Search Engine Submissions

Here is a service that is often over-hyped by SEO companies because it sounds really cool, but it is really simple. Search engine submissions are worthless because a search engine that is worth being included in will find your website free anyway. If you have any links going to your website from any indexed web page on the internet you don't need to submit to search engines. For ways to get links check out this post on Link Building

Definitely don't pay for it.

What You Should Do

1. Manually Submit: There is some debate on whether or not this is helpful or harmful. I have never used it just for the reason that if it does hurt it's not worth the extra time that I am in Search Engines. If you decide to manually submit, here are some links to use:
   
   Google Site Submission
   Yahoo Site Submission
   MSN Site Submission
   
   
2. Let them find you: Search Engines have crawlers that are constantly scanning the web for new web pages. If you do some basic link building, or even a Pay Per Click Campaign, your site will be found "Naturally." The only drawback to this method is time. If you are in a hurry, this is not the best method.
   

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