Search Engines for the Complete Newbie

Okay, you've got your website on the Internet. Now what?
Just because it's there doesn't mean anyone is going to see
it. To get your site seen, you need to get it listed in the
Search Engines.

A Search Engine is the first place someone on the Internet
goes to look for...anything. So how do you get listed in
the Search Engines? First, ask yourself what YOU would type
in a browser to find YOUR website. Do you have an online
gift shop? What do you sell in it? Use those words AND
phrases as your keywords.

Got them ready? Good. Now, what do you do with them? You use
them - in your website description, page title(s) and meta
tags.

Your what? Meta Tags. These keywords are placed within the
HTML Code of your web pages. Slow Down! HTML Code? HTML
(Hyper Text Markup Language, to be specific) is the code
that makes the "pieces" of your site (graphics, text and/or
links) show up where you want them to on your web page.

Once you (or your website designer) have the keywords in
place, you can "submit" your site to the search engines. You
CAN use a submission service to quickly add your URL,
but...you don't know for sure if it's been added unless you
do it yourself.

Each Search Engine has it's own specific rules for
submission. Be sure you read their policies thoroughly
because they change often.

Here are the links to the top FREE search engines to submit
to:

Alta Vista
http://addurl.altavista.com/sites/addurl/newurl
All The Web
http://www.alltheweb.com/add_url.php
Hot Bot
http://www.hotbot.lycos.co.uk/submit.html
Google
http://www.google.com/addurl.html
Lycos
http://www.lycos.co.uk/service/addasite.html
Northern Light
http://www.northernlight.com/docs/regurl_help.html

Other Important Engines

Aeiwi
http://www.aeiwi.com/submit.html
2kCity
http://www.2kcity.com/search/addurl.asp?page=adurl
Exact Seek
http://www.exactseek.com/add.html
Find Once
http://www.findonce.com/submit/
Frequent Finders
http://www.frequentfinders.com/addsite.php
Surf Gopher
http://www.surfgopher.com/addurl.htm
Info Tiger
http://www.infotiger.com/addurl.html
Master Site
http://www.mastersite.com/addurl.htm
National Directory
http://www.nationaldirectory.com/addurl/
Scrub the Web
http://www.scrubtheweb.com/addurl.html
Search It
http://www.searchit.com/addurl.htm
Splat Search
http://www.splatsearch.com/submit.html
True Search
http://www.truesearch.com/addurl/
Googley
http://www.googley.com/cgibin/search.cgi?AddSite=prompt
Infomak
http://www.url.infomak.com
What You Seek
http://www.whatyouseek.com/addurl-secondary.shtml
Walhello
http://www.walhello.com/addlinkgl.html
Subjex
http://www.subjex.com/submit_url.html

You're finished. Or are you? There are a LOT more search
engines out there...just type "search engine" in one of them
and see what comes up! There are also pay-per-click engines
and directories...but this article is for the Newbie. Let's
not get you overwhelmed!

I hope this article helps you understand more about what is
involved in search engine submissions. If you have questions,
send them to jwright@aboutaffiliates.com. I'll answer them
as best I can.