an email, a few lines of text can be added automatically to the email. These can include contact details and a tag line, advertising your product, service or brand.
Blogging
You can promote your website by writing a short article or blog which can often include a link to your website. Your article should be useful, informative and relevant.
Hopefully these ideas will help to improve the presence of your website on the Internet.
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