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[idoubt]

Hello
Is it worth paying for search engine submission? If some one do suggest this path, please suggest the plan which you have used.
Also, on many a sites, they suggest that the url shall be suggested every month. Is there any need to resubmit to SE?
thanks

[chrishirst]

Is it worth paying for search engine submission?

No

Is there any need to resubmit to SE?

No

submit to directories once and in the right categories, SEs will find the site.

case in point. I have a brand new site up, started submitting to a few smaller directories 3 weeks ago, about 5 currently have been approved. Googlebot and Slurp (Yahoo) are currently deep crawling. Googlebot is pulling a page every 1/2 hr or so, Slurp is averaging 6 pages a day.

Not a single submission to either engine.

[idoubt]

Thanks
BTW, did u pay for yahoo?
thanks

[chrishirst]

Nope

Not parted with any money for inclusion at all yet (may not have to if it keeps up)

[idoubt]

[Shane]

It is worth paying for submission if 1) the bulk of your content lies behind a form and/or is password protected (which means a spider can't crawl to it) and 2) it's worth paying a cost-per-click price to get users to those pages. Ideally you'd rearchitect your site to make that content accessible to spiders, but that's obviously not always an option.

[DennyTang]

submit to directories once and in the right categories, SEs will find the site.

Can you list some directories? I only know of DMOZ.

[Haystack]

Denny, you'll find a ton of info on directories here:
http://www.highranki...hp?showforum=21

[Trellian]

Is it worth paying for search engine submission

reasons why it "may" be worth paying:

1. faster inclusion, in some cases guaranteed.
2. more frequent re-crawl refresh rates, ideal for sites that have frequently changing content.
3. on some engines, receive improved rankings, such as scrubtheweb.com, mirago.co.uk, webwombat.com.au etc...
4. PFI and XML Trusted Feeds may be the only way to have a large website fully indexed.


Cheers
David

[ewc21]

I believe even in SEs the best things on the web are free. Google and Yahoo! has free submit URL pages. Unless you pay for the 299 dollar for Yahoo! directory to be listed, submitting pages for free still works and worth the effort.

I used to submit using Trellian and I could hardly see any difference.

Sorry, David but I don't see a sizeable number of people use search engines that tap scrubtheweb.com, mirago.co.uk, webwombat.com.au, etc.

[Trellian]

Agreed, the majors have the bulk of traffic and send the bulk of traffic, but it is also that much harder to compete and can take you more time and resources than it is sometime worth it in terms of ROI.

Sorry, David but I don't see a sizeable number of people use search engines that tap scrubtheweb.com, mirago.co.uk, webwombat.com.au, etc.

But is not SEO all about getting as many visitors to a site as physically possible at a cost that is justified???

If not than I stand correct.

So if not:

Do not bother asking for links from sites, so no link strategies.
Do not bother having your sites indexed by no other search engine apart from the top 5 or so...
Do not bother with any other form of online promotions...

Just get a listing on google and yahoo and sit back and wait for those sales to roll in!!!

Yeah right....

It all comes down to, ROI. If you can get listed for free or if using PFI which is under $30 on an engine that has 2 mil searches per month, and they generate over $30 worth of sales for you, why would you say no to that?

Cheers
David

[spade82]

Paid submission is definitely not worth it, in my opinion.