*Search Engines

You should manually submit to top search engines. You should also get listed in minor engines and any directories you can find on other sites. Get listed in as many places as you can(except possibly FFA pages). I prefer not to place my ad on some of these FFA pages. Here are top search engines:

Yahoo - http://www.yahoo.com

Alta Vista - http://www.altavista.com/av/content/addurl.htm/

Excite - http://www.excite.com/info/add_url/

Lycos - http://www.lycos.com/addasite.html/

Hotbot - http://www.hotbot.com/addurl.asp/

Infoseek - http://infoseek.go.com/AddUrl?pg=SubmitUrl.html/

Northern Light - http://www.northernlight.com/docs/regurl_help.html/

WebCrawler - http://www.webcrawler.com/info/add_url/

Do not submit to these too often, you could be banned. Every three to four weeks is often enough.

*Announcement Lists

There are hundreds of announcement list where you can announce your website or your ezine or business opportunity. Make sure you follow rules for submitting your ads to each list. You can find some of these lists at:

http://www.egroups.com http://www.listbot.com http://www.globelists.com http://www.milomail.com

When you have a website or ezine, you have to spend a lot of time promoting. As you promote, you will learn more about different ways you can do this on internet. You must keep at it and do not give up when things look bad. It takes time to get your business established online. Doing these things I have listed will help you spread word!

Why is it important to send a confirmation email? Well, you had someone visit your site and actually do something. He took time to fill out a form, do a survey or sign your guest book. I personally think it's great to send him a quick thank you note. Also, it's a great way to include a quick advertisement or two (don't overdo it).

The main purpose, however, is to remind him about your site. The guy or gal is surfing web and stumbles on your site. He likes it so leaves a guest book entry telling you it's great, then surfs other sites for another hour. He's forgotten about you and may never return.

Except that when he opens up his email he'll have a quick email thanking him for his guest book entry and reminding him about some services that you offer. Now he remembers your site and perhaps returns. That's main purpose ... follow-up. Give them a chance to return. And those are best visitors of all, ones that keep coming back.