[WEB4LIB] Re: Submitting websites to search engines

[Dianna M Roberts]

Danny,

Thanks for the info. However, the site that AltaVista and Infoseek find when
I search on the url is not our newest site, but an earlier version. I did
submit the site and asked to have the old (and even older) one removed but
nothing has happened as yet. Perhaps they had too good a Christmas and/or
New Year?! I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and wait a little longer
before trying again. A reply from another Web4libber, Jim LaPaz, recounted a
similar experience  with their new site taking over a month to appear on
major search engines.

Regards,
Dianna

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Dianna Roberts, Manager TeLIS (The Library & Information Service)
Opus International Consultants, P O Box 12004, Wellington,
NEW ZEALAND Ph. 0064-4-4717250     Fax. 0064-4-4731075
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: web4lib at webjunction.org
> [mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of Danny Sullivan
> Sent: Wednesday, 6 January 1999 13:00
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: Submitting websites to search engines
>
>
> > 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
>
> -----------------------------------
> Danny Sullivan
> Editor, Search Engine Watch
> http://searchenginewatch.com
>