Submitting your URL to the search engine? Is it work?

There are two contradicting myths on SEO (Search Engine Submission) subject

Myth #1:

Submitting your URLs to as many as search engine will bring in high traffic to your site.

Myth #2

It’s the opposite of Myth #1. Submission, anyhow, doesn’t work at all.

Shockingly, both statements, to some extent, are true.

The major search engines do find and index your website/blog by themselves.

The speed may vary on different search engine robot.

In spite of this, if you submit your pages following their own rules, you will also get your site crawled more intensely and deeply. There is more probability that your web/blog pages will be searchable by search engine. Thus, visible to the public as well.

On the other hand, some smaller and regional search engines prefer that you submit your website/blog and its pages instead of waiting for them to come to you.

How to register your URLs with search engines

For Google, use Google Webmaster Tools (https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools)

The steps are:

1. Login into Google Webmaster Tools

2. Enter the URL of your website/blog. Press Add Site button.

3. Click the Verify Your Site link. Choose one the 2 available verification method. You can use Meta tag or uploading xml file to place in your hosting server. Press Verify button when you are ready.

4. Go to Sitemaps link. Click Add Sitemap. Choose the kind of appropriate sitemap, usually General Web Sitemap. Enter the name of sitemap file into the form.

For Yahoo, use Yahoo! Site Explorer (http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/)

The steps are:

1. Login into Yahoo! Site Explorer

2. Enter the URL of your website/blog in the My Sites. Press the Add My Site button.

3. Click the Authenticate button in the right side of your URL column.

4. The choice of verification method quite similar to Google Webmaster Tools. You can use Meta Tag or upload a verification file. After you choose on of them, press the Ready to Authenticate.

Note : Yahoo verification process take longer tome than Google, so just be patient. When your URL status has been authenticated, you can add feed /sitemap of your site.