SEARCH
ENGINE FAQSWhy
should I submit to search engines and directories?
Because search engines and directories are the main sources of traffic
for almost every website. Submitting to directories will also boost
your link popularity which is an extremely important factor for your
site's ranking on search engines.
How
long does it take for the search engines to list my site?
It is entirely up to each search engine or directory. A few search
engines index a site almost immediately. Some engines can take 6-12
weeks or longer and some may fail to list your site.
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What
is a meta tag?
META tags are used by some search engines to determine the ranking
of your site in their search results. You can read more about them here.
Do
I need meta tags?
Yes, and the most important "tag" is the title, followed
by the description "tag". You can learn more about them here.
Which
search engines and directories do you submit to?
We only submit your site to the top search engines and directories,
These are the ones that will generate traffic to your site. No junk,
just real search engines and directories. You can see the list of search
engines and directories submits to here.
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Why
isn't my site listed on the search engines?
This occurs for a variety of reasons. Many search engine and directory
sites require between 6 weeks up to 6 months to list a site. Your site
could also be listed but not ranking properly.
Will
I receive spam after my site is submitted?
Some of the search engines and directories sends out a confirmation
email. You may also be added to their newsletter. We recommend that
you use an alternative email account for the submission.
Will
you submit my site to all search engines in your list?
Your website will be added to all the engines on the list that match
your profile. Some engines are restricted to certain countries or parts
of the world. We will however, submit your website to at least 3,000
search engines and directories. Note that not all submissions will
be successful. Search engines and directories are sometimes unable
to accept a submission due to downtime, upgradings of their system
or some other reason.
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Parts
of my site is "under construction" can I still submit
it to the search engines?
We recommend that you do not submit sites with "under construction"
pages, they will probably not be accepted by most of the directories.
Do
you provide a submission report?
Yes, a submission report in HTML format will be sent to you via email,
within 3 (business) days after we have received your order. This lets
you know where you were successfully submitted, and what sites your
website was not submitted to.
Do
you guarantee inclusion and top ranking on the search engines?
Each search engine has it's own technique when they rank pages so it
is not possible for any company to guarantee that. We will submit your
site to the search engines and directories but after that it is is
entirely up to each search engine or directory to decide if they accept
the site or not.
Will
you submit our site monthly? I have heard that it is important
to submit every month.
Submitting every month wont do you any good at all, once you are listed
in a search engine or directory, you will remain listed, unless you
do something they will consider as spam, and ban your site. This is
just a myth used as a sales pitch by some submission services.
Services offering monthly submissions will submit your site to useless FFA sites that lists a site for about an hour or a couple of days, that's the reason they keep telling people how important it is to submit a site every month. The FFA sites wont do you any good at all cause they are used primarily by spammers, and real search engines look upon them as spam.
Another way of looking at it, is this:
Imagine that YOU own a human-edited directory that accepts submissions,
and once a month you'll receive thousands of submissions from sites
already listed in your index, giving you tons of extra work. Would
you still list these sites in your directory, or would you ban them
forever? Fact is, that submitting a site every month is more likely
to get you banned instead of getting you listed.
Search Engine Promotion For Higher Ranking - META Tags
The Title is the most important place to put your keywords, but be careful and limit the Title to fewer than 15 words including your top keywords. It's important that your Title is as descriptive as possible and that it focus on what your page is all about, for two obvious reasons.1. This is the title that will come up in a search, and you would want to attract people, not scare them away with a lot of keywords that makes no sense. Also, if a surfer clicks on your link and the Title differs from your content he's likely to leave the site.
2. Your Title should reflect the content of your page for better ranking in the search engines. It makes your site "relevant" to your Title.
Example: <title>AddPro.com
- Free Website Promotion and URL Submission to Search Engines.</title>
The META description is used by some
searchengines as a summary of what your website is about. Put your
keywords and key phrases here and make sure that they are present on
the page as well. You should not use more than 200 characters in your META
description.
Example: <meta name="description" content="Your
site description here.">
META keywords are not used as frequently
by the searchengines as they used to be, but there is no reason not
to use them. Use no more than 1000 characters and separate each keyword
or key phrases with a comma. Remember that each of your keywords should
also be present at your page for higher ranking, and to avoid being
caught for spamming.
Example: <meta name = "keywords" content
= "Keyword1, Keyword2, Key phrase, etc.">
To simplify the process of making META tags use our META Tag Generator and cut and paste the results in the source code of your pages. Remember that all tags (Title, Meta description and Meta keywords) are placed between <head> and </head> in your document.
There are many more ways of getting visitors to your site. To learn more about how to increase your website traffic we advise you to read our small guide on Website Promotion.
Website Promotion - Increase Your Site Traffic.
1. Submit your site to search engines.
2. Submit your site to different directories.
3. Submit your site to pay-per-click search engines
1. Submit your site to search engines.
This is a "must do". Before you submit your site to the engines make sure that your site is search engine optimized. After that, consider submitting your site to search engines for free, using our automatic service, or do it by hand.
.2. Submit your site to different directories.
Submitting your site to directories does not only give you more
hits, it also increases your link popularity. The number of web pages
linking to your site is considered an important factor by many search
engines to achieve a high ranking. A link from an important site
such as Yahoo is given more weight than any other link.
Submitting to directories are not as easy as submitting to search engines. You have to make sure that there are no dead links or "under construction pages" on your site. They do not accept such sites. Read more about how to add your site on their information pages below.
1. Yahoo
2. OpenDirectory
3. InCrawler
3. Submit your site to pay-per-click-search engines.
You pick the keywords suitable for your site, the ones you need to attract the right type of visitors to your site. Then you set a rate that you are willing to pay for each click on the keywords that you have selected. The search results are ordered after the highest bid on the searched keyword and as an advertiser you only need to pay if the searcher clicks on your link. This way, you only pay for the visitors that you actually receive.
There are dozens of pay-per-click search engines on the Internet
and some can bring you a lot of traffic and some will probably not
be that good. The pay-per-click search engine with most searches
is without question Overture.
They provide search results at several major search engines including
Yahoo!, MSN, Alltheweb, Infospace, Netscape, AltaVista, HotBot, and
many others.
Other major pay-per-click search engines: