This site isn't well referenced in every search engine, and the slightest typographical error when you enter the name results in a very low listing. We are waiting to be listed in the Open Directory, Google and Yahoo, with others to follow, but in the meantime suggest you bookmark our site to find it easily in the future. Forgetting the hyphen www.schooneratlantic.com or using an underscore www.schooner_atlantic.com are often causes of poor results.

Once your web site is on-line, you will want visitors (to help increase sales, and exposure). To do this, you will want to make sure your web site is setup properly for search engines to easily 'rate and index' your site. The methods that each search engine use are varied, and change often (to help make sure content is fresh and new that they rate high on their search results). Here are a couple of good links that can help you get started

No, if you buy the Pro/Plus package - you will need to submit your site. We can submit your site to non paid search engines for a small fee.

All search engines rank subjects differently so if you don't find what you're looking for on one, try another. If you get too few results from a search, try again aiming at a category that your subject would be a part of. If you get too many results from a search, try again including more descriptive words in the query that narrow down what could qualify. Each search engine has a Help file which gives you tips on ways you can search more effectively.

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Based on a compilation of NielsenNet Ratings for Search Engine Usage in January of 2004 of over 4 billion web searches, people at home and at work used the following search engines: For more information about these statistics, please visit http://searchenginewatch.com/reports/article.php/2156451

Currently the most popular search engine is Google with a market share of approximately 51%. To put this in context, it translates to more than 55 million Europeans using Google as their favoured search engine. Other popular search engines include Yahoo, MSN and AOL.

More than half of global Internet users rely on Google for their search needs. See recent usage share percentages below. Google is also ranked number one in the United States.

There are a couple of things you must do to prepare your Web site before submitting them to Search Engines. First, you need to insert Meta Tags on each of your pages. Meta Tags include a title, short description, and common keywords about the contents of your web page. These tags inform the Search Engines what your page is about and will tell them how to search for it. Select "Meta Tags" from the File menu in EZ-PageBuilder to create your Meta Tags. Click here for detailed instructions.

Your page must not require a username, password, cookie or other authentication in order to access it. Once you have addressed any problems and your site is operational, all Search Engines re-spider to include your page within 48 hours to 1 week. So you are guaranteed that your site is always included for the entire subscription period. The Priority Listing service is a PREMIUM and EXPRESS listing service as provided by each Search Engine.

Yes, we submit all pre-fab web sites to major search engines. Except as outlined in your Four Point Internet Marketing Plan, you do not need to submit your site to search engines.

This will set Atlantic as your home page. That's the page your browser (IE or Firefox) starts with...

The process of being found in the search engines is called Search Engine Optimization, or SEO for short. The Webstix CMS is designed to work well with the search engines. In fact, every web site that we build incorporates every bit of knowledge and experience that we have as a company. When doing a CMS project, the Webstix Project Manager will right away ask you for a list of keywords. These keywords will be researched and used as a base for your site.

Our site is relatively new. We have registered with all of the top search engines and should appear shortly. You can also email Customer Care and tell us which search engine you use most!

Yes. We submit your site to the major search engines automatically, along with your description and your keywords. For tips on how to optimize your Web site for search engines, see "Search Engine Optimization".

I strive to make navigation through my website easy to do. Sometimes you may find yourself "lost" somewhere in my site. One way to find yourself again is to perform a keyword search. Just do not type in quotes or numbers. More FAQ on searching my website can be found here. Also, my navigation menu on the left hand side is sometimes partially hidden by your browser window. Be sure to scroll up and down with the navigation menu open to see the full listing of bands.

There is no definite period for the search engines and directories to list your web site. It takes from 1 week to 6 months for the major search site engines to spider and then index your site and list it in their rankings. Patience is, unfortunately, required. Because of what is known as "Google's Sandbox", if your domain is brand new then you can expect it to take six months or longer to get listed in Google.