Building traffic from free search engines for a new web site is very difficult, since there are too
competitive. Beside, the site that have been indexed earlier may have been building link popularity
that make them owning high PR (page rank) that contributes in search engine placement. If it does
so, then big efforts is needed for new site to get listed well.
One of the most important steps is choosing search engine friendly web hosting. This will makes your
site easier to be indexed by search engine. So, what is the criteria?
1) Dedicates IP address for you. Having your own IP address will avoid misuse of IP address for Spamming
of any sites that have the same web hosting with you. The consequence of spamming is your web site
will not be indexed by search engine. You did not make the fatal mistake but, another client makes
it. But, you get the penalties. So, ask your web host service to provide IP address for you. If they
do not provide it, then leave it.
2) Running 24/7 is a must. Your server have to run 24/7. Too much downtime on your server will cause
both human visitors nor robots can not find your url. This will cause your url not being indexed by
search engines. And the bad thing is you have to start from 0 to start building traffic for your site
from search engine.
3) Provides you access to log file. Log file is very important for you, especially in SEO-ing your
web site. With this log file, you can track from where the visitors coming from, what is the keyword
they typed to find your site and from which search engine they come from. You can read the details
in this log file, including day, date, time and even you can track the region of visitors. Why this
is so important because, by knowing these information, you can develop and re-optimize your web page.
4) Get your url linked on their site. Ask them if they give you bonus, like placing a link to your
site as a new client. This is so important because your site is new comer and needs promotion to be
indexed by search engines. Getting your url listed on other site will much help you.
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