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how 2 get your web page to come up on search engines?

Question:
My mom has a book she is selling on her web page but when I search for it I cant find it. I had to type the address is manually. The first time I misspelled it by one letter and yahoo still had no idea where i was going. How can I get it listed on search engines?

Answer:
The short answer is that it takes a lot of work and a lot of patience.
1.) Submit the website address to free listing sites. http://submitexpress.com has a tool that submits it to a ton of free search engines.
2.) Make sure the page that has the content on it has lots of keywords. So... if you are selling a book on cooking, make sure the website has content like "cookbook" "cooking book" "books on cooking" etc. Repeat it as much as possible, while keeping the pages relavent.
3.) Make sure the website has meta tags (tags hidden from view that describe the site and have keywords)
4.) Make sure the img tags (hidden text behind pictures) all refer to the keywords.
5.) Get quality links from other related websites. You will actually be hurt by google if you get on these "free link" sites that carry unreleated links and content.
6.) Wait wait wait.

-There are plenty of people and services out there that can help, but be careful, a lot of them charge you a lot of cash for no results.