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Three Ways To Get Your Website
Indexed By Search Engines
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Wait for the search engine to find you by following
a link from another site.
(May take a very long time).
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Go to each search engine and select their submit URL
option. If you are using WebPosition
Gold, page submit links for each search engine are
provided on the Detail and Summary reports for your
convenience!
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Run the WebPosition Submitter. WebPosition Gold is
constantly updated and submits to the largest search
engines in the proper format.
Beware of bulk search engine submission services. The
majority of the sites that they submit to are set up
for the sole purpose of collecting e-mail addresses
so they can send you junk mail. Even if you do land
your site in some of the real search engines (there
aren't that many), those bulk submission services generally
do little to nothing to optimize your rankings. You'll
simply be buried at the bottom of the results with the
millions of other websites.
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Once you've submitted to the engine, expect to be indexed
anywhere from a day or two with Altavista to 6-8 weeks with
Yahoo. It varies by search engine and how many "growing
pains" they're experiencing at that particular time.
It's also common to not be listed at all for no apparent reason.
This is why follow up and re-submission are crucial! Generally
the page where you submit your URL will have the current waiting
period to be indexed. Note this number for each engine so
you know when there's a potential problem if WebPosition continues
to show you're not listed.
Most engines let you submit as often as you like, although
some do not allow you to submit the same page more than once
per day. However, most let you submit as many as 50 pages
or more per day if you like.
Pitfalls in submitting pages
Several things you should keep in mind in submitting pages:
1. SUBMIT EACH PAGE? Most engines
will not only index your main page but will also seek out
links to your other pages to index. They'll move two or more
levels down the site tree. Therefore, it's not always necessary
to submit each page individually to those engines. However,
if you create doorway pages that link to your home page but
are not linked to in return, you'll need to submit those pages
individually, or create a page with visible or hidden links
to each of your doorway pages.
2. MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S READY FIRST.
Since many engines take weeks to index a page, you might be
tempted to jump the gun on a new site and submit it before
you've got all your pages done. Be careful about this, since
if an engine spiders your site and doesn't find your home
page or the page you specify, most will not try again later.
In addition, many engines will immediately verify whether
your page exists and reject your submission that same day.
Of course, they are rarely nice enough to warn you of the
problem.
3. SPAMMING:
Some engines are reported to have started watching
for people submitting too many pages at once. They sometimes
limit you on how many you can submit per day or week. They
may also look for people submitting too many similar pages
and ban sites that they feel are abusing the system. Therefore,
it's always best to proceed with caution and submit only as
many variations of a page as absolutely necessary to achieve
your goal.
For more information check out Search
Engine Watch.
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