Search engine submission must be considered after your site has been thoroughly tested and uploaded to your web-hosting server. Search engines are the primary method people use to find information on the web. Not submitting your URL to the top search engines would be like building a brand-new store and not telling anyone about it.
SEARCH ENGINE SUBMISSION FEES:
There are web promotion companies that specialize in search engine submissions and web site promotion. That's all they do. Fees start around $1500 and up. If you have the budget, it would be money well spent. If this is more than you currently want to spend, consider CobWeb Designs for your search engine submission.SEARCH ENGINE SUBMISSIONS: No Charge
Includes publishing of your website to various free search engines such as Scrub The Web, Google and, others.Because of the enormous amount of web sites joining the web each day, some of the more popular search directories now require a payment for being listed with them. (Actually you're paying for them to REVIEW your site. They have the option of rejecting the listing). Believe it or not, this is a good thing! Requiring payment weeds out the "riff-raff and spammers" and better ensures that only quality sites are listed. Generally, they command a large proportion of search engine traffic to warrant such a payment. For example, Yahoo, AOL and, Google are the number one most-used search directories on the Internet today. Submitting you URL to Google is free however, AOL and Yahoo charge (2004). With the advent of Pay-Per-Click (PPC) some of the larger search engines are beginning to list site for no charge.
PAY-FOR-CLICK:
The "pay-for-click" system lets you bid for the top position in search results. You "bid" against your competition for certain keywords. Again, if you have the budget, it is worth investing. For an example see Bench Mark's site.Add Words:
When people search the Internet using keywords, search results turn up many site, sometimes in the millions. To advertising to an audience that's already interested in you Add Word is the way to go. Add Words work along the same lines as Pa-Per-Click. You bid so much for each time a potential customer click on you site, for example 13˘ per click. Remember though, others are also bidding. So, the higher you bid the high your site on the list.| ©Copyright 2007 CobWeb Designs All Rights Reserved. |