September 24, 2004
10 Ways to Ensure Your Site Does Not Get Indexed on Search Engines
Search Engines have come a long way since the web's beginnings. Back in the old days it seemed like anything you typed in would ultimately show at least one or more pornographic web site.
Well, luckily those days have passed us and getting indexed on search engines has become a necessity of doing business on the Internet. In my experience with personally working on over 250 business web sites in the last six years (an having them all indexed), I have accumulated a substantial list of techniques that work and don't work. There are literally hundreds of things that will have a negative effect on your ranking. Below is a list of my top ten.
1. Have no html text on your home page.
Because search engine robots are still not able to read images (jpegs, gifs etc), you will be guaranteed to not get indexed - because there is nothing to index.
2. Have a 100% Flash driven web site.
Some search engines are now able to index certain parts of flash, but as a general rule of thumb flash sites do not get indexed.
Read more at 10 Ways to Ensure Your Site Does Not Get Indexed on Search Engines Posted by Darren at September 24, 2004 06:08 PM