Search engines seem to find my site pretty, well, it depends a lot on what the first few lines of code are. I would warn you that I am no expert, this is just what seems to be working for me.
Here is the code for one of my pages, and below that a link to the page. The key element for search engines is the 5th line, <title>
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<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<title>Wespe/Atlantis Fuel Tanker Semi</title>
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http://goldeneramodel.com/">
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<h1>Wespe/Atlantis Fuel Tanker Semi</h1>
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<p> <img style="border: 2px solid ; width: 1600px;" alt="" src="mymodels/armor/1tanktrlr/0101tanktrlr.jpg"
align="middle" hspace="6" vspace="6"></p>
<p>All finished, with the Tamiya GMC CCKW and a resin small fuel trailer.<br>
</p>
<p> <a href="mymodels/armor/1tanktrlr/1tanktrlr.html">Fuel Semi Index
Page</a> _____ <a href="mymodels/armor/armor.htm">Armor and
Military Vehicle Index Page</a> _____ <a href="mymodels/mymodels.htm">My
Models Index Page</a> ______ <a href="index.html">John Eaton Home
Page </a> </p>
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http://goldeneramodel.com/mymodels/armor/1tanktrlr/0101tanktrlr.html