Submission Sites

Have someone else submit your site to search engines.

By Aliza P. Sherman Mar 19, 2001

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There are many sites that will automate the process ofsubmitting your own site to search engines-some for a nominal costand others for free. An old tried-and-true submission site isSubmit-It, which costsaround $59 per year, but they also let you try a limited versionfor free at http://www.submit-it.com/sitrial.htm.Always have handy a clear and concise 25-word description of yoursite along with a handful of specific keywords that best describeyour site. Each search engine has slightly different submissionforms that you have to navigate, even when you use a submissionsite.

Aliza Sherman is an entrepreneur and author of Cybergrrl:A Woman’s Guide to the World Wide Web (Ballantine Books).She is currently working on her next book and new company.

There are many sites that will automate the process ofsubmitting your own site to search engines-some for a nominal costand others for free. An old tried-and-true submission site isSubmit-It, which costsaround $59 per year, but they also let you try a limited versionfor free at http://www.submit-it.com/sitrial.htm.Always have handy a clear and concise 25-word description of yoursite along with a handful of specific keywords that best describeyour site. Each search engine has slightly different submissionforms that you have to navigate, even when you use a submissionsite.

Aliza Sherman is an entrepreneur and author of Cybergrrl:A Woman’s Guide to the World Wide Web (Ballantine Books).She is currently working on her next book and new company.

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Aliza Sherman is a web pioneer, e-entrepreneur and author of eight books, including PowerTools for Women in Business. Her work can be found at mediaegg.com.

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