Problems to appears in the search engines

[jsendao]

I was reading some posts of your forum that are having problems to appears in google and i have the same problem. The website of my company (a small company of eco-tourism in Algarve Portugal) was created by me (an home made web site)... but after I submitted it to the major search engines my site just appears if I put the name of the company and the title lands turismo na natureza (www.lands.pt), when i try to make the search with keywords no result is shown.
I would like some advices to resolve this major problem because i already submit the site four months ago.
Thanks,
Joao

[sudhani]

Have a SiteMap. Link the sitemap from all your pages. Give text links to all your pages in the site map.

You can see an example here: http://www.sytropin.com/sitemap.html

[sfowler]

You need inbound links. Have a look for local directories that will list your site, then have a look in the link exchange forum.

[ctabuk]

Greetings,for a home made website you have done very well. It is not just about submitting a site, it is as SFowler say's you need links. 4 months in the SEO world is about a minute in a day. Firstly go to Profile at the top of the page when you log in, and add your URL and something about yourself.You MUST update your site at least once a week. I use a NEWS page and boy does it work. Get a Google toolbar and add Google News Search for your purposes - for example - I noticed you have a wildlife page, great, use it, find a local Environmental group and use their listings on rare birds in Portugal. This way you will attract 'Twitchers' (bird watchers) from all around the world.
Spend a whole day doing nothing else but submitting your site to 'Directories' DMOZ, Yahoo, etc. Not link farms, they must be 'Industry Related'- Good Luck, my fee? A free Holiday in Portugal!!!


May the Borg be with you

[jsendao]

I want to thank all the good advices...

Joao