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pjman · Mar 11, 2001, 06:51

I'm thinking of putting a couple of my doorway pages on free severs (i.e. homestead, geocities) because I try only to submit 1-2 pages a day from one domain to any engine daily. Anymore than that and it's considered spam.

Is there a free server that anyone has had some luck on with their doorways? I tried Geocities in the past, but I could never get my site listed in the engines, due to the mass submission by other geocities users.

pjm63 · Mar 13, 2001, 00:25

I have some links saved in my favs to pages that talk about using doorway pages. A few to check are

http://searchenginewatch.com/webmasters/features.html

and

http://www.kaleidoscope-dts.com/secrets.html

When I find the others I'll post them on this message board

Jim

Polymath · Mar 13, 2001, 05:26

I have heard that pages posted on free servers are down-ranked by many engines, so I do not believe this is a strategy worth pursuing. This may be why you didn't have much luck with geocities.
I could be wrong, but I'm fairly certain this is true.

totenmaske · Mar 13, 2001, 19:40

PJMAN,

I have had some limited success with doorway pages hosted on FreeServers that use virtual domains <i.e. my doorways on the domain alyssamilano-pp.hompage.com> there are some problems with this approach including...
**FreeServers are notoriously unreliable
**you run the possibility of building, uploading, and promoting your doorways only to have the FreeServer cease operations
<I recently received an e-mail from HomePages telling me that they were discontinuing their services>
**most FreeServers use pop-up ads which visitors find annoying...this could drastically reduce the effectiveness of your doorways

anyone have additional drawbacks that I've overlooked?

Mar 13, 2001, 19:40	#4
totenmaske SitePoint Zealot Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Tucson, Arizona, USA Posts: 146	PJMAN, I have had some limited success with doorway pages hosted on FreeServers that use virtual domains <i.e. my doorways on the domain alyssamilano-pp.hompage.com> there are some problems with this approach including... FreeServers are notoriously unreliable you run the possibility of building, uploading, and promoting your doorways only to have the FreeServer cease operations <I recently received an e-mail from HomePages telling me that they were discontinuing their services> *most FreeServers use pop-up ads which visitors find annoying...this could drastically reduce the effectiveness of your doorways anyone have additional drawbacks that I've overlooked? Last edited by totenmaske; Mar 13, 2001 at 22:55.*

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Mar 11, 2001, 06:51	#1
pjman SitePoint Zealot Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 157	I'm thinking of putting a couple of my doorway pages on free severs (i.e. homestead, geocities) because I try only to submit 1-2 pages a day from one domain to any engine daily. Anymore than that and it's considered spam. Is there a free server that anyone has had some luck on with their doorways? I tried Geocities in the past, but I could never get my site listed in the engines, due to the mass submission by other geocities users.

Mar 13, 2001, 00:25	#2
pjm63 SitePoint Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: bradley,il usa Posts: 14	I have some links saved in my favs to pages that talk about using doorway pages. A few to check are http://searchenginewatch.com/webmasters/features.html and http://www.kaleidoscope-dts.com/secrets.html When I find the others I'll post them on this message board Jim

Mar 13, 2001, 05:26	#3
Polymath Fried Gold Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 331	I have heard that pages posted on free servers are down-ranked by many engines, so I do not believe this is a strategy worth pursuing. This may be why you didn't have much luck with geocities. I could be wrong, but I'm fairly certain this is true.