Selective Submission Service
Manual Submission to worthy indexes
Submission to Search Engines (SE) FAQ
What are the differences among SEs?
We first need to distinguish spiders from directories. Spiders
rely on its own judgement to classify websites. For that purpose,
they collect keyword information from the website pages. Directories
have a tree-like structure with fixed categories, and the user needs
to choose the most appropriate one.
Spiders usually have dynamic pages (.asp, .php or others), while
directories have static pages (.htm).
SEs also differ in PageRank, a Google measure of link popularity.
Low PageRank (0 to 3) mostly means useless SE.
SEs can be general or specific for language, region, subject or
other features.
To which sites is it worth submitting?
There are thousands of SEs in the web, but very few of them are
worth the submission effort. The best way to identify good SEs is
Google´s PageRank, an index of the number of relevant incoming
links to a given site. The PageRank is visible to those who install
the Google Toolbar. Our system only lists SEs with PageRank 4 to 10
in the Home page at the time of our initial analysis.
Is automatic submission worth the effort?
No. Many softwares perform automatic SE submission to thousands
of SEs in a few minutes and for a few dollars. However, most of the
sites that accept free automatic submissions are worthless. None of
them has PageRank over 2. Their only purpose is to collect your
email to spam you forever. Few of them are ever searched. It can
even be dangerous to submit to such "link farms" of no
PageRank: Google strongly discourages it.
Why manual submission?
Is the only way to understand the rules of each index, to comply
with their requirements, and to have a decent chance of getting
listed in a useful SE. Those automatic submission packages that
include Yahoo, DMOZ and other valuable directories are really
ineffective and dangerous for your future rankings.
Why SEs do not like automatic submissions?
- Many SEs demand reciprocal link or banner.
- Many SEs require a human operator rather than a robot to
ensure quality submissions: directories require you to select an
appropriate category for your site.
- Many SEs are supported by advertising, and robots are not
receptive.
- Some very good indexes like Yahoo demand a significant upfront
payment (U$D300). Others are more modest, and accept minimal
amounts. Of course, robots cannot pay.
- Most SEs demand a valid email to send you useful info or
advertising. Thus, a human operator is required to click on a
mailed link.
After these strong points, not be surprised that most good SEs
have some kind of quiz or "humanity test".
Why do we need a tool to keep track of the good submission
sites?
We routinely submit our URLs to hundreds of Page-Rank 4+ SEs. It
is a slow and cumbersome process.
Besides the specific requirement of each site, some indexes
reject sites with certain language, scope or regional attributes.
To make this task easier, we acquired a tool with a database of all the
worthwhile (PageRank 4+) sites that accept URLs for listing. We also
designed a table to keep our projects´ attributes. Then, we can
match both tables and find the appropriate places to submit a site.
So, if we are promoting a site that doesn´t agree to link
exchanges, deals about XXX matters and only applies to local
viewers, we know beforehand to which sites to submit... maybe a
fourth of the total list... so we save time...
The database can be edited online to keep track of which projects
were submitted to which SEs. The SEs that changed policies or just
died can also be edited.
Submission restrictions : Inacceptable websites
Some SEs do not accept websites that:
- do not pay
- do not publish the SE link or banner
- are written in a different language
- do not apply to a given geographical area
- have objectionable content (adult, hate, illegal schemes, MLM)
- do not have a given thematic content
Our system contemplates restrictions 1 and 2, and it will soon
cover the rest.
Submission restrictions : Inacceptable SEs
Some websites do not accept SEs that:
- charge
- demand publication of a SE link or banner
- require a lot of time to submit
- have PageRank lower than 4
- look unprofessional
- have a different geographic, thematic or linguistic target
Our system currently considers restrictions 1 to 5. Most experts
consider that being listed by a SE within restriction 6 makes no
harm.
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