Get Listed On Search Engines
One of the simplest things you can do to increase readers is to make
sure your page is listed on major search engines. List the URL
of your home page (the one with the links to your Affiliate site on
it) The search engines will typically follow links down into your
Affiliate site and list those pages as well. Make sure your follow
the rules of the search engine, and do not abuse the priviledges or
no pages will get listed!
The list of good search engines is always changing, with one buying
another or going away. I try to keep this current, but this is not the
top priority here so some links may be out of date. Here are some links
to add your site to some good Search Engines (in no particular order):
- Google - Free,
submit ONLY your top or site map page and they will crawl your site
- AltaVista - Free,
or fee for express submit and other options
- Lycos - Was free,
now seems to be paid placement and paid inclusion
- MSN Search
"Web Pages" results (Free)
- LookSmart Used
by MSN, AltaVista, and many others (cost: $149-$299?)
- Teoma
- Now owned by Ask Jeeves (cost: $30 for the first site, $18/site
after that)
- AllTheWeb - Free,
submit just one page. Also known as FAST Search
- Here is
another place that is usually up to date on this subject.
Directories are much like search engines, and also great places to
be listed:
Pay Per Click is where you bid to have your links above others. You decide
how much the traffic is worth and make your bids. Just be sure you do
not overpay!
- Overture
(was GoTo) is the GrandDaddy of them all
- FindWhat
is another good choice
- Allan Gardyne's PayPerClickSearchEngines
has all the information you will ever need on this subject. This is
where I go when I need information on a PPC search engine.
Optimizing your site for the search engines can be a full time job,and
if you want to learn all about it from the best, see these sites:
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