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IceWarm
Joined: Dec 22 2008
Location: Breckenridge, Colorado
Posts: 1691
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What is the best way to promote a web site? Back when I made game review sites back in the early 2000's I just submit them to search engines. What other kind of ways are there to promote a web site? Any info would be appreciated, thanks.
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 "Anybody who ever built an empire, or changed the world, sat where you are now. And it’s because they sat there that they were able to do it."
"Fighting in a basement offers a lot of difficulties, number one being, you're fighting in a basement."
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Ross Rifle
Title: Rock N Roll God
Joined: Oct 29 2006
Location: Chilliwack, BC
Posts: 4844
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I can go write it all over my town if you want 
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Eddie_Hyde
Title: Ernie with the Disposal
Joined: Apr 13 2009
Location: Gulag
Posts: 707
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Are you willing to drop some money? You could advertise on other sites.
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
Joined: Sep 01 2007
Location: That Rainy State
Posts: 10376
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is Google Bombing still viable?
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 11244
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Start by posting regular content. It isn't worth promoting unless you have enough content.
After you have the content, branch out to your friends who have sites and ask for some courtesy links.
Put your link in your signature wherever you go, just a link and maybe a little text explaining what it goes to, no flashy crap.
Get a Stumbleupon account and begin to Stumble your articles. Make sure the account doesn't have the same name as your name.
Make sure that your domain name is searchable in Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft. If it isn't they all have mechanisms to be force fed your URL.
Eventually you might want to build a community of your own, but more likely you would want to make sure you at least respond to comments on your own articles.
Just keep pushing out the articles. The more often you write, them more often your pages will be read.
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Syd Lexia
Site Admin
Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
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Google-bombing, even it is somehow possible (don't think it is), is a BAD idea. Google actively checks for exploits and if you're somehow manipulating their search engine, they may blacklist you.
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Deadmau_5pra
Title: Amatuer film/podcaster
Joined: Feb 10 2009
Location: Chicago Area
Posts: 1126
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| Ross Rifle wrote: |
| I can go write it all over my town if you want |
I was thinking that but...........may seem like a bad idea. Or I could get some stickers made ( either by hand or my friend) But I should get an Ok by Syd, because that's kinda a dick move (to me).
Arrrghhh.....
Or I just get a custom made shirt with sydlexia.com on it and walk around downtown Chicago.
Again, an ok from syd would see what my next move is (LEGALLY).
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IceWarm
Joined: Dec 22 2008
Location: Breckenridge, Colorado
Posts: 1691
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Get a Stumbleupon account and begin to Stumble your articles. Make sure the account doesn't have the same name as your name. |
Why's that? Is it because people there would see the names are the same and would know I'm just for lack of a better term spamming my site?
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"Anybody who ever built an empire, or changed the world, sat where you are now. And it’s because they sat there that they were able to do it."
"Fighting in a basement offers a lot of difficulties, number one being, you're fighting in a basement."
"You're Not So Tough Without Your Veggie!" |
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Slayer1
Title: ,,!,, for you know who
Joined: Sep 23 2008
Posts: 4274
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I've been spreading it word of mouth through
A) my Steam Account
B) My Facebook
C) My youtube account
D) Friends
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 11244
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| IceWarm wrote: |
| GPFontaine wrote: |
Get a Stumbleupon account and begin to Stumble your articles. Make sure the account doesn't have the same name as your name. |
Why's that? Is it because people there would see the names are the same and would know I'm just for lack of a better term spamming my site? |
There is no rule against self promotion, however people on social networking sites tend to down-vote anything that is self promoted. I personally think it is stupid, but you should be aware so you don't fall into that trap.
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
Joined: Sep 01 2007
Location: That Rainy State
Posts: 10376
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Just for the record I wasn't really aware of what's wrong / bad with google bonging, I just head about and thought I'd throw it out there. My bad. 
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