Web Page Submission

All of the major search engines have moved away from dependence on "submission-driven" indexing and page ranking processes. Although most search engines and directories still accept web page submissions, they will not favor or place extra ranking weight on sites that proactively submit their pages. Most major search engines prefer to use their own "discovery" process and index web pages by crawling around the web with their spiders.

They do a pretty good job of discovering new websites, so you may not have to submit to them .

We have three new websites that have ALL been discovered without submitting them to Google, Alta Vista, Fast & Ask Jeeves. We're getting visited on regular schedules now by each.

Today, website submission seems to give a better payback when you are submitting your site to hundreds (or even thousands) of small web directories and search engines. You can get a lot of traffic from these sites.

You just need to pick a good, trustworthy search engine ranking consultant (or good software package) that will submit your sites to legitimate search engines & directories. Be careful, there are scammers out there that may post your URL's to illegal FFA's (Free-for-All links pages) and spam sites. You could end up with a lot more spam in your email box than traffic to your website.

Now, amid all the hype, products and overblown information about web page submission, you may have come across offers from SEO's (Search Engine Optimization specialists) that claim hand submission or manual submission is best.

Here's our take on this:

There is absolutely NO clear evidence that demonstrates hand submissions work better than software automated submissions. Our opinion about hand-submission is that it has been hyped up by SEO companies as a competitive differentiator and is primarily used as a selling point.

Think about it...Doesn't "hand-submission" sound better than "automated submission." It gives the client the sense that they're getting a customized, more focused effort and more effective submission results. When given a choice, most clients will choose hand-submission because it sounds better, not because the results are any better.

It's important to note that most web page submission software emulates a browser, so the search engines cannot differentiate between hand submissions (from your browser) and automated submissions.