new site listed

[dalore]

What reasons would make it so that the googlebot refuses to even spider a site?

I've created a new site and I'm trying to get it spidered by google. I submitted it to the google add url form but google is still refusing to spider and list my site. Does anyone know why this would be the case?

Cheers
dalore

[Mogga]

(a) google is king of itself. it'll do what it wants.

(b) do other sites link to it?

[dalore]

Surely getting listed shouldn't be that hard, at this stage I'm just worried about being indexed by google, rather then competing for the front page of the SERPS. Thats after I get listed.

In answer to your question for (b) No, its a brand new site and has noone linking to it. Could this be it? Do I need one link from a site thats indexed by google to link to my site before google lists my site?

[Mogga]

Go on. PM me the url and I'll make a link to it

[dalore]

PM's aren't working, says mailbox full, I'll paste the url here:

http://www.free-bets-guide.com/

[thirdlight]

Google loves links...

The rumour is that the "Submit a URL" from is just there to stop people emailing their site in.

Just one link is enough to start the process...

[djs]

Likewise I have recently revamped my site totally after some very good remarks from this lounge. But google don't seem to want to find me is it because I have no links to me? if so is there anybody who wants to?

[Mogga]

URL?

[djs]

Hi Mogga
Doh! shows how new I am to this. (But willing to learn)
URL Fttp://www.djs-solutions.co.uk
Dave

[julie29]

Originally posted by djs Likewise I have recently revamped my site totally after some very good remarks from this lounge. But google don't seem to want to find me is it because I have no links to me? if so is there anybody who wants to?

just had look at your site and it has a pr1 so google has found it

[dalore]

Thanks for the link Mogga, I'll create a links section on my site and starting adding links, yours will be the first.

djs, it looks like you missed an h off your http, but anyway, your site is in google, if you just http://www.google.com/search?q=http:...lutions.co.uk/ it shows up in google, even but with showing no links to you. But when you try the same with my site, it doesn't even show a listing.

I wonder if this is to do with PHP. Maybe if I send the right http headers to say that the pages can be cached for X amount of time google might list the page. Any search engine gurus out there know if using PHP for all your pages adversly affect your seach engine listings?

[djs]

Thanks Julie29 for that ( I wonder why its only showing the site index and not all my other pages)

Dalore your right i did leave out the H and put an F Doh!