The hottest tip on getting a web site listed quickly by Yahoo, Inktomi, MSN, FAST, Altavista and HotBot by Anne-Marie Killer

The hottest tip on getting a web site listed quickly by Yahoo, Inktomi, MSN, FAST, Altavista and HotBot by Anne-Marie Killer

Every webmaster knows that the free search engines are a major source of traffic.


They also know that applying all the SEO techniques in the world will not in itself get their web pages spidered, indexed and listed. Yes, sure, a "perfect" page, once indexed and listed will surely rank high for its keywords but unless it is found by the spiders, it is pretty useless.


It is no secret that the process of a web page being found by the spiders can be helped by placing links to that web site on other web sites (e.g. by doing a links exchange with other web sites, by putting one's URL in one's signature file when posting on a forum, by writing and submitting articles for free distribution and placing one's URL in the author's resource block etc.) All of this will surely work but it can take months before anything happens. The webmaster has no option but to be patient and wait...and wait...and wait.


Now there is something very easy and very effective one can do to speed up this process. Actually, using this method, will get a web page indexed and listed in less than 48 hours. And the whole process is controlled by the webmaster. It is easy, fast in terms of setting it all up and what's more it is free!


Here is what one does:

Go to http://www.blogger.com and sign up for a new account (free - they even host the blog on their server at no cost)
Give your blog a name - make a note of this for later use.
Navigate to 'Settings' and then choose 'Site Feed'
Check that the 'Publish Site Feed' option is set to 'Yes'
Copy the 'Site Feed URL' to the clip board (you can paste is some where .. you're going to use it when you've set up your my.yahoo account)
Save your changes
Navigate to 'Posting' and create your first entry.
What should you write? Anything, actually - your words do not make that much of a difference. What is important is that you add the URL of each page you want listed to the blog. Remember to add them as live links (to enable all the spiders to follow them!)


Mmm, you don't know how to do a live link? Here is an example. Just copy the HTML code


link to Perfect Party Ideas


Replace the URL with your URL and the description ("link to Perfect Party Ideas" with your own.


As a suggestion, why not make your blog a log of this experiment?


Publish your blog by hitting the 'Publish' button.

Sorry, we're not done yet...

Now you have to go to http://www.yahoo.com and open a My Yahoo! account. Just follow Yahoo's very clear instructions.
Click on the 'Add Content' button.
Click the ' Add RSS by URL' link.
Paste the 'Site Feed URL' you've copied earlier in the 'URL' field and
hit 'Add'

You have just added your site's news feed to your My Yahoo! account.


Mmm, you don't know what a news feed is? I've written a document explaining it all. You can read it here.

Last step: go to http://www.pingomatic.com
Enter your blog's name and URL (similar to mine: http://www.perfect-party-ideas.blogspot.com)
Select all the services to ping (of which My Yahoo! is one) and click the 'Submit Pings' button.
Navigate back to your My Yahoo! account and refresh your browser.
Scroll to the bottom of the page where you'll see your blog's feed appearing.

Your job is done - the spider bait is ready!


Now for a bit of excitement. Start watching your web site's stat's to see how quickly the spiders find their way to your web site. You could even throw a free stats counter on your blog and watch the spiders visiting your blog. I've written this article explaining how I did it.


Next step: Play "blog-and-ping" every day or so. More often if you have the time! Whenever you feel like it, add another posting to your blog. Remember to throw in some links to specific pages on your web site.
Let me know how successful you were - leave a comment in my blog or use my Contact Us
page on this web site.

Here's to your success!
Kind Regards
Anne-Marie


About the Author
Anne-Marie Killer is a mother of two teenagers and a toddler. She is the webmaster and owner of Perfect Party Ideas
Read her blog where she documents the process of setting up Perfect Party Ideas

If you need More Targeted Visitors to Your Site this Will by David Parton

If you need More Targeted Visitors to Your Site this Will by David Parton

If you need More Targeted Visitors to Your Site this Will
get the Free Traffic Flowing

by David Parton

If you don't know by now one the best ways to attract free
traffic to your site is with articles. You find them in your
email. You find them on any website that provides useful
content. Take a look and you will see they are all formatted
the same way.

Attention-getting headline

Body of article ( usually offers tips or how to
information)

Resource box - That is at the end and involves a blurb to
plug your site or product and your link(s)

I'm sure if you think about it you can come up with some
ideas of your own for great articles. A good place to start:

What is it that you would really like to know? Find the
answer online with Google or go to your local library and
write away!

Aside from creating helpful content your purpose is to
promote yourself. Thus, the resource box. Do not include
affiliate links, leave your selling for when the reader
clicks through to your site.

Okay, you've written an article- what now?

Submit your article to the article banks. Article banks are
depositories for articles. Like a real bank you can make a
deposit or a withdrawal. There are several articles on my
site that I did not write. I made several "withdrawals" from
some of the banks. It's a great way to get free content for
your site.

When you are re-publishing another author's
article you must remember one very important thing: Never
ever cut-off the resource box! They worked hard to create
something useful for you. Repay their generosity by keeping
the links intact.

And guess what? if you take your article and make a
"deposit" it's free for others to download and post on their
site or newsletter! You could find it scattered all over the
net in no time.

Why is that good? Because of your link in the resource box.
That link is going to bring you curious visitors which means
more traffic for you!

I know from personal experience when I find some useful info
in an article I want to find more useful stuff from the same
author so I follow the link.

And because you wrote so well about your topic I will
get the impression you are an expert. We both know
that may not be the case, but if people see you as an
authority in some area they will seek you out for tips,
advice and product recommendations. That means
more traffic and ultimately more money in your pocket.

There are dozens of article banks you can submit your
writing to for free. Just do a search on the net. And
submit, submit, submit! If you write it - the traffic will
come.
-David Parton
Copyright 2005
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NOTE: Feel free to "reprint" this article online as
long as it remains complete and unaltered (including my
"resource box" at the end). Please send me a copy of
your reprint to david@expandingmind.com


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