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Best Web Site
Submission Service?
Don't submit. Don't get ripped off. Do this
instead.
Are you a new website owner? Have you
read any web sites like this lately?
We will perform monthly submission of your web site
to hundreds (or thousands) of search engines for a whole year.
Whoopee!
Unfortunately, there are lots of folks offering "silver
bullet" services that will supposedly solve all your website
inclusion and ranking problems.
The only guy with
silver bullets is the Lone Ranger.
There are no magic
solutions for getting your website to work with search
engines. Don't buy the hype. There is lots
of solid information here in my website that will help
you get and stay on the right track. It takes a
comprehensive approach which may prove to be hard work
but it's not magic. It may also prove to be lot of
fun.
Consider these facts:
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In the USA (and most
of the rest of the world) there are only three
search engines that matter for delivering
significant traffic
from organic search: Google, Yahoo, and in far
distant third place, Live.com. Some folks
might say Google, Google and Google. Read the
September 10, 2007
Nielsen ratings for search engines. AOL
and About make up the rest of the top five, but they
don't count for much traffic.
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Research and
experience show that the very best way to get your
website found by search engines is to get one or
more links in from other websites that are already
in the index of Google, Yahoo, Live.com and other
search engines. I
have seen brand new websites make it into the Google
index in less than a week by linking in to the new
web from my web site or other websites. Don't know
anyone with a website? List your web site with
one or more reputable directories. Look at stpt.com, botw.org, exactseek.com as examples.
They are not free, but you are getting value for
your money.
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You can register
your website for free with Google and Yahoo using
Google webmaster tools and Yahoo Site Explorer.
Read how to
become number one at Google. Learn how to
create a xml sitemap. Note that registering a
xml sitemap is NOT the same as manually submitting.
If you want to manually submit to Google, Yahoo and
Live ONCE and once only, you can. Google says
they will come visit your website (maybe) in 4-6
weeks.
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You can register for
free at DMOZ.org but inclusion will take some time,
many months most likely.
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Open a free Google
account and visit
Webmaster Tools and visit
Yahoo Site Explorer.
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Once you are in the
search engine index of Google, Yahoo, Live.com or
any other search engine, submitting your website to
them again can be regarded as spamming and could
result in penalties. Submitting again, once
you are in the index, would be like you adding me to
your address book and then me calling you up once a
month and telling you my phone number again.
How dumb is that?
More Ideas to
Supercharge Getting In the Google Index
There are some things you can do so that
Google indexes your web site or new web page within days
not weeks.
Tip 1: Get a link from an existing site
Links are very important for high
rankings on Google. The more (quality) links you have,
the higher Google will rank your pages.
An easy way to get a link to your
website is to join a forum that is related to your
website. Participate in the discussions and sign your
posts with your name and a link to your website.
Make sure that you do not spam the
forums. Only participate in an online discussion if you
really have something to say about the topic. If you
post in a well known forum then Google will quickly
pick up the link to your site.
Tip 2: Create an external blog
Google likes blogs and many blogs are
indexed very quickly. Use Google's Blogger.com service
to create a blog that is related to your website subject
or business.
You can set up the blog as a page in
your website, or you can set it up externally at Blogger.
Either way, Google indexes Blogger blogs frequently.
They own Blogger. I have put links to brand new
pages in my website in my blog and several have made it
into the index with rankings in less than 48 hours.
Write a few posts and add a link to your
website in your blog posts. Google will quickly index
your Blogger blog and find the link to your site.
Tip 3: Get as many links as you can
The more other websites link to your
website, the sooner Google will find your site. Look at
IBP's link
building tool and
IBP's directory
submitter as useful tools to get as many links as possible.
Note that quality is more important than
quantity. And, also note that contrived purchasing
of links from link farms, etc. will get you in Google
trouble.
Read Google's webmaster guidelines regarding linking
along with a lot of other good information about web
site dos and don'ts from Google's perspective.
Why am I telling you
this?
Getting started with a new website is
tough enough as it is without unscrupulous folks taking
advantage of your lack of knowledge and experience.
The idea of submitting your website was a good idea 6-7
years ago, but not any more.
One of my favorite sayings is "Stupid is
forever - ignorance can be fixed."
I enjoy helping other people be
successful and since I make most of my living from the search
engine optimization and web design work I do, I might be
able to help you some day. Maybe I have already?
If you need help,
please contact me.
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