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Why Submitting to Search Engines is a Bad Idea |
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Some companies promise to submit your site to thousands of search engines on a regular basis.
Fact - The big search engines, i.e. Google, MSN and Yahoo, are responsible for over 90% of search traffic. The thousands of smaller search engines are pretty much irrelevant for your needs. - Fact - Major search engines have a long list of websites waiting at their submission points. It could be months before your website is even crawled.
- Fact - With some search engines, submitting your site too often through the submission forms can get your site banned for spamming!
The best way for a search engine to find your site is through a link from an indexed on-topic page.
The major search engines (Google, MSN, Yahoo etc…) constantly crawl the Internet, looking for new sites via links from established sites. Basically, the more links to your website that they can find, the more importance they place on your website.
The most effective way to get on-topic quality backlinks for your site is by submitting your site by hand to the right categories in the right directories. Click here to learn about our professional directory submissions service, skip directly to our rates and order page, or visit the articles in our knowledge base (see the menu to your right) to learn more about directory submissions and what they can do for your site.
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