* The keyword frequencies suggested below are based on the number of times ANY of the words in your keyword phrase "Jakarta e-commerce start-ups" appear on the page, DIVIDED by the number of words in the phrase.

• A total word count from 323 to 351 is suggested for the page as a whole. Your total word count is 474 now, so you might consider decreasing your word count.

 

• Lycos favors Title tags where the Keyword is NOT the first word in the Title. Make sure you use some other word as the first word of the Title to score better on Lycos.
• IMPORTANT: As of December 4th, 1999 up to 67 character domain names can now be purchased versus 23 character domains. This can significantly increase the number of Keywords you can include in a domain name and thereby increase your rankings for those Keywords. Click here to learn more. To check the availability of a domain or to purchase a domain name, click here.
• If your domain name is listed higher alphabetically, Lycos may rank your site higher, if all other factors are equal. Therefore, sites that begin with "A" can have a slight edge over those that begin with "B". This only plays a role on Lycos.
• Lycos favors freshly submitted pages. Therefore, schedule your key pages to be submitted at least once per week, but no more than once per day.
• Lycos rankings are currently influenced by their Direct Hit technology (www.directhit.com) which tracks the number of visitors to a site AND how long they stayed before returning to the search engine. Therefore, if visitors are clicking your listing often and staying a while on your site, your ranking will go up. The best thing you can do is to write a compelling Meta Description for your page and make sure the content of your site is interesting and appealing.
• It is important to be listed among the category searches on Lycos. You do this by adding yourself to the Open Source Directory. Click here to learn more.
• Be sure you are using Keywords near the top of your Body Text, and a least once near the bottom of the Body. Also be sure you've included your Keyword near the bottom of the page embedded within some hyperlink text. This can improve your score.
• Along with using your Keyword at the top of the page, you might consider using your Keyword at least once near the bottom of your page in the Body area. This can help convey an overall "theme" to the page and may improve your score. Click here to learn why. Only make this change if it doesn't conflict with the current recommended prominence suggestion.
• Since plurals are not recognized as being synonymous by Lycos, try to use the plural form of the Keyword in addition to the singular form when possible to capture more potential traffic.
• Lycos recognizes synonyms for many words. Try using words that are closely synonymous with your primary Keyword. This may improve your page's relevancy by establishing a page "theme."
• For additional help in improving your rankings, click here, or see the Page Analysis.
• If you have any comments, suggestions, or questions about the above advice, e-mail us at help@webposition.com.