When your brand new site is at the starting gate of the internet you must summon the search engines to your location. This should be done as soon as possible. Your site first gets crawled by the spiders. After that it is indexed and then listed.



Spiders are automated programs that crawl a webpage. They are also known as robots or worms. In every instance the spider will find the page. It then follows links that lead to other pages on the website. Spiders retrieve the information and then give it to the search engine indexers.

Clearly the indexer is much like the librarian of the search engine. Every word is logged, categorized and stored in a gigantic database by the indexer. There are ways to lure the spiders to your website other than manual submission. Here are some quicker methods rather than submitting your pages directly.

One of the best ways to get your website spidered quickly is to link your web site to another site that is related to the theme of your website. This site must already have been indexed. Ideally the other site should be spidered on a regular basis as well. Having your site mentioned in news releases and blogs can also get your site spidered very quickly, sometimes within days.

You can also use a more traditional method like posting in forums. If you choose this route be careful not to spam. Follow the posted rules. Always provide helpful answers. Remember never to go overboard on your sig file. Steer clear of private forums. They are not always indexed. Make certain that the forums where you post are listed in search results.

No matter which method you choose to get your website spidered, you will need a good site map. A site map lists and links to all pages on your site. If your site consists of over approximately one hundred pages, use a multipage site map. Make certain that every site map page links to all other site map pages.

You should have a link to your site map on your home page and preferably on each of your pages. In addition, make sure your website pages are simple and free of clutter. In order to become an online success get the search engine spiders to crawl your site as soon as possible.

I have saved the best for last. Submitting articles to article directories. This is without doubt the super quickest way to get your website crawled and indexed. The spiders absolutely love to visit article directories because of the content. When you write and submit articles to article directories your website will get listed in no time flat.

These easy to understand strategies, although very simple, can be quite effective. Use them right away because the longer you wait the longer it will take for visitors to click on your website.