Once your Web Page is up and running, it is necessary to tell the world about it, so everyone can enjoy the fruits of your labors. Register the URL with major search engines and indexes, those high-quality directories and search engines organized for easy access and utilized by many on the Web. You need to do a search on words like "directory" and "pointer" using multiple search engines. Then you need to link to the directories and fill out the forms, an average of 30 minutes per directory.

Since each directory and search engine processes their entries at different rates, you need to check the search engines about every two to four weeks to confirm which entries have appeared as requested. (Also, some of the directories and search engines will directly send you email to confirm the addition of your site.) After four weeks, resubmit your site to any directory or search engine where your listing does not appear as expected.


Submit It! is a free service designed to make the process of submitting URLs to a variety of WWW directories faster and easier. Register with over 15 different catalogs, but fill out just one form!

Submit It! will list you with the following search engines:

Yahoo , Open Text , Infoseek, WebCrawler, Apollo, Starting Point, ComFind BizWiz, Galaxy, What's New Too! , METROSCOPE, Lycos, InfoSpace, LinkStar, New Rider's WWW YP, Nerd World, Media, Alta Vista, Mallpark


Here is a list of some of the major search engines to check out. Some of them are links, to make it a little easier for you.

Alta Vista

BizWeb

Central Source Yellow Pages

Cern W30 Server

Comprehensive List of Sites (net.genesis)

Entrepreneurs on the Web

Excite

Explorer (RealCom)

Galaxy

Global On-Line Directory

GNA Meta-Library Submission Form

GTE SuperPages (was ISP Internet Yellow Pages)

Homecom

Infoseek Guide: Submitting Your Site to Infoseek Guide

Inktomi

LinkStar

Lycos URL Registration Form

Magellan

Metroscope

NCSA What's New

Net-Happenings (Internic)

NetMall (was NetSearch)

New Rider's Official WWW Yellow Pages

Nynex Interactive Yellow Pages

Open Market

Open Text Web Index

Pronet

Starting Point

Virtual Yellow Pages

WebCrawler URL Submission

WebDirect

WEBula

What's New Too Submit Page

WorldWide Yellow Pages

WWWW - WORLD WIDE WEB WORM


Add to Yahoo (Read Yahoo Frequently Asked Questions)

Cool Site of the Day

1000+ places to submit/promote your web page FREE!!

Post the details to relevant newsgroups, including (if applicable) comp.infosystems.www.announce

(Read the Charter FAQ of comp.infosystems.www.announce)

For further guidance, go to:

FAQ: How To Announce Your New Web Site

Spider's Pick of the Day

Coolynx of the Day

TooCool Site of the Day

A1's Searchable Directory of 670 FREE WWW Web Page Promotion Sites!


Check out How to publicise your web page for more suggestions and direct links to sites.

Style Guide for Online Hypertext http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/Provider/Style/Overview.html

Creating High-Impact Documents http://home.mcom.com/assist/net_sites/impact_docs/index.html

Guides to Writing Style http://union.ncsa.uiuc.edu:80/HyperNews/get/www/html/guides.html

Images and Icons http://WWW.Stars.com/Vlib/Providers/Images_and_Icons.html


For questions and comments, contact Priscilla Schrock at: vra@hevanet.com