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Customer Comments
John Mousseau from New Hampshire , August 2, 1999
I read the whole book through and felt it was very good.
This book for me was a big help. First it explains how the search engines work. It gave an overview of each one and how they look for websites. One of the chapters was about How to get quality links. I really enjoyed this book. I highly recommend it if you are interested in promoting your site and you haven't figured out how to get listed in the main search engines.
marcia@yudkin.com - Marcia Yudkin from Massachusetts , May 4, 1999
unreadable!
I bought sixteen books on Internet Marketing and Web Design in the last four months, and this is the only one I couldn't finish. The style is plodding and dull, and the content offers nothing unique.
If you want a book on promoting your Web site, buy Greg Helmstetter's book, Increasing Hits & Selling More on Your Web Site instead.
colburke@home.com from Philadelphia, PA , April 22, 1999
Great ideas for web marketing
This book has provided me with excellent ideas for promoting my site - many that I never would have figured out myself. The explanation on how search engines work cleared up a lot of confusion!
A reader from US , March 24, 1999
Getting know where
It sucked. It tells you the same stuff you already know, submit to search engines bla bla, super basic, no secrets or anything like that, you'll find your self skipping pages tell you get to the end of the book. He knows allot about the web, but not much about getting hits.
Craig A. Getty (craigg9@idt.net) from Cleveland, Ohio , November 23, 1998
Still a good starting point!
Well, it's been nearly two years since I purchased Don's book and it's *still* a useful reference. If you're just starting out with a page on the Web, "Getting Hits" should be near the top of your list of must have books, right after any HTML 4 books.
The most recent figures I've read put the number of pages using META tags at less than 30%. That means at least 70% of the Web pages on the Net today are being constructed by people who DON'T get it! My own experiences, when looking at source codes for pages I visit, is that the number without META tags is closer to 95%.
Also, I find many don't take advantage of preparing a thoughtful description of their registered page, thus depending on the spiders and robots to post whatever, mostly gobble-dee-gook.
I could go on ad nauseum, but the bottom line is: If you are starting out in this business, get the book. And, if you're a Web genius with skills and powers that far out-distance mere mortals: Publish your brilliant wisdom in a book and see what we, the mere mortals, think about it, rather than bragging and bashing others.
Dr. I. C. Spotz from Outer Space , November 12, 1998
I bought, I read, I cried. But first, I cursed.
This book sure doesn't do anything to help in the unification of Europe and it sure didn't help me. I suppose the stars and the moon weren't in correct allignment. I'm a lunatic.
Jim Moran (jimmoran@webreviewer.com) from Chicago , August 23, 1998
Add This Hit Producer To Your Lineup Today!
Success in any business or profession is measured by results. Take the game of baseball. A number of major league teams will sweat out a 162-game season with one goal in mind - making it to the World Series. To have any hope of getting there each team must have good solid pitching, excellent fielding capability, and have the ability to produce runs. To produce runs these teams need good hitting. The same logic is applicable to the online business world. To have any chance of scoring big with your business online you need a Website that will produce hit after hit!
Don Sellers has written Getting Hits to assist Webmasters and business people alike to produce Websites that will attract the attention of major league search engines and keep people coming back. Sub-titled The Definitive Guide to Promoting Your Website, this book is entirely devoted to bringing the message home in an easy-to-learn manner. Attention is given to a number of specific issues that require consideration, such as tailoring Websites to specific search engines, linking Websites, working the newsgroups, using mailing lists, and offline advertising. The author calls upon the assistance of pinch hitters to offer their own contributions to the book
The book devotes a considerable amount of time discussing the use of search engines. Rightly so because they offer the most popular means of scouting for information online. Detailed information about the most popular search engines is provided, including how they work and the best methods to employ to set up Websites to respond to them. Helpful coaching instruction is offered to make the best use of "META" tags and other programming to aid the search process. Factors to consider include word frequency, words in the Web page title, keyword selection, and page length.
According to the authors there is more to Website promotion than just programming. Active participation in newsgroup discussions, posting press releases, submitting links to other Websites, the use of banners and other forms of advertising are essential to promote any Website. Chapters on defining and launching Website advertising campaigns are very helpful for rookies breaking ground online. This book will make a great business player out of anyone in no time at all!
Before spending big bucks to have someone else promote your Website for you, add this book to your lineup of business tools! It is a great team player with much to contribute to the success of any field of online information sharing. Have Don Sellers and his team go to bat for you today! Highly recommended!
webmaster@wwwm.net from IOWA , August 3, 1998
Why waste your money.
I have bought this book to increase my already heavy hitting website. I found out this is a book for beginners only, and most of the stuff was things I did when I first got my web site. Also most of the stuff in the book was commen sense, and alot of other websites provide this content for free. I think my site has already implemented most of everyone's ideas, and with my own added ideas, 2 of which produce more hits than any banner advertising or site submission, and is still free of spam. I have wrote up my own course, which my customers for my virtual server business get for free. I
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