| Once your website
has been optimized and you have gone to the trouble to do
reciprocal link exchanges, it is now time to submit your website
to the major and minor search engines and directories. It
is recommended that the major directories such as Dmoz.org
be submitted to by hand. There is much evidence now days that
software submissions to the major search engines and directories
will be ignored. Submitting to Google and Yahoo! Search is
now unnecessary as long as you have some incoming links pointing
to your site.
If you submit your site through MSN (bcentral.com) for a
fee, you will also be able to submit to many minor search
engines and directories as well. There are many "free
submit" sites on the Internet plus submission software
you can buy, but only use these methods for the minor search
engines and directories.
Most search engines and directories will index new websites
within 1 - 3 months. Many times, the first phase of indexing
is placing the website in a "holding area" for a
while, while presumably other data about the site (like incoming
links) is being gathered. Once released from this "holding
area" the website will start to make its way up the search
engine rankings.
With Yahoo! Directory you will need to hand-submit your website
as there is a pretty hefty listing fee that needs to be paid
by credit card when signing up for their services. If you
have a non-commercial website and wish to get into LookSmart.com
you can do so through the backdoor by submitting your site
to Zeal.com. LookSmart uses some of the Zeal database for
their results.
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