How to Submit a URL for Free to Search Engines

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A URL is the web address for a web page. Internet users find a web page by either entering the URL into a browser or clicking on a URL link. Search engines provide one of the most common ways of promoting a URL. Accordingly, search-engine marketing comprises a major part of Internet marketing. Many web submission services allow users to submit a URL for free to search engines.

Things You'll Need

• Internet access
• Email account
• Phone number

Instructions

AddMe

1. Visit the AddMe "Search Engine Submission" page. As of May 2010, you can submit a URL for free to 20 search engines and website directories with this service.

2. Enter the URL and click the "Submit" button. The program then directs you to the main submission page.

3. Enter a "Website or Business Name" and your contact details on the main submission page. Click the "Next" button to submit your URL.

Submit Express

1. Access the Submit Express "Free Website Submission" page. As of May 2010, you can do a free URL submission to 38 search engines with this program.

2. Enter the URL and an email address. You also need to enter the characters in the security image. Websites use this security image and code to stop marketers from spamming the search-engine submission service.

3. Click the "Submit" button to see the submission results. In some cases, a submission to individual search engines will fail. You can still visit those search engines individually and submit a URL according to their particular instructions.

FreeWebSubmission

1. Open the FreeWebSubmission home page. You can use this free submission service to automatically submit to specified search engines and find links for manual submissions to other search engines and directories.

2. Click on the links in the list of website rankings to visit individual search engines and directories. Perform a manual submission at the individual websites. This ranking list contains websites different than the automatic submission service. Use both to maximize your URL submissions.

3. Fill out your website URL and other personal information to do an automatic URL submission. You may check or uncheck the listed search engines. Check your email for a verification link after clicking the "Submit Your Site" button. Click the "Submit Your Site" link on the verification page to complete your submission.

Tips & Warnings

• You can use the Google AdWords keyword tool to find keywords related to your website content. Incorporate these keywords into your pages to improve your rankings.

• Do not repeatedly submit the same URL to search engines. The individual search engines may flag this practice as spam and blacklist your pages and possibly your entire website.

• Submitting to search engines, by itself, does not guarantee good rankings in search results. You need to learn search-engine optimization (SEO) to improve the rankings of your submitted web pages.

References

• AddMe: Search Engine Submission
• Submit Express: Free Website Submission
• FreeWebSubmission: Search Engine/Directory Rankings and Free Web Submission

Resources

• Google AdWords: Find Keywords
• Interspire: Google SEO Basics for Beginners