Submit your Blog to Search Engines

Written by Abdulrehman on June 4th, 2008

I know that all people want their Blog/Website to be included in search results from search engines. However, many are unaware of the fact that their Blog’s URL has to be submitted to the directories of search engines in order to be included in search results. Search Engines update information from websites by web crawlers, and if your website is in their directory then they will also update information from your blog, which could help your blog hold a position in search results. To add your Blog / Website to search engines follow the following steps:

Open the search engine where you want your website to be added.
Type “Add URL” in the search box and hit search.
It would probably be the first five links that would contain information on adding your URL to the Search Engine.
Click the most appropriate link and it will straight away take you to the form.
Enter information such as Web address.
Do not forget to enter key words (If asked) because it can help you to get a better position in search results. Also choose category (If asked) because that too can help your blog to be more specified and targeted to users.

Being listed in search engines is very important as it can drive a lot of targetted traffic to your website. this is infact the first step in search engine optimization.