A while back my partner and I started a website which was a directory of contractors for our local area. I would build the site and he would work on content and selling. I purposely bought a .com domain name that was 'keyword rich' and (from what I could tell) wasn't registered before. It was/is a unique domain.
Getting indexed in Google using gmail / Google Docs...
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A while back my partner and I started a website which was a directory of contractors for our local area. I would build the site and he would work on content and selling.
I purposely bought a .com domain name that was 'keyword rich' and (from what I could tell) wasn't registered before. It was/is a unique domain.
Being a new site and developing live on the server, I didn't want Google to stop by an index it until it was fully built. After a few weeks of development I did a google search for the domain and to my surprise it was indexed. Bittersweet to say the least because the cache showed page errors and al sorts of crap I didn't want in the google database.
But I started thinking about how Google knew about the site. My registrar? No, this has never happened with other domains. In fact, it was the exact opposite because I had problems getting some indexed in Google. I didn't post any links. My partner didn't post links.
Then it hit me: We had been using gmail to talk about the progression of the site. Maybe Google picked the link from gmail and indexed it? Then I started thinking about Google docs. If I open/start a doc in google docs and write about the website (like an article), would it get indexed faster?
Has anyone had experience in this, or am I blowing smoke? I could swear the Google picked up the link from Gmail. If it is true, does link in Gmail have more weight because email is an actual discussion between 2 or more people?
I'd be interested in setting up an experiment, but it has to be with aged gmail accounts from different IPs.
P.S. I now know to develop locally...
I purposely bought a .com domain name that was 'keyword rich' and (from what I could tell) wasn't registered before. It was/is a unique domain.
Being a new site and developing live on the server, I didn't want Google to stop by an index it until it was fully built. After a few weeks of development I did a google search for the domain and to my surprise it was indexed. Bittersweet to say the least because the cache showed page errors and al sorts of crap I didn't want in the google database.
But I started thinking about how Google knew about the site. My registrar? No, this has never happened with other domains. In fact, it was the exact opposite because I had problems getting some indexed in Google. I didn't post any links. My partner didn't post links.
Then it hit me: We had been using gmail to talk about the progression of the site. Maybe Google picked the link from gmail and indexed it? Then I started thinking about Google docs. If I open/start a doc in google docs and write about the website (like an article), would it get indexed faster?
Has anyone had experience in this, or am I blowing smoke? I could swear the Google picked up the link from Gmail. If it is true, does link in Gmail have more weight because email is an actual discussion between 2 or more people?
I'd be interested in setting up an experiment, but it has to be with aged gmail accounts from different IPs.
P.S. I now know to develop locally...
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