Re: The search for widgets

Dale:
You've just invented "doorway pages" (aka "gateway pages")!!  Doorway pages
are a pretty standard marketing method on the internet and I've experimented
with them for years.  My experience has been that they are becoming less and
less beneficial as the internet changes and grows but still can help.  And
yes, some search engines will consider them spam which is why many search
engines do not allow any mirror sites to be indexed.
HTH,
Blue


Blue Tapp
Blue's ArtHouse Graphics & Web Design
705 North Florissant Road
Ferguson, MO 63135
(314) 839-0634
fax: (314) 839-1557
www.bluesarthouse.com
blue(at)bluesarthouse.com

"Time to get a web site!"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dale" <dale(at)hiwaay.net>
To: <hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 3:25 PM
Subject: The search for widgets


> Hi,
>
> Let's say I have a client, Joe's Widgets.  He has the domain name
> widgets.com.  Now let's say I have registered another domain name,
> joeswidgets.com and I only publish one page to this domain, a page which
is
> an exact copy of index page for widgets.com.  All the links on the index
> page for joeswidgets.com point to the widgets.com site.  My hope is to
> increase traffic to the main site by submitting both widgets.com and
> joeswidgets.com to the search engines.  I've optimized joeswidgets.com to
> target only the keywords widgets, but when I submitted the original
> widgets.com site, it includes keywords and descriptions for widgets,
> gadgets, gizmos and whatzits.  I figure that most people looking for
widgets
> will type in "widgets" in a search engine and by having two domains, and
> specifically targeting one site for the search for widgets,  I've doubled
my
> chances for success.
>
> Does this make sense?  Will it work?  Most importantly, is this considered
> spamming the search engines and will ultimately result in the blacklisting
> of both sites???
>
> Dale Worley
> Imagine Computer Services
> www.imaginecomputerservices.com
>
>

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