Hi there,
I've answered your search engine submission query in four parts: some
general tips, free submissions, paid submissions, and my
recommendations for submitting your site.
SOME TIPS
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- Never use a service that promises to submit your URL to thousands of
search engines - there are only a handful worth submitting to, and the
others can cause more problems than benefits.
- Make your free submissions as soon as possible, as soon as there is
some content on your site. It can take a month or two for your site to
appear in the search results. When your content changes, the search
engines will notice, so don’t worry about it being unfinished.
- The best page to submit to free submission services is a site map.
It doesn't need to be fancy, just a page of links to every page on
your website.
- Make sure your website is up & running at all times. If the search
engine robot visits when your site is down, it might not come back.
- If you have the same content elsewhere, at a different website, make
sure that it is removed, or redirects to the new site - ask for a
clarification if this applies to you.
FREE SUBMISSIONS
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Once upon a time all search engines had this, but now there are but a
few. Submitting once is enough - then wait a month or two. Despite
there being many websites that can automate the submission process for
you, it is quite quick and easy to do it manually and avoids a few
problems (like too many submissions via the same website in one day).
Just visit these web pages and fill out the info:
Google
://www.google.com/addurl.html
Yahoo!
http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Actors_and_Actresses/
If your site is purely a fan site, and is non-commercial, then find
the appropriate category at Yahoo and submit for free, using the link
at the bottom left of the category page. Sometimes you can be listed
quite quickly, often it takes a year or two (they have a big backlog
of submissions) and most likely it will never be listed. When a search
engine has a paid submission service, their commitment to the free
submissions wanes.
Inktomi
http://www.hotbot.lycos.co.uk/submit.html
Hotbot UK still has a form for free submissions - it can't do any harm
submitting your URL, but I think the odds of it getting you onto the
Inktomi index is quite small.
Alltheweb
http://www.alltheweb.com/add_url.php
AltaVista
http://addurl.altavista.com/sites/addurl/newurl
Walhello
http://www.walhello.com/addlinkgl.html
Open Directory
http://dmoz.org/Arts/Performing_Arts/Acting/Actors_and_Actresses/
This is the basis of Google Directory. Find the appropriate category
and click on Add URL at the top of the page. Getting listed can take
anywhere between one day and a couple of months. A listing can improve
your ranking in Google search results.
Zeal
http://www.zeal.com/users/register.jhtml
This is for submitting non-commercial sites to Looksmart. Requires
registration before you can submit a site. Then go to
Celebrities/Actors via their home page.
PAID SUBMISSIONS
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By paying you can be listed within a day or two.
Make sure that your site is fully functional and best fits the
category you select. Some of these services (like Yahoo and Looksmart)
do not guarantee to list you, and may not if you don't meet their
standards - so check out all the small print.
Yahoo Express
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/suggest/busexpress.html
Yahoo Express requires a US$299.00 non-refundable, recurring annual
fee. Being listed at Yahoo will improve your ranking in other search
engines.
Looksmart
http://listings.looksmart.com/?synd=none&chan=lshomeft
$49 to get listed, and then 15 cents every time someone clicks through
to your site. This could become much more expensive than using
pay-per-click services like Overture and Findwhat.
Alltheweb / Lycos
http://searchservices.lycos.com/searchservices/select_overview.asp?co=atw
Annual Membership: $18, Annual Cost per URL: $12
12 month subscription
AltaVista - Express Inclusion
http://www.altavista.com/sites/search/express_incl
First URL $39, URL #2-10 $29.00 each, URL #11-500 $19.00 each
6 month subscription
Inktomi via Verisign
http://www.netsol.com/en_US/promotions/offers/options/inktomi.jhtml
Inktomi via INeedHits
http://ink.ineedhits.com/
Inktomi's index feeds Altavista, HotBot, iWon, LookSmart, MSN,
Overture, DogPile and other search engines.
1st URL $39, URLs 2 - 1000 $25 each
12 month subscription
The two different services for paid submission to Inktomi are
basically the same.
Ask Jeeves / Teoma
http://ask.ineedhits.com/
1st URL $30, URLs 2 - 1000 $18 each
12 month subscription
Listed within 7 days, and your listing refreshes every 7 days
I RECOMMEND
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Submit to every free service, and do it as soon as possible. Pay
special attention to the Open Directory submission, it and Google are
the most important.
If you are in a hurry to receive traffic, consider one of the paid
submissions, that way you will get hits while you wait a month or two
for the free submissions to be indexed.
Regardless of what you do, most of your search engine traffic will
come via Google. Paying for submission will get you more traffic, but
at a price. If the actor your site pays tribute to is hyper-famous (ie
Britney, J-Lo etc) then appreciate that there is a lot of competition
out there, and even if you pay, your site might not achieve a high
ranking in search results. The best value for a non-commercial site
would be Inktomi, followed by Ask Jeeves. Only submit your home page,
or the page that has the most information and keywords on it.
Consider using a pay-per-click service. If your actor isn't too
famous, Findwhat might get you traffic from just 1 cent per visitor.
http://www.findwhat.com
Search strategy:
Personal experience
I trust this answers your question. If any portion of my answer is
unclear, please ask for clarification.
Best wishes,
robertskelton-ga |
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