Re: search engines

[Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com>]

"Moscrip, Dianne" wrote:
> 
> One of my clients wants their site to come up first when anyone searches for
> an item they carry. I thought you could do this through meta tagging. Is
> there another more effective method of setting this up?

This isn't quite what you were asking, but Google lets you place an
ad that comes up when the keywords you select are chosen. If more
than one company chooses the same keyword, then the ads rotate. The
company pays only for the number of actual impressions.

-- 
Bruce Byfield, Outlaw Communications
Contributing Editor, Maximum Linux
604.421.7189 bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com

"You shot me down with friendly fire
You were all dressed up to play Gun for Hire
The rope you threw me was made of barbed wire
But put it there pal, put it there."
- Richard Thompson, "Put It There, Pal"

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Develop HTML-based Help with Macromedia Dreamweaver! (STC Discount.)
**NEW DATE/LOCATION!** January 16-17, 2001, New York, NY.
http://www.weisner.com/training/dreamweaver_help.htm or 800-646-9989.

Sponsored by SOLUTIONS, Conferences and Seminars for Communicators 
Publications Management Clinic, TECH*COMM 2001 Conference, and more 
http://www.SolutionsEvents.com or 800-448-4230

---
You are currently subscribed to techwr-l as: archive -at- raycomm -dot- com
To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-techwr-l-obscured -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
Send administrative questions to ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com -dot-  Visit 
http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/ for more resources and info.