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How to Submit Your Website to the Search Engines/Directories

You or your webmaster are capable of submitting your website to search engines/directories on the internet.

Step 1:
Make sure that you have the proper meta-tags inserted into your index page.  The proper syntax is as follows between the opening <HEAD> and closing <HEAD> in the index page  (index.htm or index.html)  of your html:

Use our Keyword / Generator to create your metatags already formatted for you !

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE> Name of your Company - Few Descriptive Keywords describing your services or website page - this will show at the top Title bar of your browser </TITLE>
<meta name="description" content="short description of your website and/or services that you provide - it should be less than 125 words - this will be used by many search engines to describe the content of your website">
<meta name="keywords" content="type in approximately 25 keywords/phrases that surfers are likely to search for your website under - remember the more general the keyword/phrase is, the less likely your website will show up as top listing in the search engines/directory - separate each keyword/phrase with commas, like this, and this, etc">
</HEAD>

Many search engines use these basic metatags (Title, Description, Keywords) when they are going to index your website in the search engine/directory.  

If you don't include these basic metatags, you may not get a very high position in the search engine/listing.

Step 2:
Here is a list of the most popular Search Engines/Directories that surfers use to search for websites

Altavista, Excite, GO (Infoseek), HotBot, Lycos, Webcrawler, MSN Search, Google, Yahoo, Snap and AOL

Each search engine/directory has it's own instructions and submission techniques.  If you choose to do your own search engine submission, it is your responsibility to read and follow their instructions.

It is always a good idea to periodically resubmit yourself to the search engines/directories (approximately 1/month) or whenever you make major changes to your website, to ensure that you do not lose your positioning and to ensure that your listing is maintained in each search engine/directory.

Regularly submit yourself to the search engines. Make sure that your website is listed in at least the most popular search engines, which include: Altavista, Excite, GO (Infoseek), HotBot, Lycos, Webcrawler, MSN Search, Google, Yahoo, Snap and AOL.

As part of your hosting services, InterCape Online submits provides a complimentary monthly search engine submission of your home page to the most popular search engines.  This service is helps you get your foot in the door with the search engines and ensures that you are submitted at least 1x month, but it does not guarantee that your site will be listed in any/all of the search engines.  

To increase your chances of better search engine standing, it is best to periodically submit yourself to the search engines. You may submit as many pages as you like (refer to each search engines submission policies), but it is recommended that you submit at least your home page and a site map.

- Home Page Content: make sure that you somehow integrate lots of keywords into your home page and also include links that lead to other parts of your website - this is good bait for search engine spiders

- Site Map: include a sitemap so it is easy to find all of the pages of your website or least the major pages (if your website is extremely large).  Then submit your site map to the search engines and the search engine spiders will crawl through your whole website.  Also Site Maps can make your website more user friendly because it will be easier to find what they are specifically looking for

 

Additional Articles of Interest:
Keyword / Metatag Generator

 How to Use HTML Metatags

How to Use HTML Metatags when your website utilizes Frames

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