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Page 1 of 3 If you intend for the masses to use your toolbar, if you want your toolbar to rank high in the search engines and most importantly, if you want to promote it so that it could be a reliable source of income, this section is for you.
- The Keyword is Key Decision
Keywords are considered the lifeline of any successful toolbar. Your toolbar’s name will have a direct impact on the traffic that your download page gets. Make sure the name you give it is descriptive yet simple. Include the keywords that potential users would type in search engines. When I built my first toolbar, I named it Netherlands Radio, as it contains over 100 Dutch radio stations. After a quick search in Google Trends, I found out that in Dutch it’s spelled Nederland Radio. I found huge differences between the number of searched for The Netherlands Radio and Nederland Radio – in the Dutch spelling. So obviously I changed the name according to the correct Dutch spelling. After all, I had Dutch speakers in mind when I built this toolbar…
- Submit to Search Engines
I warmly recommend you to submit the URL of your download page to search engines as soon as you can. First submit to Google, MSN and Yahoo. If you don’t mind spending money on it, you could buy a domain, or use Conduit toolbar hosting service free of charge. Links to submit:
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