Ever wondered how to get listed on Google and other major search engines? Follow this very simple guide and you could be listed in a matter of days.
Many bloggers and website owners find it hard to get their sites listed on major search engines like Google, Yahoo, MSN and others. Having your content listed on search engines is very important because this is where people go to look for topics they find interesting. Even if your site doesn´t show up in the top search results, being listed is vital for building an internet presence around your content in the long run.
Actually, getting listed in major search engines is pretty easy. If your site has been around for a while and you already have a steady flow of visitors, chances are you´re already listed. Simply type your domain name or the URL address of your site in the search field of Google for instance, to check if your site comes up in the search results. If not, simply follow these simple steps to have your content listed.
Most major search engines have a submission page for manually submitting your work to the search engine in question. To find these pages, simply look for links that says something like “Submit Your Link”, “Add URL” or similar. You can also search for the submission page directly at the search engine using search phrases like “add my site to Google” or “add URL to MSN”. There are also several commercial website submission services available on the internet who will submit your site to many search engines at once.
Submitting your content is useless if the search engines can´t find your site or if it´s not search engine friendly. Search Google or Yahoo! for the phrase “Search Engine Optimization” to find a lot of articles on the subject on how to prepare your site for the search engines.
As always, building your website or blog around good, quality content is important for both being and staying listed. Choosing the right keywords for your site and using them properly in your content is also important to have your site indexed in the correct category so that people can find it. If your site is about “Video Games”, don´t plotter the content text with references to “board games” or “online poker” for instance which are games that are not directly related to video games.
Once you have submitted your site to several search engines, or if you have used a website submission service, it can take up to 8-10 weeks before your content is listed, so be patient! However, if your site is already being linked from other web pages on the internet and you receive some visitors from these links, chances are it will be much faster. Good luck!
May 6th, 2008 at 7:19 am
Thanx. Short and very informative.
May 6th, 2008 at 7:20 am
Thanx. Short and very informative.
May 7th, 2008 at 7:06 am
hi Jennifer,
nice article, thanks for sharing,
i’m sure this can help a lot
May 7th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
Thanks! I hope I can bring you more of this stuff when I get the time for it. ***LOL***
May 7th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
jennifer, very useful article. i will submit to engines. can you write more about advertising? regards, kenny
May 8th, 2008 at 4:37 am
Here´s another tip – try submitting to a meta search engine like Dogpile and results will show up in Google, Yahoo and others as well.
May 8th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Thanks for sharing.
May 8th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
very nice
May 8th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
I think Google is one of the fastest search engines when it comes to including your site, so it could be the best place to start.
May 9th, 2008 at 4:47 am
Very useful.
May 10th, 2008 at 11:16 am
ok. will give this a go… i am still new at this, so i may not get it right
but nothing ventured, nothing gained
May 12th, 2008 at 9:06 am
Great article with excellent tips!
May 13th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
Nicely written, good info, thanks
Freddie Cook
May 15th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
…hi, thanks very much for
the advice.
May 16th, 2008 at 10:49 am
You probably won’t need to submit this one, it looks like a hit already. lol Good job.
May 29th, 2008 at 11:09 am
liked it
May 31st, 2008 at 9:49 pm
Short, sweet and to the point. Informative.
June 8th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
No – not that one. It’s a bit strange to find I’m not the only one. I was hoping for a photograph of you. This Jennifer Mint lives in Essex
August 31st, 2008 at 6:56 pm
Very good !!
Yuo’ve got the point!!
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September 13th, 2008 at 8:43 pm
Great content, thanks for sharing. Best luck, Ruby
September 20th, 2008 at 5:51 am
Most of the good web hosting sites, such as yahoo, have a search engine submission function. They walk you through setting the tags, etc. Of course, you do pay for yahoo web hosting and their sitebuilder. The key is that you keep re-submitting. Most search engines do require that.
Great discussions by all here…thanks Jennifer
October 2nd, 2008 at 8:48 am
Ayoba thanx 4 sharing
December 18th, 2008 at 7:22 pm
Nice to run into so many informative people. You are a Gem. Thanks!
January 4th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
Nice and Informative…
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February 25th, 2009 at 5:22 am
good and informative article indeed, but if one is to build a successful website there are a lot more things and technique required.
Search Engine Submission is the basic and it is VERY IMPORTANT. But the work don’t stop there.
March 17th, 2009 at 2:09 am
Well if anyone looks my articles up they can type in under google search engine and type in: dmobile215
All of my articles come up in google.
I am a big author on some search engines, now i am nto saying that I am the best but I am getting a little better at blogging.