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Crawler-based search engines automatically visit
Web pages to compile their listings. This means
that, unlike directories, you are likely to have
several, if not many, pages listed with them.
This also means that by taking care in how you
build your pages, you might rank well in
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| Submitting to
Google |
The absolute best way to get listed with Google
is to get links to your Web site from other
sites. Indeed, this is the best way to get
listed for free with all the major crawlers
listed on this page. Crawlers follow links, so
if you have good links pointing at your Web
site, the crawlers are more likely to find and
include your pages in their databases.
Here's the good news: if you submitted your site
to the major directories and got listed with one
of them, then Google and other crawlers will
almost certainly pick up the URL that was
listed. This means you may not need to do
additional work to get listed with crawlers. |
Aside from link building, Google provides an Add
URL page that lets you submit a URL directly to
its crawler. However, there's no guarantee that
Google will actually include a URL submitted to
it this way. Despite this, it makes sense to
submit your home page and perhaps one or two
other URLs from "inside" your Web site via the
Add URL page.
In addition to the
ADD URL page, Google offers other options to
submit a large list of URLs (a sitemap file) and
verify ownership of your site within Google
Webmaster Central for faster indexing, free of
charge.
Once you have completed one of the options
above, you really don't need to submit more than
this. The only reason for submitting some of
your inside pages is to give Google an alternate
route into your site in case there is a problem
reaching your home page. From whatever page it
visits, Google will look for links to other
pages within your site, perhaps including those
in its index. This is true for other crawlers,
as well.
If you have a brand new Web site, it will
probably take about a month before Google lists
your web pages naturally. Because of this, you
might consider making use of its paid placement
program Google AdWords, which is covered in the
next part of this guide.
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