To which sites should you submit your web site?
You should submit your web site to all search engines, Internet directories and special interest sites that are related to your web site. A listing on the Internet directories and search engines can bring your web site very targeted web site traffic.

In addition, the links from the Internet directories will increase the link popularity of your web site. A high link popularity can have a positive effect on your ranking on many search engines. Do not submit your web site if the Internet directory or special interest site is not related to your site.

These directories will not list you and they might consider your submission as a spamming attempt. Being listed on as many Internet directories and search engines as possible will bring your web site many visitors and new customers. Even if a single search engine might not bring you many visitors, it all adds up and you’ll benefit from increased link popularity and higher rankings in other search engines.

How often should you submit your web site?
In general, it is not necessary to re-submit your web site once a search engine has indexed it. Search engine spiders will automatically come to your web site and find new pages. If you have to re-submit your web pages, we recommend to not submit your web site more often than every four weeks.

Only submit your web site to those search engines that are relevant to your business and to your country. Search engines that have nothing to do with your web site topic will not list your web site and they might consider your submission as a spamming attempt. It is also not necessary to submit more than your index page. Search engines will follow the links on
your home page and they will index every page on your site. Just make sure that all pages of your site can be reached through the links on your site. If you don’t have a sitemap yet, it might be a good idea to build one.

Note that search engines take some time to index a web site. Most search engines won’t deliver immediate results. Usually, your web site will be indexed within 4-12 weeks.

Do not submit redirections
Your web site should have its own domain name and the domain name should point directly to your web site. If your domain name is only a redirection to the actual domain that hosts your web site, you won’t get good results.

Did you miss a particular search engine?
Even more search engines can be found in IBP’s semi-automatic submission tool. Not all search engines allow an automatic submission because they require a validation code or an user account.

Not all search engines have a submission page. Some popular search engines use the database of another search engine.  If the result pages list text like “Powered by Google” or ” Results by Yahoo” then it’s likely that the search engine doesn’t have its own database. For that reason, it’s not possible to submit to that search engine.

What Is The Best Way
1. Does your web site have its own domain name?
2. Is your web site hosted on a fast and reliable web server? Search engines might not index your web site if your server is too slow.
3. Have you made sure that your web site is not hosted on a free server? Many search engines don’t index web sites that are hosted on free hosting services because they often contain spam.
4. Have you made sure that your web site URL is not just a redirection to another URL? Many search engines won’t index redirections.
5. Have you made sure that your web site URL doesn’t contain special characters?
6. It is enough to submit only the index page of your web site because search engines will find all other pages of your web site through the links on your site. Do not submit all pages of your web site.
7. The moment a search engine spider visits your web site is not the moment your web site is added to the search engine index. It’s only the moment in which the search engine takes a look at your site.
6. It takes some time until search engines show your new pages in the index. Search engine spiders have to visit your web pages, they have to scan the web pages, they have to evaluate your web pages and they have to add your web pages to the index. Most search engines need four to 12 weeks to index new web pages.
4. If your web site is not listed on search engines, do not submit it more often than every four weeks.
5. Only submit your web site to Internet directories and special interest sites that are related to your web site. Anything else might be considered spamming.
*?What can happen if you submit your web site before optimizing your web pages?
You won’t get high search engine rankings if you submit your web site before optimizing your pages.
Submitting your web site to search engines is pointless if your web pages are not search engine ready.

*?What can happen if you don’t use the right URL or web server?
If you don’t use your own domain name or if your web site is hosted by an unreliable web host then it is likely that your web site will not be listed on search engines. If the submitted web site URL is only a redirection or a welcome page than it’s also likely that search engines won’t index your web site.

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