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Free Search Engine Submission
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By Stephen Dean
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Free Search Engine Submission
It is straight forward and simple to submit a web site forfree to the search engines and a task that can be done in afew minutes. However, there are plenty of companies offeringsearch engine submission services, these servicesre-submit your web site to the search engines periodically for agiven time period. It amazes me that these services exist andamazes me more why people pay for them.
Google states on its web site that re-submittingyour web site to the search engine does not make adifference to a sites ranking or to how quickly the site appearsin the rankings and from experience this is also true in Yahoo!and MSN.
Why submit your site to the search engines?
Submitting your web site to the search engine will make your website visible to its robot. A search engine robot is a web spiderthat runs across the internet, indexing web pages one at a time,following links it finds on other web pages. The submission ofyour web site to the search engine will inform these robots toindex your site. How quickly the robot indexes your web sitedepends on the search engine, so no guarantees can be made.
Once your web site has been indexed the search engine may rankyour site relevant for certain keywords it has picked up on,although these are not taken from your keywords meta data.Again, this is not a guarantee and can take months (especiallyif it is Google) before your site is visible to search engineusers.
How do you know when your web site has been indexed?
The first indication of this can be seen in your web analysistool, usually under the section marked robots/spider visits. Ifyou do not have such a tool, id recommend installing AW Stats which is free andwill accomplish most peoples needs, or you can search throughyour web sites log files for the IP addresses of the searchengine spiders. The main IP addresses to look out for are:
Google - will be seen as Googlebot Yahoo - will be seen asInktomi Slurp MSN - will be seen as MSNBot
For a more detailed list take a look at theweb robots pages. Once you have identified the robot visitto your web site, it is time to see if your web site has beenindexed. To do this you will need to go to the search engine andtype in the following command:
site:www.yoursite.com
Replace www.yoursite.com for the web address of your web site.
If the search engine returns your web site then it means youhave been successfully added to its index and can be found bysearch engine users. However, if your web site does not appearbe patient it may take a while.
How to improve the chances of being indexed?
It is possible although not guaranteed to speed up theinclusion of your web site to the search engines by having theirspiders find your web site before actually submitting your website to the engine. This can be done by having a web site thathas already been indexed link back to your web site.
This can be done in several ways, some are examples are to haveyour web site address as part of your signature in a forum, orby having your web design company give you a link as part oftheir portfolio.
In my experience this has helped considerably, and is alwaysfavorable to submitting a web site manually to the searchengines. Although, there is nothing wrong with manuallysubmitting your web site!
Is using a submission service bad for my web site?
This does depend on how the company submits your web site tothe search engine. Search engines have become good atdistinguishing between manual submissions and bulk automatedsubmissions usually made from these types of services (sometimeshaving different URL's available), normally when a search enginedetects a bulk web site submission it will usually process themslower than manual submissions.
What search engines should I submit to?
Be extremely wary of web sites that say they can submit yourweb site to 100's if not 1000's of search engines. The majorityof these search engines will not provide you with any trafficand the web site will likely sell on your email address.
You should submit your web site to the following search engines:
Google
Yahoo
MSN
Submitting your web site to these three search engines does notrestrict your sites visibility as can be seen by this web sitedetailing whom powers who where submitting to these 3 actuallysubmits your web site to many more.
Are there any other web sites my site should be submittedto?
In terms of providing your web site with the best possiblestart in life you should be trying to submit your web site tothe following sites:
Yahoo!directory
Open directory project
Conclusion
Search engine submission is about making your web sitevisible to the search engine robots. This can be done bymanually submitting them to the search engine via their own addsite URL or from their robot finding you from another link.Search engine submission services that re-submit your web siteare in the end a waste of money.
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