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Getting listed on search engines is not automatic when your site is live. There are 3 ways your site can get listed on search engines and directories:

1. You submit your site to each individual search engine and/or directory. To do this, go to each search engine and/or directory and look for a link to submit your site. Please see How do I submit my site to Search Engines for free on my own?
   
   Important: Make sure you submit the exact full address of the first page in your index. It should include the /page/page/12345.htm that follows your address or if you have a friendly url, it should include the /FRIENDLYURLHERE.html adddress. Although when you enter in just your web address (e.g. www. abc.DesignOwnWeb.com), it actually forwards to whatever page is first in your index, most search engines will not accept a site address which forwards as they think you are trying to cheat with a doorway page that helps increase your ranking.
   
2. You hire a company to submit your site to search engines and/or directories. Companies that provide this service often have several ways of getting your site listed higher up. They also often have the option of signing you up to just a few search engine or hundreds or thousands of search engines and/or directories.
   
3. Your site is randomly found by a spider or bot and indexed. Many major search engines and/or directories regularly send out a spider or bot to rove the Internet and index sites not yet in their listing. There is no guarantee that your site will get listed this way.

Remember 85% of all website traffic comes from search engine results.

Submission Companies

We recommend several different companies with whom we have negotiated discounts and free trials for our members. To get access to these, click on "Tools" and then the "Marketing" button.

More Info

For more info on search engines in general, see w ww.searchenginewatch.com

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