Infoseek Search Engine - Submission tips and advices
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     General Suggestions:
 

  • IMPORTANT:Infoseek/Go Network now allows submission of your root URL only. For example, submission of www.mydomain.com/mypage.htm will get truncated to www.mydomain.com after being submitted. Therefore, you MUST create a hallway page linked to from your home page so that Infoseek/Go Network can locate all your important doorway pages!

  • As of December 4th, 1999 up to 67 character domain names can now be purchased versus 23 character domains. This can significantly increase the number of Keywords you can include in a domain name and thereby increase your rankings for those Keywords.

  • It's believed that InfoSeek/Go Network may prefer larger sites with lots of pages. The thinking is that a site with more content will most likely be of greater value to their visitors. Therefore, make sure your site has plenty of content with links to that content from your home page. This content should reside on your web site, though, and not on other sites.

  • Your ranking and the ranking of other sites may be influenced by the link "popularity" of the site. This is determined by how many OTHER Web sites link to your own. The more sites that you can get to link to you, the better!

  • Page popularity on InfoSeek/Go Network has a big influence on your ranking, along with WHERE these links come from and HOW they are linked to your site.

  • Sites that appear in InfoSeek/Go Network category topic generally rank higher for general Keyword searches. Therefore, it's very important to get listed in one or more InfoSeek/Go Network "topics".

  • Obtaining a domain name with your Keyword in it may significantly affect your score. Including the Keyword in a sub-directory name or page name can also help, although not as much. Separate multiple words by dashes, underscores, or slashes in the case of sub-directories. Consider purchasing a secondary domain name for this purpose if ranking well on Infoseek is important to you.

  • Along with using your Keyword at the top of the page, you might consider using your Keyword at least once near the bottom of your page in the Body area. This can help convey an overall "theme" to the page and may improve your score.

  • InfoSeek/Go Network is believed to be case sensitive. If you are not already doing so, consider using upper, lower, and proper case versions of your most important Keywords to increase traffic.

    • InfoSeek/Go Network recognizes synonyms for many words. Try using words that are closely synonymous with your primary Keyword. This may improve your page's relevancy by establishing a page "theme."

    Suggestions for making your page conform closer to the statistical averages
    for top ranking pages (data vary with number of search keywords):
 

* The keyword frequencies means the number of times ANY of the words in the keyword phrase appear on the page, DIVIDED by the number of words in the phrase.
  • A word count from 3 to 5 is suggested for the Title area.
  • A keyword frequency from 1 to 5 is suggested for the Link Text area.
  • A word count from 1 to 262 is suggested for the Link Text area.
  • A keyword prominence of at least 63% is suggested for the Link Text area.
  • A keyword frequency from 1 to 6 is suggested for the Hyperlink Url area.
  • A keyword frequency from 1 to 5 is suggested for the Body Text area.
  • A word count from 282 to 360 is suggested for the Body Text area.
  • A keyword prominence of at least 58% is suggested for the Body Text area.
  • A total frequency from 3 to 16 is suggested for the page as a whole.
  • A total word count from 342 to 506 is suggested for the page as a whole.
  • Note: InfoSeek/Go Network may penalize for having too many Keywords.

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