-OPTIMIZE
Before you even think about search engine submission options, your web site
should be optimized for the best possible rankings for your important
keyword phrases.
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Get Linked! It's always best to have quality incoming links to your web site before you
submit to any search engine. Many of today's popular engines will place a
large part of their ranking algorithm on the number of quality, incoming
links that are pointing to your site.
IMPORTANT :
Manually Submit Your Pages
When you are ready to submit, we recommend that you submit manually to each
of the major search engines. Do not ever use a submission software program
and do not hire a company who claims to submit your site to hundreds or
thousands of search engines. More than likely, they will be using an
automated program that can penalize your web site.
Basic Submissions :Most search engines offer a free submission program. This is your best
option if your budget does not allow for paid submissions.
Unfortunately, paid submissions do not normally include spidering your
entire site. Your paid submission will include the page that you submit
only. When it is possible, submit all of your important pages through paid
submissions. However, this can get very expensive. If your budget doesn't
allow you to submit all of your pages, submit the rest of your pages through
basic free submissions. If your web site has not been optimized and prepared for your keyword
phrases, paid submissions will not guarantee any specific rankings.
What Page To Submit? Depending on the engine, you may be submitting all of your important pages
or just your main page. Other engines don't require submission at all and
actually prefer to find your web site through other links pointing to your
web site from other sites.
Search Engine Submission Guidelines:
Google: Prefers to find your site by other quality sites linking to you.
AltaVista: Submit all of your important pages. Only 5 pages can be submitted
per day through free submissions.
AllTheWeb: Submit only your most important page through basic submissions.
Lycos: Submit only your most important page through basic submissions.
Inktomi: Submit all of your important pages. Only 1 page per day can be
submitted through free Inktomi submissions.
No Submission Required:
Search engines such as AOL, MSN, HotBot, IWon, Netscape and Excite wont
require individual submissions. Submit to the major search engines and your
listings should be picked up by other engines that don't require submission,
as long as your web site is optimized for your keywords.
Submission URL Formatting
You should always submit your site the same way. If you submit
http://www.mysite.com, always use that format. If you submit using
http://mysite.com, always use that format. We prefer to submit NOT using the
www. Never submit using your IP address. Avoid cutting and pasting your URL
when submitting. This can cause potential problems. The time you will save
by cutting and pasting is not worth the potentiRead
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