Increasing the visibility of your website on a Google search
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Increasing the visibility of your website in a google search
The following methods will help promote your website in the listings when users
Adding ‘Meta’ tags
What is a meta tag?
Meta tags will take the form of keywords that provide search engines with extra information about your website. Useful meta tags may include your school name, town name or any other words that identify your school. They will be used by search engines, such as google, when they build their indices.
How to add your own meta tags
Login and navigate to the design view of your website. Click on the website properties tab. You can enter your own meta tag keywords here. Separate each word or phrase by a comma:
Add your website to 'Google URL crawl'
This is like adding your website address to a directory. Google provides an Add URL page that lets you submit a URL directly to its crawler. It will be useful to submit your home page and perhaps one or two other URLs from "inside" your Web site via the Add URL page.
You will need a google email account (gmail) to sign in and use this feature.
Google website analytics
Google Analytics is a free service offered by Google that generates statistics about the visitors to a website. You will have to create an account to use this service.
Google analytics will give you a unique tracking code, which you can then enter into the website properties area in design view, as shown below:
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