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Search Engine Optimization (SEO) aims at increasing the traffic and improving the quality of traffic to a website from search engine results. Search engines work on different algorithms to analyze the contents and keywords, and present the search results.

Website Indexing

Unless you have created a private blog it is better to get your blog indexed by search engines like Google, Yahoo and MSN. One of the fastest ways to have your site indexed is to get another site that is already in the search engine listings to link to you. When the search engine crawlers visit that site, they will find your site and index it. We tried this out by linking to our new Blog and it appeared in Google search listings within three hours. Hence, try this method if you do not want to wait for search engines to approve your site submission.

List of Search Engines

You may submit your site URL to these search engines for Free. If you lack the time, submit your site to the top few leading search engines.

1. Google
2. Yahoo! Search
3. Microsoft Live Search
4. Alexa Web Search
5. Baidu (Chinese search engine)
6. ExactSeek
7. SearchSight
8. Scrub the Web
9. EntireWeb
10. Gigablast
11. Exalead
12. SearchKing
13. whatUseek
14. AnooX
15. Splat Search
16. Walhello
17. SearchIt
18. email Mozdex
19. Jayde
20. Infotiger
21. Abacho (European search engine)
22. Submit-one
23. TowerSearch
24. HotLaunch
25. Shoula
26. The-search-site
27. Websquash
28. Unasked
29. eVisum (educational resource)
30. DinoSearch
31. SearchRamp
32. SearchtheWeb
33. SearchWarp
34. Mixcat
35. BestYellow
36. Beamed

Submit your Blog to the above search engines. I usually takes anywhere between 2-6 weeks for your submission to get accepted.

Website Submission Services

There are many sites on the internet offering free website submission services to search engines. The list of search engines are by and large the same. For a fee, some of them offer to send your URL to more than a hundred search engines. Is it necessary to have your webpage listed in all the smaller search engines? We think that Google, Yahoo! and MSN have cornered such a large share of the market that it is sufficient just to have your website listed there. However, the decision is yours to make. For a start, you may want to use their free services and monitor the traffic.

1. FastSubmit
2. Submit Express
3. AddMe
4. Freesubmissionweb
5. ineedhits
6. Submitshop
7. Searchengineoptimising
8. AddPro
9. Pageranklist
10. Freewebsubmission
11. Amfibi
12. Burf
13. Jerkasmarknad
14. LocalSubmit
15. SrSubmit

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