Free Website Submission 

  To put it bluntly, don't bother with any kind of free website submission. 

There are many online companies that offer to do free website submission for you.  Other companies charge a fee.  This fee can be as little as $5.00 a month to $29.95 a month and even more. 

While the sales pitch might be a good one, the truth is that search engines will find you on their own without you having to submit your site, free website submission or not.  Most search engines regularly search the web for websites and if yours is online and you can reach it by typing in http://www.YourSite.com, then the search engines will find you.

So, to bottom line it, there is no reason at all that you should use free website submission services and least of all, those that offer website submission for a fee.

The question is, how quickly will they find your website?

Ahhhh, this is another question all together.  But, not one that warrants paying someone to submit your website for you. 

An easy way to get your website indexed quicker (that is, faster than sitting around and waiting for the search engine to find you), is to have a website that is already indexed link to you. 

For example, let’s say that you’ve just finished your brand new website and you’re anxious to get it indexed in the search engines.

The best way to get your site found is to have a link to your site on another website that's already in the search engines.

There are various ways to do this:

• Write an article and submit it to article directories.  Within your bio area of the article, place a link to your new website;
• If you regularly visit forums related to the same topic as your new website, place a link to your site within your signature tag.
• Do a search in your favorite search engine for "free advertising".  Then advertise your new website on these free advertising sites.
• Add your site to website directories.  While Yahoo! is the preferred directory, it does cost money each year.  If you don't have that kind of money to spend ($299 / year as of this writing), search for free website directories to add your site to.

This way, when the search engines pay a visit to this already-indexed website and finds your link, it will follow that link to your brand new website and index the pages it finds there.

Here are a few additional tips that you might find helpful:

These few tips should get your brand new site indexed in no time and without you spending countless hours on free website submission.

As for where your website appears within the search engines is another story altogether.  Make sure you read the other tips contained on this site to help get your website noticed.

You might also be interested in our SEO Tips on what to avoid when optimizing your website.

Kristine Wirth offers free SEO tips and advice that are gathered from an online career spanning over 10 years.  You can get these same tips and advice at http://www.SlingBrain.com.  Or by signing up to the SEO Tips & Traffic Advice Newsletter at http://www.slingbrain.com/SlingBrain-SEO-Newsletter.php

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