7 replies to this topic

[hypntzd3]

Hello,

I have heard various things from people, but I would like to know the order of importance for me to submit sites to the search engines.

Is it directories first? If so local and regional or all?

Which directories?

Also with that in mind when and again in what order should I be submitting to the regular search engines?

I was always in the mind set that submitt to small campaign in Overture or Google Ad words just to get index and then submit to all the search engines from there...

Please advise.

Hypntzd3

[qwerty]

Start with the directories and you won't have to worry about the search engines -- they'll find your site by spidering the directories.

And I don't believe getting into Overture or AdWords will help you with the search engines. They keep things like that separate.

[hypntzd3]

Hey Qwerty,

I have never bought add words either...my site does well because of content and linking. I'm familiar with adwords. I am trying to refine my skills here...I have alwasy submitted to the search engines more and I have been reading that the directories are important...possibly more important.

Hypntzd3

[qwerty]

I wouldn't say that the directories are more important than the search engines, but submitting to the directories is definitely more important than submitting to the search engines. If you want to be in the directories, submitting is the only way in (except for the possiblity an editor will submit your site him/herself).

[BrianR]

... except if your going the PFI (paid for inclusion) route on the search engines, which is the way I often go for speed on new sites.

I hit all the directories first, wait a couple of weeks, check the listings, and if 80% are listed, then I submit to the search engines via PFI, but leave Google to find the site via spidering.

BrianR

[awall19]

Submitting to search engines does relatively little...why?

Search engines were getting bombarded with spam (some estimates over 95% of submitted sites are spam). Search engines would rather follow links. By following a link the search engine knows (ideally) that at least one source of information somewhere on the web thinks of your site as a resource worth linking to.

Since only spammy sites usually link to brand new spammy sites, it can usually be assumed your site has some level of quality to it if multiple independant sources link to it.

Links are to search engines as peanut butter is to people. yum

[Scottie]

Links are to search engines as peanut butter is to people.    yum

Love it!

[nedguy]

Links are to search engines as peanut butter is to people.  yum

... may be true for search engines, but sadly not for peanuts. Even the trace of a peanut has the potential to kill my beautiful 8-yr-old son who has a peanut allergy (not rare these days).

Sorry Awall. Can't say I feel the same way about them.

Nedguy (aka party-pooper)