Why Isn't My Site Listed on Search Engines Yet?

You put up a new web site, get all your Meta Tag info and copy set for search engines, and register your site with all the major engines. Then you sit back and wait for your listing to start showing up on search engines and driving thousands of eager buyers to your pages....and you wait.....and you wait...and you wait.

The exploding backlog of new web sites has become far more than search engines can handle. Expect to wait months to get listed on Yahoo (if you can listed at all).

A few of the major search engines have super-fast indexing technology that can have your site up within a few days to two weeks. Among these are Infoseek, AltaVista and HotBot.

Be patient and don't get too obsessive. I find that once sites are listed on the six or seven major search engines, they tend to start showing up on many other search engines and link libraries. You can register your site with all the majors with one click at http://www.all4one.com/. You can register free with over 400 search engines and link libraries with a single click at http://www.submit4free.com/.

Search engine technology is constantly changing. For the latest check http://www.searchenginewatch.com/. The site is widely regarded as the Net's best source of up to the minute search engine info.

Kevin Nunley provides marketing and copy writing. Read all his free tips at http://DrNunley.com Reach Kevin at kevin@drnunley.com or 603-249-9519.

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