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    Google Links

    I know Google is smart but perhaps not that smart. I don't believe Google will find your page until somebody tells it the page exists. So you need an "established" website to point to your page. Then you sit back and wait ---eventually Google will find your page and decide how to rank/index it. This option may have drawbacks as links to your site from LINK FARMS tend to lower your ranking.You other option is to tell Google your page exists. This you can do in a variety of ways1-Use Google Webmaster tools to ADD A SITE (they will verify your ownership and grant you access to site data)2-Submit your site to Google for review3-Use a submission tool to submit yoru site to Google and probably several more search engines; check if your web hosting package offers this service4....I am sure there are several other waysbut, before you do any of that, validate your code and your CSS. Google likes pages with clean code.....Guy
  2. Hi everyoneI taught myself HTML when the boss was still thinking that windows help files were the way to deploy information on our intranet. Back in 1984 - how poetic - big brother and mind control - it was hard to convince people that the Internet was going to take over the world. From 1984 to 2003 I grew my intranet site from 13 pages to over 800 - and without using content management software. Once the CMA/CMS came into place I became redundant as did the quality of my website.In 2000 my wife and I decided to open a B&B. Considering I had all that experience we decided to build our own website. Today when I look back at the Internet archive iterations of my website, I wonder why I thought it was so cool in 2000....10 web years later is like a lifetime of learning.So now I have abandoned frames and tables and rely on CSS. What did I hear - separate the formatting from the content. A wonderful idea. Now I work hard at making the impossible happen in CSS with no extra cheats. Today my wife and I have 3 websites and despite the arguments she controls the content and I make the miracles happen with the formatting. Thank goodness for forums such as this and W3C to help me out over the bumpy parts.Despite my advancing years, i continue to learn how to create user friendly pages while staying away from many formatting pitfalls.I look forward to sharing my discoveries and learning more about CSS/HTML on this forum....Guy
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