Google indexing/web optimisation

[KerryE]

Not sure if this is the place to ask,but......

I am trying to optimise our web site 'wjgregg.com' (because I have just been on a course). The site has been online for at least 2 years, I have made some changes from time to time as we have a cms.

In google, if I do info:wjgregg.com - I can see that google seems to have looked at our home page a few times recently, BUT , as far as I can see it has never looked at another page on our site 

Is there a reason for this? What can I do to overcome this problem?

[kpac]

It hasn't indexed any other pages.

Have you built a sitemap?

[KerryE]

No site map yet - although I will probably do shortly.

But I am sure other sites are getting indexed without a site map.

[kpac]

Well, I doubt Google has anything against you.

There is no reason for Googlebot to not view the pages.....you have a flash animation on there, but there are no links in it, so that shouldn't be a problem. A sitemap would be your best-bet. Once you have that done, sign-in to Google Webmaster Tools (with your Google account, if you have one), and there you can submit your site and also submit your sitemap to Google. It's quite simple and very effective. Once you have a sitemap submitted, it will tell you when Google last checked it, how many URLs are in it, and how many URLs have been indexed.

[kpac]

More info here:

http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=40318&hl=en
http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=34654&cbid=1112ey45ufpzx&src=cb&lev=answer
http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=34575&cbid=e5uhyy24aaj9&src=cb&lev=answer
http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=34658&cbid=s3d738zws3uj&src=cb&lev=answer
http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=35769&cbid=-1mkx7fpp9oes4&src=cb&lev=answer