Search Engine Submission
Search Engine Submission is known as a service provided by a skilled webmaster, who will automatically submit your website URL to many search engines at once, making them aware of your site for indexing and positioning. It is important for your website to be listed with the web directories so people can see the listings which will finally increase traffic on your website. Once listed, the search engine crawlers can easily find your site and list it with themselves.
WesternSoftwares excels in doing search engine submission for you where we inform the leading search engines or directories about the existence of your website.
Our skilled professionals have a neatly defined process of search engine submission which we unfold as follows:
Preparing your submission
Before submitting your website for search engine submission, it is important that you write a description of 25 words or less, with keywords, about your website. Our team at WesternSoftwares shall choose the keywords from your website itself after running a thorough keyword research.
Submitting to search engines
WesternSoftwares shall easily submit your site to search engines effectively. We shall fill up the submission for you and submit your site, thus enabling it to be easily accessible for search engine crawlers
How do you submit?
If you are submitting for free to a non-commercial category, click on the "Suggest a Site" link that appears at the top right-hand corner of the category page. That will bring up a submission form. Fill it out, and you're done.
If you are paying to submit, you needn't pick a category. Instead, just use the Yahoo Directory Submit Form. From there, Yahoo editors will choose a category for you. All you need do is fill out the form that is presented.
The above tips are the bare essentials to getting listed with Yahoo. If you are in a hurry, you can follow them, and you'll probably get listed and receive some traffic from the service. However, you may want to do even more preparation before submitting to this important service.
Search Engine Watch members have access to a detailed How Yahoo Works page that guides you even more through the process. It explains why it is better to select a category, rather than leaving it to Yahoo's editors when using the Yahoo Directory Submit service. It also explains more about the relationship between your being listed in the Yahoo Directory and your positioning in crawler-based results. To learn more about becoming a member to access this information, visit the membership information page.
Alternatively, you might consider working with a search engine optimization company that has experience in submitting to Yahoo. You'll have to pay for their services, but the price may be worth it in relation to the additional traffic you'll receive from a carefully conducted submission to Yahoo.
Search Engine Watch members have access to the Outsourcing Search Engine Marketing page that lists articles about selecting search engine optimization companies.
Submitting To The Open Directory
The Open Directory Project (aka ODP or DMOZ) is a volunteer-built guide to the web. It is provided as an option at many major search engines, including Google (see the Search Engine Results page for a full list). Given this, being listed with the Open Directory can add value to any site.
The good news is that submission is absolutely free. The bad news is that this means there is no guaranteed turnaround time to getting a yes or no answer about whether you've been accepted. In fact, you may not receive any notification one way or the other.
To submit, locate the category you want to be listed in. Then use the "add URL" link that appears at the top of the category page. Fill out the form, and that's it -- you've submitted.
If you are accepted, you should see your site appear within about three weeks. If this doesn't happen, then you should resubmit. Note that for awhile it took considerably longer than three weeks to be listed in ODP because of editorial delays. In December 2006, ODP announced that "editing is back," so the situaion should be back to normal.
As with Yahoo, it is highly recommended that you take the time to learn more about the Open Directory before submitting, in order to maximize the amount of traffic you may receive.
Search Engine Watch members have access to a detailed How The Open Directory Works page that guides you even more through the process of submitting to that directory. To learn more about becoming a member to access this information, visit the membership information page.
"Search engine submission" refers to the act of getting your web site listed with search engines. Another term for this is search engine registration.
Getting listed does not mean that you will necessarily rank well for particular terms, however. It simply means that the search engine knows your pages exist.
