Search
Engine Submission
Find
out which search services
you should submit to, and
those you don't need to.
The truth is: you don't need
to submit to the major search
engines. They will find you.
Instead, what you need are
a few links to your site.
The
spiders
will follow these links and,
so long as your site is crawlable,
you should be included in
the search engine indexs.
It is a good idea to submit
your site to directories.
Directories, such as Yahoo!
Directory, don't use spiders
to find sites. Directories
rely on manual submissions.
Sice imply locate the Add
URL form, pay the fee (if
appropriate)
and the directory editors
should let you know when
your site is accepted.
So why are there so many
submission services?
Often,
these services are a relic
of a by-gone era when webmasters
had to manually submit
their websites. However,
some search engine submission
services can provide a
useful service in that they
enable
you
to get your site listed in
various
small search
engines. Whether those
search engines will bring
you
traffic is another matter
entirely.
Carefully check the
list of search engines
they
will be submitting to and
see
if there are any worthwhile
engines (i.e. regional
sites can somethimes
benefit from being included
in
regional search engines).
Also, some of these services are little more than email harvesters. Be careful
about giving out your real
email address.
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