What is Search Engine Submission?

A brief search engine submission definition is: The practice of submitting a website directly to a search engine so that the search engine becomes aware of its existence and can index it to include in the results of a web search.

When our clients ask us to define search engine submission, we generally tell them that search engine submission alone will not help them achieve their goals. Rather, it is one facet of an overall search engine optimization strategy. There are essentially two reasons to submit a website to a search engine.

  1. To expedite the search engine indexing of a brand new website if the site owner does not wish to wait for the search engines to find it.
  2. To have any new pages or content on an existing website updated in that particular search engine.

Call the Internet marketing experts at Brick Marketing today at 877-295-0620 or contact us and ask if search engine submission is the right approach for your website!

How Websites are Submitted to Search Engines

There are two different ways to submit a website to a search engine. You can either submit one page at a time or you can submit all the pages at once by submitting the site map of your site. But search engine submission is usually accomplished by simply submitting the home page of a site and if the site is constructed well, the search engine crawlers will be able to find all of the pages of the site and add them to their site index.

Each search engine requires a slightly different protocol for submission. Some request that you only submit the home page from which the rest of the site can be ‘spidered.’ Others prefer to have each web page submitted separately. Depending on the search engine, some place limits on how frequently pages may be submitted or place limits on the size of bulk submissions in an effort to discourage spamming.

Submitting a site or the individual pages of a site can either be done manually or automatically through the use of software. Manual search engine submission is fairly tedious and involves filling out each field in the forms for each page for each search engine. Automatic submission entails filling out the input fields once and the software takes care of the rest of the submittals.

It bears repeating that search engine submission alone will not increase the ranking for your website. It is a method of expediting how quickly your site will get noticed and indexed by the search engines. If you would like to learn more about search engine submission or you have any other questions about Internet marketing, we encourage you to Call Brick Marketing at 877-295-0620 today or contact us and find out how Brick Marketing can help your website stand out in a fiercely competitive marketplace.
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