How can I promote my page?
It is not enough just to have your web page on the Internet. We
give you the tools to get your page online but it's up to you
to promote your page. Here are some tips that you might find
useful:
Your Email and CV: You can put the web address of your
personal page in your email signature, and on your CV. This will make
people aware of your page.
Mailing-lists and Newsgroups: One of the simplest ways to
promote your page is to join mailing-lists and newsgroups then
introduce yourself and your web page. That way, people on these
groups will know where to find you when they need you in the future.
Search Engines: This is by far the most important promotion
tool available. It is important because search engines are the primary
tools used by everyone to find pages on the Internet.
UKscreen personal pages are optimised and automatically sent to major search engines.
Therefore, your page should be ranked on the top ten results of search engines.
If your page is not ranked on the top ten of search engines then you should
Improve your page by editing it.
UKscreen pages, however, can't be sent automatically to Web directories like yahoo, looksmart
and others, as these directories are run by humans. Therefore, if you want your page to be listed
on Yahoo and other directories, then you must post it manually, After which a Yahoo personnel will
visit your page and consider it for listing.
UK screen pages that are listed on Web directories receive thousands of hits per month,
So it's highly recommended it. Here are some instructions of how to list your page on major
Directories:
1. Yahoo: By far the most important. Go to yahoo , find your category listing and click on
"Suggest Site" in the bottom of your category page, then follow the instructions.
2. Looksmart: Is very important but not Free. However, you can get listed free on their daughter
site zeal.com . Here you have to be a member first, click on
http://www.zeal.com/users/become_a_zealot.jhtml to join then suggest your page for listing.
3. Open directory: Another important directory. Go to Open directory and click on Add URL
then follow the instructions.
Remember, it's not easy to get listed on these directories, so you must improve your
page before you submit it and follow the submission instructions carefully.
If it's not listed in 3-4 months then try again.
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How can I promote my page?
