[WEB4LIB] Submitting websites to search engines

[Danny Sullivan]

> Clearly they has found the new site, as evidenced by the date, but it is
> still quoting the old url. Infoseek had a similar result, with a slightly
> later date. Maybe there is some procedure that should be carried out at
> our end?? Should I allow more time??

You didn't say if you actually submitted the URL of your new site. If 
you didn't, AltaVista and the others may not find it immediately. You 
should submit it via the various Add URL pages immediately.

Also, your old site will also continue to be listed unless you remove it 
from your server or block search engines with a robots.txt file. Ideally, 
you should redirect traffic from the old site to the new site.

FYI, your new site is listed with AltaVista. Just do this:
url:opus.co.nz

and you'll see your pages. The reason you don't find them when you 
search for "opus international consultants" is because so many pages 
from your old site are relevant for that term that you push your new 
pages down.

You are also listed at Infoseek. The same url: command works there, 
but in your case, it is better to do site:opus.co.nz in order to filter out 
pages from another site with a similar URL.

You and others can find more info at my site, 
http://searchenginewatch.com/

cheers,
danny

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Danny Sullivan 
Editor, Search Engine Watch
http://searchenginewatch.com