Should You Submit Your Website To Search Engines Every Month

A Wedding Minister called me the other day and asked if he should be submitting his website to the search engines regularly. He even had been approached by one firm saying they would do this for him each month for only $19.95.

Here's one topic almost everyone who does online marketing agrees on.

The question:

Should you submit your website to search engines each month (or pay to have someone do it?).

The answer:

No.

There is no concrete evidence that this works and most of the search engine gurus who work behind the scenes at Google or Yahoo! will tell you it's of no value.

It's not recommended in any of the guidelines, again at Google, Yahoo!, or MSN.

So how do you get INTO the search engines (if you have a new website)?

(1) Get a link from a website that already has good search engine positioning.

(2) Get a link from ANY website that is already listed with Google, Yahoo! or MSN.

That's the best way.

I just finished a new domain, website, the whole-show-bang for a client and put their link on the home page at my Wedding Planning Links (.com) website - which Google crawls almost daily.

Within 48 hours their site was in Google.

I know what you're thinking now...

"How do you get top rank and positioning for my website?"

With a rock-solid, comprehensive search engine optimization program.

It's going to take some time, and it takes a lot of expertise, but if you get everything in order (page-title tags, keywords, keyword density, crawler-friendly, inbound link development, etc...) you'll be in the game.

Keep in mind, the competition for top positions in all wedding related categories is unbelievably tough. Chances are you won't "climb" into a top 5 or 10 position until someone else falls out.

If you're concerned about search engine optimization drop me a line. I'd be glad to set up a time to talk about it on the phone with you.

Chris Jaeger
Book More Weddings
http://www.bookmoreweddings.com