Girl Geekette dotNet

Search Sight is another Search Directory I have been using for a few years. Similar to Google , Search Sight has a ranking system. For Search Sight, a Q value is given to each website. Ranking from 0-10, the Q value plays a role in helping to determine the position of the website on Search Sight’s website. Normally, the highest value given to a website is a 7.0. If the website has a link to Search Sight, it is given an extra .5. If a website is upgraded to a premiere listing, it is automatically given a minimum 9.0 listing.

When the original aleeya.net was up, it contained a Q value of 2.5. When the website was changed over to the new theme, it was given a 4.0. With a few tweaks, the Q value rose to 5.0 and then 6.0. With a few more tweaks, at it’s current state, it is now a 7.5. I am extremely proud of this!

At this time, GirlGeekette dotNet is (and has been) a 6.0. As I work on different tweaks and improvements, I will continue to monitor how it is doing.

For further reading:
Search Sight
Q Value Overview

Q. Why do people build websites?
A. They have something to share.

Plain and simple: Whether you are a business who has something to sell, a website designer, or even the average Joe, the game is still the same - to get listed high in the search engines. The better your listing is, the more people that will come to your website. For the vast majority of website owners, the reason the website is there in the first place is because they want others to read what they have to say.

More in depth: Statically proven, around half of the traffic to a website comes from search engines. How many times have you thought of a question that you wanted to know the answer to and found yourself going online to a search engine to find more information about it? From students researching a subject, parents wanting to learn more about parenting, a person wanting to learn more about a health matter to someone who just wants to know where the best gas prices are (and everywhere in between) the web has become a huge resource in our everyday lives. With internet access becoming more readily available, the search is on to find information at your fingertips.

While learning to design websites over the past 7 years, I have read hundreds of web pages, bought hundreds of dollars in books and done extensive research in the field of website design. From the psychology of fonts, linespace, colours and layouts of websites to analyzing log statistics, learning about robots, search engines, spiders, HTML, CSS and other essentials of websites, I have gained a new respect for what it takes to build a good website. No matter how many things I read, how many experiments I try, or how many websites I build, it all seems to boil down to the same point over and over. For anyone who has a website, the higher the listing is in a search engine, the more chances you will have to let another person read what you have to say.