TrafficDriver FAQ's

 

How long will it take for my site to appear on a search engine?

Each search engine and directory has its own process for including websites. Once TrafficDriver has submitted your site to a search engine or directory, it can take up to eight weeks, before your site is listed.

Although TrafficDriver will submit your site, certain elements of your website can prevent you from securing a high ranking. Our keyword suggestions and optimization advice help you to overcome this.

Why should I submit my site to a search engine?

Before your site will appear in search engine rankings they need to know that your website exists.

Once a search engine knows that your site exists, it will send a software robot to visit your site. The robot will log the content of your website, ready to present to users who are searching for relevant information.

If a known website links to your site some search engines will follow this link and find your site, however this will not work for all search engines and can take a long time to take effect.

Another method is to manually submit your site to search engines, each search engine will have a separate method of online submission such as:
Google:
Yahoo:
MSN:
AOL:

Occasionally, websites can drop out of search engines and directories. Regular resubmission ensures that your site is present in as many search engines as possible.

Some search engines and directories also require regular submission, in order to maintain a high position.

Our TrafficDriver service will automatically keep your site submitted to many search engines allowing you to concentrate on other areas of your website design

How can I change my TrafficDriver password?

Your TrafficDriver password can be changed within a few minutes through your control panel.

Step 1
Log into your control panel and click Hosting Packages.

Step 2
Click on the domain name you would like to change your TrafficDriver password on.

Step 3
Click TrafficDriver.

Step 4
Click the button marked Change Password.

Step 5
Enter, then confirm your new password in the text boxes provided. Once done, click Change Password.

Password requirements:
Minimum length : 8
Maximum length : 20
Must contain only a-z, A-Z, 0-9, @ and _
Mustn’t be null

You will receive onscreen confirmation that your TrafficDriver password has been changed.

It may take up to 10 minutes for the password change to take effect.

How do I setup and use the TrafficDriver search engine tool?

You can access your TrafficDriver control panel at http://www.traffic-driver.us, or through your Mac Productions control panel

Each search engine and directory has its own process for including websites. Once TrafficDriver has submitted your site to a search engine or directory, it can take up to eight weeks before your site is listed.

What is TrafficDriver?

TrafficDriver puts your search engine ranking in your control, with advanced submission and
optimization tools.

Specific advice direct from our experts.
Monthly submission up to 400+ search engines.
Guaranteed Google placement.
Meta tag generation.
Customized search engine optimization instructions.
Competitor website comparisons.
Keyword recommendations tailored to your site.
Ranking and link popularity data.
Personal control panel.

Will a redesign of my website affect the TrafficDriver service?

The design of your website can have an effect on its search engine rankings.

When a search engine's robot visits your website it will analyze the content of each page, logging the words and phrases which appear most often. If the design of your site makes it difficult for the search engine to judge the topic of your page - e.g. if you use graphics files to display text - it can have a negative effect on your search rankings. Redesigning your website can improve your search engine rankings, however, it won't affect your TrafficDriver service.

If you currently have TrafficDriver Basic, High, or TrafficDriver Extreme can help you to see how search engine friendly your new design is. Alternatively, if you already have TrafficDriver Extreme, the original advice given about your old design can help you with your redesign.

Where do I find my TrafficDriver generated meta tags?

Once you've added TrafficDriver to your hosting, you'll receive an email with the auto-generated meta tag code for your site. Simply copy and paste this code into your HTML editor and then upload the page to your server.

What search engines will TrafficDriver submit my site to?

TrafficDriver submits your site to all the major search engines and several hundred link directories.

Each month, TrafficDriver sends a report to customers, detailing the search engines and directories around the world which their site has been submitted to. These include:

Major search engines and directories:
Yahoo!
Google
Msn
AOL
Overture
Excite
Lycos
iWon
HotBot
DogPile
Ask Jeeves
WebCrawler
MetaCrawler
Overture
InfoSpace
Netscape Search
Alltheweb
About
Alexa
Go
Looksmart
NBCi
Search King
Search.com
Espotting
EarthLink
ScrubTheWeb
Mamma
Teoma
AltaVista

2nd level search engines and directories:

WhatUSeek
WiseNut
ICQ
Euroseek
Go2net
Enhance
GigaBlast
Vivisimo
ExactSeek
Nation
Wired
Surfwax
ixQuick
Infonetware
Fazzle
infoGrid
ZapMeta
Finger
MetaEureka
Aeiwi
EntireWeb
Jayde
100hot.com

