Free search engine submission
It is direct and simple submit a website for free to the seekers
and a task that can be done in a few minutes. However, there are plenty of
companies that offer search engine submission servicesthese services resubmit your website
site to search engines periodically over a set period of time. I’m surprised that
These services exist and I am even more surprised that people pay for them.
Google states in their master web pages that resubmitting your website to the search engine does not make any difference to the sites.
ranking or how fast the site appears in the rankings and from experience this is also
true on Yahoo! and MSN.
Why submit your site to search engines?
Submitting your website to the search engine will make your website visible to their
robot. A search engine robot is a web spider that runs on the Internet, indexing
one web page at a time by following links found on other web pages. submission
from your website to the search engine will inform these robots to index your site. As
quickly the robot indexes your website depends on the search engine, so there are no guarantees
It can be made.
Once your website has been indexed, the search engine can rank your site as relevant to
certain keywords that you have detected, although these are not taken from your keyword metadata.
Again, this is not a guarantee and it can take months (especially if it’s Google) before your
the site is visible to search engine users.
How do you know if your website has been indexed?
The first indication of this can be seen in your web analytics tool, usually under the
section marked robot/spider visits. If you don’t have such a tool, I recommend it.
install AW Stats, which is free and will suit most people’s needs, or you can
Look in the log files of your websites for the IP addresses of search engine spiders.
The main IP addresses to consider are:
- Google: It will look like Googlebot
- Yahoo – will be seen as Inktomi Slurp
- MSN – will look like MSNBot
For a more detailed list, see the web bots pages. [http://www.robotstxt.org/wc/active/html/index.html]. Ounce
you have identified the bot’s visit to your website, it’s time to see if your website has
been indexed. To do this you will have to go to the search engine and write the
following command:
website: www.yoursite.com
Replace http://www.yoursite.com with the web address of your website.
If the search engine returns your website, it means that it has been added successfully
to your index and can be found by search engine users. However, if your website does not
seems to be patient it can take a while.
How to improve the chances of being indexed?
It is possible, but not guaranteed, to speed up the inclusion of your website in the
search engines by having their spiders find your website before submitting your
website to engine. This can be done by having a website that has already been
indexed link to your website.
This can be done in a number of ways, some examples being having your website address as part of
of your signature in a forum, or by having your web design company provide you with a link as part of
your wallet.
In my experience this has helped considerably, and it is always favorable to submit a
website manually to search engines. Although, there is nothing wrong with manually
submit your website!
Is using a submission service bad for my website?
This depends on how the company submits its website to the search engine. Look for
Engines have gotten good at distinguishing between manual submissions and automated bulk submissions.
shipments generally made from this type of service (sometimes with different URLs available),
Normally, when a search engine detects a mass submission from a website, it will normally process it.
slower than manual submissions.
Which search engines should I submit to?
Be very careful with websites that say they can submit your website to 100 if you don’t
Thousands of search engines. Most of these search engines will not provide you
Any traffic and the website will probably sell on your email address.
You should submit your website to the following search engines:
- yahoo
- msn
Submitting your website to these three search engines does not restrict the visibility of your sites
as can be seen on this website detailing who empowers whom where
submitting to these 3 actually submits your website to many more.
Are there other websites that my site should be submitted to?
In terms of giving your website the best possible start in life, you must be
trying to submit your website to the following sites:
- yahoo! directory
- open directory project
Conclusion
Search Engine Submission it’s all about making your website visible to search engine bots. This
can be done by manually submitting them to the search engine through your own
add the site url or have your bot find it from another link. seeker
Submission services that resubmit your website are ultimately a waste of money.