How
can you expect anyone to find you if the vehicle (search engines &
directories) that brings them to your site does not know you exist?
You must inform these search engines that you exist, where you are
located, what you offer and what key search words you want to be listed
under. This is called "search engine submission or
registration". Not only does this need to be done initially, but
every few weeks as well, depending on the particular search engine. You
can simply submit your home page or each additional page that contains
information to a specific topic or product/service. With the right software
you can easily do this yourself as often as you desire. Or if you would
rather, Quantum can do this for you. See the bottom of this page for more
information.
Before you begin submitting your site to thousands of
search engines, directories and FFA sites, there are a few things you
should know. Although it is true that search engines will be the most
popular method by far for people to find you on the World Wide Web, over
90% of all searches are done through one of the top 10 most popular search
engines or directories. So, although it does not hurt to submit your site
to the other search engines, your time is better invested focusing your
attention on the top 10 engines.
Another important fact to realize is that simply
submitting your site is not enough. So now you are listed along with the
other hundreds of thousands or millions of sites offering the same or
similar products and services. So what? If you are not in the top 30 or so
of a particular search engine, chances are you will not be found anyway.
When you are using a search engine to locate something, how far down the
list do you go before calling it quits? The good news is that there are
things that you can do to become ranked in top of the listings. Some
things, like buying the key search word from a specific search engine, are
expensive, while others, like "search
engine positioning," are not that expensive - particularly if
you do the work yourself.
Search engines and directories have different criteria as
to how they rank your site. Some are similar and some are not. Although
you can get lucky and accidentally have the correct combination of
elements that will rank your site at the top of the list, the odds are
really stacked against you because you are competing with experts that
invest many hours each week to work their site to the top and keep it
there. Yes, it does make that much difference and the return is well worth
the time invested. Be sure to visit our "Search
Engine Positioning" page to learn more. Chances are the only
reason you found our site was our attention to search
engine positioning.
If you would like more information about our Web
Registration Services, simply click on the word
"
INFORMATION"
and request it. Our "Auto-Reply" feature will have the
information back to you within seconds.
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