Step 4. Submit your site to search engines and directories
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How to register your URLs with search engines
Below is the sequence of actions needed. On completing them,
you will have submitted your pages to search engines and
directories of your choice.
1
2
A
B
C
D
Press GO > Submit URLs (or Features > Submission).
Select your Web site from the Project drop down menu. Then:
1.
There are four sub tabs shown as A, B, C, and D at the
top level
Auto Submission
tab. Go through each of them.
A. Enter your siteis Title, description, keywords, category
and other information that search engines need for an
acceptable submission.
B. Select search engines to submit your Web pages to.
C. Press Submit and watch the submission processed in
real time. When it has finished, you can save or e mail the
report with submission results.
D. To see what search engines return in response to your
submission request, go to the
View
Real Reports
tab where
you will find reports explaining why a certain submission
failed and what you need to do.
2.
Go to the
Manual Submission
tab to get detailed
recommendations on how to get registered with search
engines that donit accept automated submissions. Here you
will also find guidelines needed to qualify for inclusion
within the major directories such as Yahoo! and DMOZ.
See more information about manual submission on the next
page.