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Promoting a Genealogy Website |
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Genealogy Family Tree BuilderPrograms | Content | Graphics | PromotePromote Your Web SiteIf you want other genealogy researchers to find your website, you will need to do a little promotion. You've worked hard and you are proud of your web site. Now you would like other genealogists to visit. You can publicize your web site using search engines, web directories, other web sites, surname registries, newsgroups, and mailing lists. Your web site is truly is an effective way to hook up with other researchers studying the same surnames. But now you have to let those researchers know your web site exists. Double CheckBefore you submit your site to any of the registration pages, conduct a thorough check of your web sites. You can check for Browser Compatibility, Link Validity, Load Time, Search Engine Readiness, Spelling, HTML Design at the validator WebXACT or Site Inspector . Submit each page separately. In addition,
Submit Your URLA web site will not automatically show up in the search engines unless the URL (your web site address) has been submitted to the search engine. You may want to type up a brief description of your site, and save it on your word processor so that you can copy and paste into description fields. Also, it is more reliable to copy and paste your URL and e-mail address to be sure that you are entering it correctly. Before you submit your URL to the search engines, you may want to add META tags to your pages to help some search engines categorize your page. Search engine submission pages:
Genealogy and Surname Submission SitesYou may also wish to submit your pages to genealogy and surname registry sites.
E-Mail SignaturesIt is not considered good "netiquette" to advertise your page by posting an e-mail message that contains only your URL to most mailing lists or newsgroups. There is one mailing list set up just for the purpose of advertising your URL. New-Gen-Url has over 1000 genealogists just waiting to hear about your new web site. In addition to your URL, be sure to post your main surnames and their geographic location and any original content that you may have added to your page. This is also the place to post changes and additions to your web site.
It is perfectly acceptable when sending a legitimate post to a mailing list or newsgroup to add your web site URL to your signature - in effect advertising your web site. Many people promote their web site effortlessly by adding the URL of their web site to the signature they use when sending e-mails to genealogy mailing lists and usenet posts. For a list of genealogy mailing lists, go to Genealogy Mailing Lists. Some mail programs allow you to automatically append a signature to every e-mail you send. |
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