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| What is NameSubmit®? | ||||||
NameSubmit® is an automated search engine submission tool. By simply answering a few questions, you can submit your site to 5000 search engines, directories and link pages on the Web. |
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| Why should I submit my site to search engines? | ||||||
85% of users rely on search engines to locate information on the Web. By registering your site with various search engines, you make it easier for visitors to find your site and the information that you have to offer. |
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| To which search engines does NameSubmit® submit? | ||||||
NameSubmit® will submit your site to 5000 search engines and directories. Here is a small sample of some of sites to which your site will be submitted.
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| What do you mean by "confirmed submissions"? | ||||||
There are a lot of search engine submission tools on the Web. But using these tools means taking a leap of faith - they give you no feedback on whether your site was accepted for registration by the various search engines. Was the search engine able to access your site? Was the engine overloaded when your submission was made? Were you accepted for registration? |
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| What happens after I use your service? | ||||||
Once we have completed the task of submitting your site to our list of search engines, the search engines must process those submitted pages. Some will communicate back to you and others won't, but you'll receive an email from us indicating the success or failure of each individual submission. If you receive a rejection, our email will contain a link that you can click on, which will take you to the search engine itself where you may be able to provide additional information helpful in a re-submittal. |
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| Now that my site has been submitted, that's it...right? | ||||||
Keep in mind that registration is an on-going thing: to keep their search engines running efficiently, the engine providers will periodically clean up their databases, dropping some of the sites for a variety of reasons. Because of this, it's a good idea to check regularly (at least weekly) to verify that you are still in the search engine's database. Search for your site name in the search engine to see if you are in the search engine's database. If your site doesn't show up, or your site has been dropping in the rankings, you may want to resubmit your page. |
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| Why do you ask for so much information when submitting my site? | ||||||
We only request information that is requested by the various search engines. We use this information for submitting your site to the search engine. You are welcome to leave blank any fields you do not care to fill in, but this may cause one or more search engines to refuse your request to add your site to their list. We do test the URL that you enter to insure that the site can be reached, and we use your email address to send you a report on the success of the search engine submission process, so we recommend that you at least fill in these two items. |
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| What will you do with my email address and information? | ||||||
We do not sell or otherwise make available your information, except to the submission pages of the search engines. Be aware that many search engines will send you email as a part of the submission process. These emails may include advertising for additional services, confirmation emails, etc. If you do not want to receive these messages, select the "No" option in Part 2 of the NameSubmit® registration and we'll use a substitute address while submitting your site. |
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| How often should I submit my site? | ||||||
The basic advice to follow if you have a site that is not listed in the search engine's database is to submit your site monthly until your site is in the search engine's database. To check to see if your site is listed in the search engine's database, go to the search engine and type in the name of your site as the search query. If your site doesn't show up, your site is not in the database and you need to submit. Getting listed in the search engines can be a lengthy process. Some engines may pick up your site in a few weeks. All the engines are different and depending on their backlog that week, the listing times may vary. If your site is in the database, but not ranked or ranked very poorly, you need to optimize your site using a different set of Meta Tags. This can improve your relevancy score with search engines. Once you have improved your page, resubmit your new page to the search engines. You might also want to resubmit your site is if you have made major changes to it. |
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| How can I use NameSubmit® to target only certain engines for submission? When would I want to do this? | ||||||
If your site is ranked quite well in a particular search engine, you normally do not want to resubmit your site to that engine. Search engine optimizers are a superstitious lot and the conventional wisdom is "don't mess up something that is working just fine." NameSubmit® gives you the flexibility to pick and chose which engines you want to submit to. You can submit to all search engines, directories and link pages on the list, or just a few selected engines. This is especially handy if you have customized a particular page for a specific keyword and search engine. The capability to select which search engines to submit to is a new
feature in NameSubmit®. When you are signing up to submit a site to
the search engines, the first step is to give basic information about
the site you wish to submit. Here you will have the option of indicating
to which search engines you do not want to submit your site. |
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| Can't I just submit my pages to each search engine myself? | ||||||
You are welcome to do so, but plan on it taking a lot of time. Here are the steps involved: 1. Build a list of search engines to submit to. 2. Visit the first site and browse through the site to locate the submission page for that engine. 3. Enter the URL of your site, your name, select the appropriate category, etc. for that site. 4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for each of the remaining sites. (By the way, don't make any typos) Figuring five to ten minutes for each of the 12 search engines vs. five minutes total to use our tool, our free sample is saving more than an hour of your time. And the subscription version of NameSubmit® will save countless hours of your time. |
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| I submitted my site using your Search Engine submission tool. I realized I made an error ( or something has now changed on my site). Will you make these changes on the Search Engine? | ||||||
Once your submission has been sent to the Search Engines, your information becomes property of the appropriate Search Engine(s). Nameway® cannot change or modify any information with regards to your submission information or URL. You will need to contact the appropriate Search Engine(s) for any administrative changes that apply to your site. |
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| On April XX, 2005, my site was supposedly submitted to all the search engines on your list. I received the confirmation email with the number of days each search engine would take to index my domain. As of today, our site is not listed on any of the search engines. Why isn't my site on the search engine? | ||||||
Nameway® is not in charge of the search engines, nor do we have any administrative privileges on them. We are an agent who submits your information to the search engine for placement in their database. How, where and when they place your URL is up to them. Our submission service is designed to save you the user many hours of time filling out your sites information and submitting it to EACH search engine individually. Many search engines have long backlogs and the estimated times they give for getting listed are often best case scenarios. The volume of sites being submitted to the search engines has grown geometrically in recent years and this trend will probably continue. The best advice is to continue to check search engines for your listing and keep submitting motnhly until you get listed. If you are displeased in the response time the search engine has provided you will need to contact them directly. |
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| How long does it take for you to submit my site and get it on the Search Engines? | ||||||
These times vary with search engines and directories. The search engines will optimistically report a very short time, but most sites get listed within the following times:
The reality is that most search engines and directories are very backlogged and slow to get listings added to their databases. Don't be surprised if you experience waits much longer than these. You may wait over 5 months to see your site get listed on Yahoo!, if it gets listed at all. We recommend that if your site isn't listed within the time periods
above, that you resubmit your site to the search engine where you
are not listed. |
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| My site was listed on a search engine last week, but now it's gone. What happened? | ||||||
Periodically, some search engines will purge outdated URL information, and occasionally an active site will inadvertently be removed. We recommend that you check weekly to verify your site is still in a search engine's database and to resubmit your site if it suddenly disappears from the search engine listing or starts to drop in the ratings. Do not submit your site too frequently (more than once a day), because some search engines will consider this to be "spamming" and may delete your site from their listings. You also do not want to re-submit to a search engine if you already are ranked highly. Leave success alone. |
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| I'm receiving a lot of junk email since I used your tool to submit my site. Did Nameway® sell my email address? | ||||||
No. Some search engines require your email address before they will accept your URL submission. Later, they may send you email information as part of the submission process. Nameway® can't control this practice. Although we provide the information to the search engines that is required to submit your site, Nameway® will not sell, trade, or otherwise distribute your email address. |
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| Is the cost of your Engine Starter service $9.95 per Search Engine? | ||||||
No. The total cost of our annual NameSubmit® service is $9.95. This includes unlimited submission to all search engines, directories, and link pages. |
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