Tips and tricks

Tips and tricks

To which sites should you submit your web site?

You should submit your web site to all search engines, Internet directories and special interest sites that are related to your web site. A listing on the Internet directories and search engines can bring your web site very targeted web site traffic.

In addition, the links from the Internet directories will increase the link popularity of your web site. A high link popularity can have a positive effect on your ranking on many search engines.

Do not submit your web site if the Internet directory or special interest site is not related to your site. These directories will not list you and they might consider your submission as a spamming attempt.

Being listed on as many Internet directories and search engines as possible will bring your web site many visitors and new customers. Even if a single search engine might not bring you many visitors, it all adds up and you'll benefit from increased link popularity and higher rankings in other search engines.

How often should you submit your web site?

In general, it is not necessary to re-submit your web site once a search engine has indexed it.
Search engine spiders will automatically come to your web site and find new pages. If you have to re-submit your web pages, we recommend to not submit your web site more often than every four weeks.

Only submit your web site to those search engines that are relevant to your business and to your country. Search engines that have nothing to do with your web site topic will not list your web site and they might consider your submission as a spamming attempt.

It is also not necessary to submit more than your index page. Search engines will follow the links on your home page and they will index every page on your site. Just make sure that all pages of your site can be reached through the links on your site. If you don't have a sitemap yet, it might be a good idea to build one. Further information about site maps can be found here.

Note that search engines take some time to index a web site. Most search engines won't deliver
immediate results. Usually, your web site will be indexed within 4-12 weeks.

Do not submit redirections

Your web site should have its own domain name and the domain name should point directly to your web site. If your domain name is only a redirection to the actual domain that hosts your web site, you won't get good results.