This post is going to be review for the great majority of webmasters, but I am still seeing people on forums asking questions about this topic so I am going to cover it.
Some people ask…
Should I be submitting my website to the search engines to be included in their search results? How can I make sure that search engines find my website?
The major search engines all have a page where you can submit your website for inclusion in their database. Google’s is here. Yahoo’s is here. MSN’s is here.
Those submission pages should work. But, to be honest, I never use them. Whenever I create a new website, I just link to it from another website and I get indexed in the major search engines within a few days. The process is sometimes even quicker than that.
Now… On the subject of linking… You should always link to your website with your chosen keywords. Use the keywords that you are trying to target in the anchor text of the actual link. For example…
Don’t link to http://www.newrss.net.
Link to Market Your Website.
Both of those links point to the exact same website. The difference is that the first link will help me rank better for my URL. Not very useful as I should be ranking for my URL anyway. The second link will help me rank better for the keywords “market your website”. If I want my website to show higher in search engine results when someone types “market your website” into a search engine, then that is the way to try to accomplish it.
There are many ways to obtain links (also known as backlinks) to your website. Some are free. Others are not.
You can submit your URL to paid directories. Pay for inclusion directories would include Yahoo and Aviva Directory.
You can also submit your website to the thousands of free web directories out there. There literally are thousands of them. This is very time consuming, but economical as the submissions are free. Do a search for free web directory and get started.
Forums are also a great way to start getting backlinks to your website, especially webmaster forums. You can put a link to your website in your forum signature and get posting. Forum signatures are usually not live until after 10 or 20 posts or so. The great thing about this idea is that you get to meet a lot of really great webmasters and learn what you can about SEO while getting some links to your website to help you get indexed by the search engines. Forums are also a good place to buy links on other webmasters’ websites.
One last thing… If you want to check to see if one of the major search engines, use the site: command, like so.
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