Ranking in Country Specific Search Engines by: webconfs.com

In the world of Search Engine Optimization, Location is important. Search engines like to bring relevant results to a user, not only in the area of keywords and sites that give the user exactly what they are looking for, but also in the correct language as well. It doesn't do a lot of good for a Russian-speaking individual to continually get websites returned in a search query that are written in Egyptian or in Chinese. So a search engine has to have some way to be able to return the results the user is looking for in the right language, and a search engine's goal is also to try and get the user as close to home as possible in the realm of their search results.
Many people wonder why their websites don't rank well in some search engines, especially if they are trying to get ranked in a search engine based in another country. Perhaps they may not even know they are in another country? You say that is impossible: how could one not know what country they are in? It might surprise that individual to find that their website might in fact be hosted in a completely different country, perhaps even on another continent!
Consider that many search engines, including Google, will determine country not only based on the domain name (like .co.uk or .com.au), but also...

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Realistic Search Engine Optimization Expectations by: Jill Whalen

Another trend I've been seeing a lot lately is the creation of content simply for the sake of creating content. What's that all about? SEOs certainly throw the words "good content" around a lot, but why is it that nobody seems to know what that means? We now have a whole cottage industry of companies who will allegedly write "good content" for you. Worse, there's even one that will *rent* you content! Newsflash...good content has nothing to do with the history of your products. Nor is good content a bunch of madlib spam pages where you simply substitute keyword phrases from one page into the other. Good content isn't stuff you write for the search engines.

Good content is unique.
Really and truly unique. It is creative ideas that simply popped into your head which nobody else in your space has thought of yet. The key to good content is creativity. Unfortunately, creativity itself seems to be a dying art. Being creative isn't looking at what your competitor is doing and copying them. It's being a leader, not a follower. It's having your own voice and your own opinions and expressing them, regardless of what others might think. It's pouring your heart and soul into your website, not looking for the next quick fix. And it's (say it with me) making your site the best it can be for your site visitors AND the search engines. It's what's made my site rank highly for the most competitive phrase there is (among thousands of other phrases), and it's what will make your site rank highly for whatever phrases relate to it. But it's not easy, and it's not fast. And it can't be done with the flick of a switch.

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Return of The Metacrawler by: Robert K. McCourty

Not every web site on the Internet can afford professional search engine optimization or can afford to hire a top notch SEO firm to get top ranking. Most academic, scientific, medical and even Governmental databases may not bother with optimization in any serious form, so their respective web sites and pages are unlikely to show up highly in the 'popular' engines. A Metacrawler which has access to these secondary or smaller search engine databases, can sometimes offer a better chance of finding those less popular web pages. Look at it this way: Google brags that it archives over eight billions pages(1) within its index. Probably true, but how many pages of results do you have to dig through to find an obscure reference to a non popular subject? Perhaps hundreds. The advantage of a Metacrawler's approach is access to the rare and obscure, as well as the popular.

Here is a hypothetical example: Let's say I enjoy gardening and have always been intrigued by the fact that roses come in all colors except black. Black roses are rare. I would like more information on how to grow this variety.

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Reinclusion in Google

After you discover that you have been excluded from Google, the first step is to analyze why. You need to know what made them angry with you and correct your mistakes. Check for links to link farms and bed neighbors, for doorway pages and keyword stuffing. It is unlikely that you don't know your own sins.

Next, you have to contact Google with a reinclusion request. The best way to contact them is through their Web form at http://www.google.com/support/bin/request.py. From the options there, choose “I am a webmaster inquiring about my site”. This opens more options. From these options, choose “Why my site disappeared from the search results or dropped in ranking”. When you click the Continue button, a contact form will open.

This Contact form is your reinclusion request. Fill in the fields and above all make sure that the subject: line has the words “reinclusion request”. These words will speed the process a little because they will take the e-mail to the right department. After you submit your inclusion request, there is nothing more you can do than fix your errors (if you have not already done it) and wait patiently for the answer.

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