Small Business Resource: Are Search Engine Submission Services Worth It?

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January 11, 2007

Are Search Engine Submission Services Worth It?

o, what does it mean to use an SE submission service and how do you know which one to go with?

In your research effort, read the guidelines and fine print disclaimers. For instance, Yahoo! Accepts free submissions, but those free submissions are prohibited in the commercial directory section, which costs. [Free submission is restricted to non-commercial sites.]

Also important to pay attention to…are those search engine submission services that GUARANTEE number one ranking. Submission services just submit (do all the grunt work so you don’t have to); they do not have any control over acceptance of your site, ranking statistics, or any other such omnipotent, or god-like, promises. In fact, if you ignore careful investigation, such services may offer keyword and other manipulation that will instead get you black-balled by the top search engines.

So, try a professional service that is up front, efficient, and effective in helping you do what would otherwise take repeated and timely effort on your part (as you have to submit your site/pages on a recurring basis, staying fresh and updated every few months, that is).

Consider the following service, keeping in mind this writer has NO affiliation or investment in it…besides having used the service with great results:

Selfpromotion.com is a premier service. As you can probably tell by the name, you do some of the work, too. That is, you register with Tooter (selfpromotion.com), you set up your profile and check the engines and indexes you want to submit to, and tooter does the rest.

If you are satisfied, you “donate” to the brains behind the service, Robert Woodhead (who is clear, concise, exacting, knowledgeable, and funny as all get out).

I am almost embarrassed to admit I sent a piddly ten dollars (as a new freelancer still building…), but will now return as Woodhead has done for me and so many others every few months, and send some more thank-you money.

A good search engine submission service is hard to find and should be revered!

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Posted by David at January 11, 2007 2:31 PM