Things You'll Need:
- A Computer
- An Internet Connection
- A New eHow Article or Website
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Step 1
WRITE YOUR eHOW ARTICLE or PREPARE YOUR WEBSITE TO GO LIVE: The first step is to create your website or write a good eHow article. Each eHow article should be focused around one primary keyword. Entire websites should also be keyword rich. Generally speaking, this optimizes the website or article and makes it perform better in search engine results.
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Step 2
PUBLISH YOUR eHOW ARTICLE or UPLOAD YOUR WEBSITE: In order to submit your eHow article to Google for indexing, you will need a URL. Your article is not assigned a URL until it is published. Drafts will not receive a URL, so you must wait until the article is published to proceed in submitting the URL to Google.
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Step 3
SELECT "GO TO ARTICLE" AND COPY THE URL: Once your new website is published, you'll need the main URL. Once a new eHow article is published, one of the option buttons that appears will be for "Go to Article." Select the "Go to Article" option. Once you've arrived on your or eHow article, highlight the URL and go into the "edit" menu at the top of the page and select "copy." Or, use the key command for copying (Apple "C" on a Mac.)
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Step 4
VISIT THE GOOGLE URL SUBMISSION PAGE: Next, open a new browser tab or browser window (this can be done by clicking on the "file" menu at the top of the page) and visit the Google URL submission page. I've included a link at the bottom of this page in "Resources"
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Step 5
PASTE THE URL INTO THE "URL" TEXT BOX: Paste the URL for your new website or eHow article into the text box labeled "URL." Paste by clicking your mouse in the "URL" box, then go up to the "edit" menu at the top of the page and select "paste." Or, you can use the paste key command (Apple "V" on a Mac)
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Step 6
ENTER COMMENTS: Below the box for the URL, there is a box marked "Comments" where you can put any notations. This is optional. If you'd like, you can enter the title of your new eHow article that you'd like to have indexed.
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Step 7
TYPE THE SQUIGGLY LETTERS: To prevent computerized URL submissions, Google uses a "captcha box" designed to help differentiate between automated URL submissions and human URL submissions. Below the "comments" box, you'll see a box with an image of colored, squiggly letters. Type the letters into the box below the image.
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Step 8
CLICK "ADD URL": Once you've entered the new website or eHow article's URL, any optional comments, and the captcha box letters, click the button that says "Add URL" and you're done! Your article will be added to Google's list of web pages to crawl with its spider, the Googlebot. To learn more about how spiders and the Googlebot works, see the related link below.
Comments
mommymommymommy said
on 11/29/2009 Extremely helpful! Thank you!
litetender said
on 11/10/2009 Excellent info! Thanks!
markj1995 said
on 8/20/2009 very helpful information. i just tried it..we will see where this takes me next. it was very simple. I wrote my very first article the other day about how to construct a patio area for your grill. Please feel free to view it and tell me what you think. Thanks!
mattgoetz said
on 8/18/2009 I'm doing this with all my articles. Very helpful information! I really enjoy reading these types of articles because they are so important. 5*
airving said
on 8/6/2009 This is one of the most helpful articles I've read. Thank you for sharing How to Submit Your Ehow Article and Website to Search Engines Like Google. 5* and rec.