Need
a guide for search engine submission to the top search engines &
directories? Here is a listing of the most popular search engines, and
the length of time it takes to get listed.
Google
Submission URL: http://www.google.com/addurl.html
How long does it take to index a page? 1-2 months aprox
Submission Limit per Day: 10 pages
Submit all of your important pages to Google. However, with
Google's unique way of indexing, your links should be picked
up by this engine with no problems. But, why take a chance -
submit your important pages. You can submit up to 10 URLs to
Google a day and be safe.
With
Google’s supplying Yahoo!'s supplemental index, submitting
to Google has become very important.
With
Google, be sure to have other sites link to your Google pages,
or those pages may not be picked up in the index.
To check to see if your pages are in the index, search for
your domain name like this: www.yourdomainname.com
Then, click on "Find web pages that contain the
term." From there, you can choose "Search within
results" to narrow down the search to particular pages.
AltaVista
Submission URL: http://add-url.altavista.com/cgi-bin/newurl?
How long does it take to index a page? a few days with Express
Inclusion, their pay inclusion program; 6 weeks through their
free Add URL page.
Submission Limit per Day: through free Add URL: 5 pages or
more
With AltaVista, rely on the use of links to get the pages in
your site indexed. Unless you've made significant changes to
your pages, don't resubmit them. Instead, let AV's spider find
those changes during its next spider run.
Try submitting your pages using "www" and not using
it in the URLs.
To check to see if your pages are in the index, enter your URL
in the search box like this:
url:yourdomain.com (reveals every page under the root domain)
url:members.prodigy.com/yourwebsite/ (narrows the search to
pages within your site, if you're under someone else's domain)
url:members.aol.com/yourwebsite/yourwebpage.htm (finds a
specific page at your site)
HotBot
/ Inktomi Engines
Note: Your best bet for submitting to the Inktomi engines is
to go through their pay inclusion program. For more
information, visit: http://www.positiontech.com/. If you don't
want to pay to submit, your next best bet is to submit to
Inktomi through Anzwers.com.
Submission URL: http://www.anzwers.com.au/cgi-bin/print_addurl.pl?
How long does it take to index a page? 2 weeks if not through
their pay inclusion program; 48 hours if through pay inclusion
Submission Limit per Day: 50 pages
As you know, Inktomi supplies results to HotBot, GoTo, MSN
Search, and many more search services. To get your site into
the Inktomi engine faster, try submitting to Anzwers.com
instead of through HotBot, or again, through their pay
inclusion program.
Be sure to submit all important pages of your site to HotBot.
Try submitting the same page using different variations of the
page.
You may find that your sites using the "www" are
ranked slightly higher than those without the "www."
To check to see if your pages are in the index, use their
Check URL form: http://hotbot.lycos.com/help/checkurl.asp
Or, visit HotBot's main page and choose the "Advanced
Search" button, which is on the left-hand side of the
page. The SuperSearch page will appear.
Find the Location/Domain box toward the middle of the page,
and enter your domain without the "http://www"
prefix in the domain box. You can choose other variables, such
as the page depth and the number of search results you'll be
shown. Click on Search.
Lycos
/ FAST
Submission URL -- Lycos: http://www.lycos.com/addasite.html
Submission URL -- FAST: http://alltheweb.com/add_url.php3
How long does it take to index a page? 20-40 days (in FAST)
Submission Limit per Day: 50 pages
With both Lycos and FAST, you can safety submit all of your
important pages, even though both engines are “deep
crawlers” and should find the links on their own.
Try omitting the "www" when submitting your pages to
Lycos.
To check to see if your pages are in the index, search for
your root domain, such as: mysite.com
Some of your pages will usually be listed. If not, search
again, but leave off any suffixes, such as ".com" or
".edu" like this: mysite
Top
10 Search Engine Tips
1)Many
directories list websites in alphabetical order (Yahoo). When
submitting to a directory or designing your title, make the
title start with the letter 'A' or some other letter low in
the alphabet. Be sure that it make sense to who is searching
and remember your keywords.
2)
Watch how close you submit your site for resubmission time?
Delete all cookies off your computer and reconnect to your
ISP.
3)
Be careful not to over submit. Submit no more than 3-5 pages
per site to a search engine on the same day. When submitting
pages from several sites, it can be an extra precaution to
clear cookies and/or reboot in between submissions. Reconnect
to your internet provider whether it is dial up or otherwise
(Rebooting will do this).
4)
To take the guesswork out of Search Engine Optimization,
purchase a copy of Web Position Gold. It is easily the most
powerful and professional optimization tool available.
5)
When hand submitting to the smaller engines, set up an
'off-main' e-mail account to catch the spam which is likely to
follow your submission.
6)
Whenever possible, opt for hand submission over bulk
submission programs. Many of the 'search engines' bulk
submission programs that claim to submit your site to 1000+
search engines are actually submitting to lists - not search
engines or directories.
7)
Don't waste your time submitting to FFA (Free For All)
listings. Your sites usually only stays listed for 24-48 hours
and then dropped.
8)
Try not to repeat a keyword in your Meta Tags more than
three times. Go over five times and you may be asking for
trouble. Also, omitting commas may help you form more phrases.
9)
Review the html page code of competitors websites who rank
higher than you to see how they did it. Be creative and find
your own words that will rank well.
10)
When a news story breaks that will generate significant web
interest, quickly develop a keyword rich and optimized page
dealing specifically with the subject matter of interest. The
site should contain links to other sites that provide
information on the subject. Submit the site to the engines
that index quickly for a fee. (AltaVista).
Add your banner ad to this new page you have created or some
text which says, "This information gladly provided to you
by Your Website Name" and a link to your homepage.
Checkout our search engine submission packages here.