General search engines:

Turbo10
QueryServer
CurryGuide
ithaki.net
B Central
API Links
CanLinks
2KCity
Aesop
Allestra
Beamed
Coyotesearch
CozyCabin
Goto411
Hidden Street
IDoFind
IMarvel
Info Apex
Intel Search
JBlue
MixCat
NerdWorld
NetSearch
Newwebstuff
PrimeFind
RAging Banners Search
Search Ave
Search It
SurfGopher Directory
TrueSearch
Try America
TurnPike Emporium
Voyager
Web Trawler
1CokeMKG Link Page
1HighSchElect Link Page
1TennPuters Link Page
AAtrax
AdWebZone
classified2000
Cognigen Telecom
Emailpromoter
F10
MultiLinks
Netrogenic
Submit One
Super P
The Rail Links
Traffic Wave
TrueMoney4u
911Hits
FFA Farm
Links2U

Country Specific Search Engines:

Canada

Yahoo Canada
Google Canada
Canada.com
AOL Canada
Msn Canada
Canada One Directory
Canadien eh
Montreal Plus Search Engine
Sympatico

United Kingdom

Yahoo UK
Google UK
Msn Uk
Netscape UK
AOL Uk
Mirago
Abacho UK
Freeserve
global.net.uk
BBC WebGuide
Doras
FindOnce
Excite UK
Foundya
Hotbot UK
Official Site Register
Search UK
Spark Search
SearchEngine UK
Selu
UkDirectory

Australia

Yahoo Australia
Google Australia
Anzwers
AOL Australia
Web Search
WebWombat
NzExplorer
xtraMsn.co.nz
Optusnet
NineMsn
Looksmart nz
Looksmart au
Goeureka.com.au

France

Yahoo France
Google France
Abacho France
Msn France
AOL France
HotBot France
Caloweb FR
Voila
TeleFrance
Lien Utiles

Italia

Yahoo Italia
Arianna
Google Italia
Virgilio
Msn Italia
Hotbot Italia
Motore
Tiscali
Skipper
TGCOM
ABCItaly
Lycos Italia
BmWeb
Cerca In Lombardia
Cercain Lazio
Clarence
Curiosare
DominItaliani
e-Shoper
Libero
ShinySeek
Simpatico
Sussidiario
Supereva
Zibaldone

Germany

Yahoo Germany
Google Germany
Msn Germany
Abacho Germany
AOL Germany
T-Online
Web.de
Bellnet
Freenet DE
Hotbot Germany
BlueWin
Caloweb DE
City-fux Germany
German Fireball Directory
SpeedFind
Dino-Online.de
TigerSuche
Web Wizard
Search.ch
AllesFinder
Ameta
BlitzZuche
CompuWeb
Dasi
Fixx
Flix
GratisWorld
Hamburg-web
Hit Net
Ripley
Schaufenster
Sharelook
Suchmaschine
Witch

Russia

Baklanov
Aport
FindMe
GoldenUrl
List Mail
Lupa
Lycos RU
Pdv
Punto
Rambler
Refer
Susanin
Top One
Userline
Yandex
Zabor

Austria

City-fux Austria
Msn Austria

Scandinavia

Yahoo Norway
Google Norway
Msn Norway
Msn Finland
Google Finland
Soneraplaza Finland
Google Denmark
Msn Denmark
Google Sweden
Msn se

Netherlands

Vindex
DeBeste
Msn NL

Switzerland

City-fux Switzerland
Swiss Search
Msn Switzerland

Poland

Google Poland
Szukaj

South Africa

Zebra South Africa
Msn ZA

Latin

YupiMsn
Google Spain
Iguana
Mexico Web
AOL Argentina
AOL Mexico
Brujula
AOL Puerto Rico
t1Msn.com.mx
HotBot ES

Brazil

Yahoo Brazil
Google Brazil
Exploora
Msn Brazil
AOL Brazil
NCanal
Sisbi

Asia

Yahoo Asia
Yahoo korea
Msn Korea
Google Korea
Msn Taiwan
Yahoo Taiwan
Yahoo Hong Kong
Msn Hong Kong
Yahoo Singapore
Google Singapore
Msn Singapore
Msn Malaysia
WhatSite

Japan

Yahoo Japan
Google Japan
Goo.ne.jp
AOL Japan
Goo
Infoseek Japan
Japan-Guide
Kansai
Lycos Japan
Webgate
Msn Japan

Chinese

Yahoo China
Google China
Asiaco
Search1608

India

Yahoo India
Google india
Msn India
Khoj

Why are some web pages not being submitted by TrafficDriver?

Mac Productions reserves the right not to index or submit URLs, using TrafficDriver, that do not meet the following technical standards:

resolve to an operational web page. It may not generate error messages such as "File not Found."
freely accessible and not require a username, password, cookie or other authentication in order to access
accessible to our TrafficDriver spider
must not reside on an SSL secure server
must not block access using a robots.txt, or prevent spiders in any other manner
must contain visible text - no graphics-only pages

the URL may not contain:

non-printing characters (ASCII 0 - 31)
spaces (ASCI 32)
international characters (ASCII 127 - 255)
foreign characters: @, !, $, ^, *, (, ), ~, `@ ! $ ^ * ( ) ~ ` (ASCII 64, 33, 36, 94, 42, 40, 41, 126, 96)
the URL must not exceed 255 characters
should not use JavaScript or other scripts to load a substitute URL
no more than one level of redirection should be required to retrieve the page

Acceptable Use

In addition, Mac Productions reserves the right not to index or submit a URL, for any reason, including:

illegal content, services or products
fraudulent attempts to gain an unmerited search engine ranking (search engine spamming)
third party rights infringement
instruction by a court, judicial or governmental order, request or action.

Search engine spamming
If we believe the URL you wish to submit attempts to misuse our services or makes use of fraudulent techniques to achieve an unmerited search engine ranking, we will not index or submit it. Misuse of our services includes any deceptive, misleading or otherwise inappropriate act or web page, designed to undermine our services or the validity and credibility of search engine results.

Misuse includes URLs that:

harm the accuracy, diversity or relevance of search results
have the sole purpose of directing the user to another page
have substantially the same content as other pages
have numerous, unnecessary virtual hostnames
have pages which automatically generate other pages of little value
use methods to artificially inflate search engine ranking
have pages that hide or disguise text from the user
serve a different page to a spider than is served to a real user
cross-links sites excessively, to inflate a site's apparent popularity
have pages built primarily for search engines
misuse names or trademarks of competitors
employ multiple sites which each offer the same content
employ highly similar pages - pages that appear from the search results to be highly similar
include pages which are deceptive, fraudulent or provide a poor user experience
abuse meta keyword tags and/or meta descriptions
abuse file path names - i.e. the text within the URL does not relate to the content of the page

Definition of misuse will be decided on a case by case basis and is not limited to the examples given above.

Why can't I find my site on a search engine, after eight weeks?

Each search engine and directory has its own policy for the inclusion of a website. The major search engines include most sites submitted to them.

If your website has low text content, or deals with a very popular subject, it is likely that you can't find your website in a search engine because it doesn't associate your site with the search terms.

The keyword and optimization advice offered by the higher TrafficDriver plans will help you to alter your site to ensure that the search engines know to associate it with the right search terms.

We also have a quick reference guide to help you make the most of your website

Why do I need metatags?

Metatags help search engines to know what your site is about. Although the actual textual content of your site is the most important element, metatags enable search engines to more accurately rank your website.

What are metatags?

Metatags - also called metadata - are chunks of information that describe your website. Two main types of metatag are used by search engines:

keywords
description

Both of these are entered into the HTML header of each page on your site, either by hand or by your web design software.

Where do I place metatags?

Meta tags should be inserted between the <HEAD> and </HEAD> tags of your web page.
For Example:
<HTML> 
<HEAD> 
<TITLE>Your site title goes here</TITLE> 
<meta name="keywords" content="Your keywords go here, seperated by a comma"> 
<meta name="description"> content="Your site description goes here"> 
</HEAD> 
<BODY>

Your page content is placed here.....
</BODY> 
</HTML>

Why can I select only 25 keywords?

Most search engines impose a limit of twenty five keywords. Others judge the relevance of individual keywords against the number of keywords provided.

Which keywords should I use for my site?

Your website's keywords sum up its content and the services that you offer. The best way to determine which keywords to use for your site is to imagine what words your customers would use to search for your services.

To build your list of keywords, think over the services you offer, the types of customer you serve and the geographic area you're located in. Once you have a long list, you can order it by relevance and, from that, select the keywords to use on your site.

We also have a quick start reference guide to help you get the most out of your website

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