With thousands of new sites being launched every day on the World Wide Web, it becomes very important that the search engines like Google know about the existence of your site. If a case arises when despite having a very well designed site it does not appear in the search engine results or is performing poorly then its time for a recheck. In such circumstances follow the simple check list to identify and fix the problems.

• First and the foremost thing you should do is a site search. To recheck that your site is indexed by Google perform a simple site search for the entire URL. If your site appears in their results then rest assured that your site is indexed by them. But by any chance if it doesn’t then its time to review the web master guide lines. Once this is done fix any issues if required and submit a reconsideration re \quest.
• After doing a site search if its found that your site ranks poorly, then possibilities are there that it has been penalized. Review your site against the standard web master guidelines to fix any issues. After doing so send a reconsideration request.
• If your website has a new content added there is a possibility that Google dose not know of your site. One way of intimating Google is to submit a site map. Its the best way to let Google know of the pages you consider to be important.
• Follow a simple check list to ensure that your site is being effectively crawled by Google. Check for crawl errors to see if any of your sites was not accessible to Googlebot. Ensure that your URL’s are not being blocked by Meta Tags. Reviewing your site structure is essential to ensure that it is easily accessible. Check your index stats to ensure that your content is text based and readable.
• An important thing that every website owner must ensure that their content is relevant and useful. Avoid keyword stuffing as this would result in your sites ranking to suffer. Add quality natural links to your site as they help Google determine your site’s relevance. Following these steps is very crucial to fix the potential causes of the problem. Doing so would help effectively manage your site and get good rankings.