Submitting your websites to the major search engines will help your content index more quickly in search results. The three major search engines as of 2010 are Google, Yahoo and Bing. It doesn't cost anything to submit your sites to the search engines and doing so is one of the main forms of marketing that you can do for your sites.
Instructions
Submit to Google
- 1
Type "google.com/addurl" in the address bar on your browser and press "Enter."
2Type your domain in the URL field including the http:// prefix.
3Type an relevant comments in the Comments field. This space is for comments or keywords that describe your website.
4Type the letters that appear in the captcha.
5Left-click the "Add URL" button. Your URL is now submitted to Google and will begin appearing in search results.
Submit to Yahoo!
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Type "siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com" in the address bar of your browser and press "Enter."
7Left-click the "Submit Your Site" link at the bottom of the page.
8Left-click "Submit Website or Webpage."
9Type your domain in the URL field. Notice the http:// prefix is provided for you.
10Left-click the "Submit URL" button. Your URL is now submitted to Yahoo! and will begin appearing in search results.
Submit to Bing
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Type "bing.com/webmaster" in your address bar and press "Enter."
12Left-click the "Submit your site's URL" under the "Drive more traffic" heading.
13Type the characters in the captcha image in the Characters field.
14Type your domain in the URL field using the following example: http://www.example.com.
15Left-click the "Submit URL" button. Your URL is now submitted to Bing and will begin appearing in search results.