Getting your web site listed in
major search engines is an absolute necessity. Why? Because 85% of all people on Internet use them when searching for information. When they type keyword or keyword phrase in a major search engine, up pops your web site, or at least you hope so.The easiest, fastest and free way to get listed in any of major search engines is getting links from other related sites that point to your site. Once you get your web site listed in one major search engine or directory, your site will appear in others.
Besides working on your link building strategies, you can also submit your web site to major search engines.
Here's how to submit to major search engines, listed in alphabetical order:
1. AllTheWeb.com - owned by overture which also provides results for Lycos.
Free Submission http://www.alltheweb.com/add_url.php Only submit your homepage and a couple of inside pages. It takes about 6 weeks before your pages appear. There is no guarantee to get listed.
Paid Submission AlltheWeb doesn't have a direct paid inclusion program but uses Lycos Insite Select (http://insite.lycos.com/inclusion/searchenginesubmit.asp?co=undefined) Price $35.00 It takes 72 hours to get listed. Your pages will be visited every 2 days for 1 year. This is a good option if you want a new site to quickly get listed.
2.. Altavista - owned by overture http://www.altavista.com/addurl/new
Free Submission This gives you a basic submission. You can add up to 5 URLS to be considered for inclusion in 4-6 weeks. Submit your homepage and one or 2 other pages. There is no guarantee of inclusion.
Paid Submission AltaVista Express Inclusion https://www.infospider.com/av/app/signup Submit your homepage. Your pages will be listed within 2 weeks and revisited regularly. Price $39.00 I URL for a 6 month subscription Guarantee: Your pages could be dropped if you don't renew your subscription.
3. Google. http://www.google.com/addurl.html Google is top choice for searchers. It's search engine results also appear in Yahoo and AOL.
Free Submission It is free to submit but there is no guarantee of a listing. Submit your homepage and a couple of other pages. It takes about a month for your pages to appear.
The best way to get listed in Google is to find a lot of related inbound links - links from other sites that point to yours. This will vastly improve your search engine rankings and your site will probably show up more quickly.
4. Infospace. http://www.infospace.com/info/submit.htm
Free to submit, however you need to fill out a form to get listed.
5. Inktomi - it was recently purchased by Yahoo, so it may provide results for Yahoo in future. http://www.inktomi.com/products/web_search/submit.html
