Hi a real newbie when it comes to webdesign and google so could do with a little help please:

If your site appears in ANY google results / Bing results etc then it IS being indexed.

Try and get other sites to link back to yours ( Backlinks )

This way google etc can find your site through other sites also, Thus increasing your rank on the engines ( hopefully )

That's what i thought. Thank you.

Backlinks? Is this where the site is listed in directories, blogrolls, linked sites etc?

Is there anyway of checking if these links are there already? My friend said he has listings but can't remember where. Would be good to actually find out.

A backlink is simply a link on another site linking to your site. How you get them, and what types of sites they're on, and how many points you get for each are part of the science of SEO (prepare to start reading!)

Are you sure your site is not indexed in Google ?
To check just type site:yoursite.com

Originally Posted by Mow

Are you sure your site is not indexed in Google ?
To check just type site:yoursite.com

that should normally tell you how many pages are indexed.