Search Engines - They Are Driving Me Mad!!!

Have you ever noticed how unpredictable search engines can be? Have you ever struggled just to get a certain site listed?

Sometimes, regardless of everything that you try, a site just won't list in a search engine. Others you publish at the same time that are very similar are fine, just some don't. Then suddenly you find that sample websites published in private folders are appearing on the net! This has happaned to a customer recently. His own site is ranking quite far down the listings yet the sample we produced prior to publication is towards the top - and we've no idea how any search engines came across the sample site to begin with...

Recently I've taken part in 2 other new blogs (excluding this one!). The first was started 3 weeks ago and the owner is desperate to be found on the search engines. We've linked to the blog from his 3 websites (that's 10s of thousands of links in total) but still no search engine listing.

Then, earlier this week I started a new blog and didn't submit it anywhere whilst I built up the entries. I happened to notice last night that 20 pages are listed in Google. For some reason though, this morning that's down to just 11.

How search engines work is anyone's guess. But they can be infuriating! Maybe one day we'll understand them!