http://www.markdavidrogers.com/oxitesample/Content/icons/flame.ico http://www.markdavidrogers.com/oxitesample/Content/icons/flame.png 2009-10-07T14:44:00Z This is the Oxite Sample description http://www.markdavidrogers.com/oxitesample/tags/google/atom Oxite http://www.markdavidrogers.com/oxitesample/Blog/there-can-be-only-one 2009-11-14T17:30:45.627Z 2009-10-07T14:44:00Z Admin <p>One of the main reasons I setup my own custom site, was to begin experimenting with SEO. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine_optimization">Search engine optimization</a> is one of the primary ways to get new surfers to your website.</p> <p> What does that mean in practice? </p> <p> Trying to figure out ways to get your website listed higher in google search results. </p> <p> Usually this is done by getting people to link to you, as well as creating content for your website. Preferably content that {gasp} is actually useful to someone other than yourself. Part of the motivation for this very post, in fact :p. </p> <p> Other than creating content, I have also signed up for google's <a href="http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/">Web Master Tools</a>, and <a href="http://www.google.com/analytics/">Analytics</a>. I don't know if I've ever come across a serious web page that did not use google analytics, and I figured that google might rank me higher simply by having more information about my website. Also I added a robots.txt to help the robots crawl the website, and soon I'll be adding a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Site_map">site map</a>.</p> <p> We'll see how it goes, but I'm already watching my site move up in the results of different search queries! </p>