How do I submit my site to search engines?

Most search engines do not employ workers to search for sites to add to their databases all day; webmasters submit them. A free and simple way to promote your site is as easy as submitting your site to search engines.

There are a couple of different ways to submit your site to search engines. You can submit to every search engine you know of by following these simple instructions:

Visit the search engine.
Look for a link like "Add your site", or "Submit your site". Click it if available.
If you can't find that link, as many will not include it, move on to the next site.
Simply follow the instructions and fill out the form on the page.

Example: Visit www.excite.com (a popular search engine), and scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the "Submit a site" link. On the next page, Excite will offer you services for an extra fee, but you don't have to sign up for the extra offers to submit your site. Again, scroll down to the bottom of that page and click on the "Submit" link to submit your site to their database of web sites.

Now you get to actually submit your site. Use the simple form, fill out your web site URL, e-mail address, language, geographical location and category and press the submit button. You may receive several offers via email (SPAM), so enter an alternate email address if possible. Please note that a submission at a search engine does not necessarily mean you will be indexed in a timely fashion, or indexed at all. However, usually within a couple of weeks, you will find your site within their database.

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