Site submission is a key element of search engine optimisation (SEO) and will help your website begin to rank in search engines. While site submission is a key starting point in promoting your website’s exposure, greater success will be achieved through good content writing, keyword optimisation and link building combined.
Site submission can be carried out manually or automatically. All of the major search engines have a dedicated webpage for site submission and tend to require filling a form. At its most basic, site submission entails adding the URL of your website while other site submission forms may need an email for verification purposes and content categorisation.
Site submission is largely free. The major search engines do not charge for site submission and you should very rarely, if ever, consider paying for site submission.
Automated site submission can be both online or through downloadable software. In both cases you will be required to complete a form with relevant information and then this is automatically fed into a database of site submission sites. Through automated site submission you can target several hundred if not thousands of search engines.
What is the value of site submission to so many search engines? An online search for site submission will bring back results for sites, software or service providers that claim to submit to thousands of engines. With site submission to so many sites there is naturally a cost either through buying the site submission application or subscribing to a site submission service provider. It may often be the case that you are paying for site submission to irrelevant sites and that you should only consider site submission to the major players. What for example would be the value in paying for site submission to a region or country specific engine if you only offer your services and products domestically?
Site submission should without a doubt be carried out with the major players. Ensure your site submission strategy targets Google, Yahoo and Bing.
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