posted on Mar, 15 2007 @ 10:54 PM
I am not an expert on search engine placement but I do have a lot of experience with web developement. I do web developement commercially for an
major insurance brokerage and we have issues trying to get good placement on the major search engines as well. Its difficult(without paying) to get
into the top 10 of any of them.
I know the major search engines do allow for you to to "Pay" for placement. Google is the champ at this and so I will use them as the example.
Once Google is finished displaying all of the links relevant to your search that have paid money(and this could be dozens mind you) then they start
displaying the URL's for the reast of the smucks out there.
They way they decide who comes up after they paying customers if very complicated and Patented, but basically they search for key words in the url,
the webpage, and metadata. Also relevancy of the content on the page to the search criteria is considered heavely as well.
This is the 10 cent tour of Search Engine placement. It is much more complicated then that.
Each search engine is different and so are their algorithims, so it would make sense that your site comes up in different places on all of the search
engines.
There are applications that you can buy(very expesive) that will analysis your site, site pages, and structure and make recommendations on how to
build your page. The way you structure your website is very important for web placement on search engines as well.
I have never heard(but not out side of the realm of possibility) of someone being able to pay to "filter" someone elses site. People pay big bucks
to have their web site show up before yours though.
I have heard of countries banning search engines from their people because of the free information available that they did not want their people to
have access to(China is a good example), but havnt heard of that here (again might be happening).
What is sounds like to me is that you have to spend more time with constructing you site and really focusing on Search Engine placement. There are
alot of forums out there that can get you started.
Although I think that some items maybe censored on these search engines, I really dont think that is what is happening here. If this was they case I
can think of a hundred sites that(like this one) that would be filtered before yours.
You can U2U me for more info or to extend the dicussion on search placement.
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