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How to
submit your site to Search Engines
This is a
very easy activity, although there are a few tips you need to consider
before you do so.
| TIP |
Make
sure your site is almost complete before you submit it to the search
engines. This makes sure the search robots index your site based on
real content. |
| TIP |
Consider
what your visitors are going to enter to search for your site, rather
than what you might search for your site. After all, you know your
business and industry, your visitors might not. |
| TIP |
Use
the site title, description and keywords feature under amend
your site. Any word that you feel is really important should
be used in the title, description, keywords and site content. This
will make the search engines understand which words are important
and index your site accordingly. |
| TIP |
Just
because there are 10,000 search engines, there really is little point
being in them all. Just the large well known ones, particular country
specific versions should be submitted to. Remember that there are
diminishing returns when submitting to too many engines. |
| TIP |
Some
search engines take up to three months to update their public listings,
so do not be surprised if your site does not appear immediately. |
| TIP |
To
test your site is listed, search for the domain name. |
| TIP |
Search
engine submission is really a black art. Do not be disheartened if
your site not listed at the top of the list. |
| TIP |
You
might want to consider paying some large country specific search engines
for emphasising your link. |
| TIP |
It
is often not worth the cost of paying a company to submit your site
for you, as most of the search engines are US based. |
| TIP |
Submit
your site to both country specific and US based version's of search
engines. |
Our recommended
search engines to submit to:
Google
UK
Site
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Reportedly
now the largest index on the Internet. Free to list. Has Adwords which
can be good for promoting your site. |
Alta
Vista
UK
Site |
Large
engine, although now is not as popular as it once was. |
| UK
Plus |
UK
specific, human reviewed web site directory. |
| Open
Directory Project |
Sponsored
by Netscape, this human edited directory is one of the largest in
the world. Hundreds of search engines around the world use this directory
as the basis of their search engine. By getting listed here, you become
listed in these without directly being submitted. |
Excite
UK
Site |
Large
well known search engine. Has lots content. |
Yahoo
UK
Site |
Directory
based search engine with lots of other content. Submit in one Yahoo,
gets you listed in all others. |
Lycos
UK
Site |
Doing
lots of advertising currently, so worth submitting to. |
| UK
Directory |
Humane
edited directory. Also has printed version, which is has numerous
chargeable listing options. |
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