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Submit your site to over 800 of the top Search Engines, Directories, Awards Sites, and Free for All Link Lists

Have your site submitted to 800 promotional sites for free
Some suggestions to help you get more traffic
Check and make sure your site is ready to promote

How does URL submission work?  
     When someone wants to find something on the net, they go to search engines. Big search engines like Infoseek, Hotbot, Altavista, Lycos and Excite. These sites are responsible for 70-90% of the new traffic on the net. So you  want to have your site listed with these engines.  
     In fact, the bulk of your traffic will come from the most popular search engines, but the competition's fierce. The engines constantly change their rules, how they rank your site, and how long your site stays indexed. Then there are the other million people adding their sites to the engines to get the same exposure you are after.  
     To make sure your site has all the coverage possible, you then need to make sure it's been added to every other possible resource on the net. That's where the other 788 sites come in. These 788 sites are divided into specialty search engines, awards sites, directories, and free-for-all link sites. 
Can URL submission help my site? 
     Maybe I didn't explain it right. YOU WILL GET THE MOST PROMOTIONAL COVERAGE AVAILABLE BY SUBMITTING YOUR URL TO ALL 800 PROMOTIONAL SITES. 
How can you do this for free when everyone else charges $50-$100 for just one submission? 
     Before we submit your site, we ask that you add some HTML banner code to the page you are submitting (every other service on this page is available to you whether you use the submission service or not). In exchange, we will promote your site every other week, or until you remove the banner code. We are trying to find sponsors for this service, and the sponsor's banners will be shown on your site. This is a small price to pay for the huge increase in traffic you should see, and we will never use objectionable sponsors. If you are interested in sponsoring the service, click here.
How much traffic will I get? 
     It may be few people a day, or it may be tens of thousands. At first you might not notice much of a difference, but as your URL is accepted by more promo sites, your traffic will continue to grow. 
    There are three factors that decide how much traffic you get: 1) How many people see your listing, 2) How well you rank in the engines and 3) How enticing your information is. 
     The cold hard truth is that the search engines take upto 6 weeks to index you. Your link stays on the other sites anywhere from a day to a month. So the only thing you can do to make sure your listing is out there is to submit to ALL the promotional sites, and to submit your URL often. 
    The second factor, how well you rank with the engines can be improved by using the free services offered below. They will help to make sure your site is ready to submit. 
    As for how enticing your information is, that is totally up to you. You get to describe your site to the engines, so make your title, description and meta infomation as interesting as possible. Remember, your target audience will get to see your site only if they are 'sold' on your description. 
But I don't want to add the banner code to my site. 
     For those of you who want to use our service, but would rather not host banners on your site, the bi-weekly submission service is available for $300.00 per year (paid quarterly) with a $20.00 set-up fee. This is the same service we are offering to you free for hosting our sponsor's banners. 
Where do I sign up for Free URL submission? 
     Simply follow the direction on this page and you are ready to go. 

Good luck with ALL your promotional efforts for your website.


The links below will also help you increase your traffic
NetMechanic 
Tune up your Whole web site Free! Check your site's Links, Html; use the new GIFBot and even check your Server status!  Results are e-mailed to you. Very nice! 

Free-Banner exposure for your website 
This one earns my personal recommendation. The software being used doesn't loose impressions like some swaps do. The service is great. My traffic returns are fantastic. If I had to recommend a banner exchange, this would be it. 

Meta Medic 
These guys will help you maximize your meta tags. Every little bit helps when  you're tackling the evil search engines. 

Search Engine Watch 
Want to know ANYTHING about search engines and search engine promotion? This site is the best source of information including how search engines work, how well they work, and how to make them work for you. Their free newsletter will keep you up to date on what's what in search engines. also offers a monthly e-mail report that's packed with all the latest news. 
  
VirtualPROMOTE 
These guys offer a pretty good site marketing e-zine 

Ultimate Promotion 
When all else fails - HIRE A PRO. It takes years to learn how to build traffic. These guys will do a good job promoting your site, VERY inexpensivly. Check 'em out. 

Magellan Voyeur 
Ever wonder what people are searching for on the search engines? Magellan gives you 12 queries at a time. 

Meta Spy 
Another glimps into the mind of the surfer. Search queries as they happen. It's a great way to stuff those META TAGS! 

Yahoo's Top 200 search phrases 
This list is out of date, but there's a pretty good chance that the top 200 searches wouldn't have changed much. 

Tips and Tricks for the slightly experienced 
If you've figured out how to ftp, submit your site to the engines, and have more than 500 visitors a day, move on to part 2. These are great ideas to build a steady stream of repeat and fresh visitors. 

 


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