What is a Search Engine?
“A search engine is a giant database that lists sites on the
Internet. You access the database when you enter keyword
searches and receive a list of relevant sites”
Search engines send automated computer programs (called robots
or spiders) to crawl the Internet in search of Web pages.
Basically these spiders follow links to travel from URL to URL.
When they visit your Web site, the robot indexes (or records)
the text of your page or pages (if it is a deep crawling spider)
and stores it in the search engine's index. Later, when a user
enters a search query at the search engine's Web site, the
search engine scans Web pages in its index for pages that
provide the best match.
In theory, the search engine spider is supposed to be able to
find all the sites on the Internet. However, since new sites are
being added daily the crawlers are very busy.
Search
Engine Submission: Getting Listed
"Search engine submission" refers to the act of getting your web
site listed with search engines. Another term for this is search
engine registration.
Getting listed does not mean that you will necessarily rank well
for particular terms, however. It simply means that the search
engine knows your pages exist.
How long
does it take to get listed?
These times
vary with search engines and directories. The search engines
will optimistically report a very short time, but most sites get
listed within 8 weeks from the time of submission.
The reality is that most search engines and directories are very
backlogged and slow to get listings added to their databases.
As
part of our hosting package, On your control panel you can
submit your website to 10 major search engines
Google
- MSN (Microsoft Search Engine) - Yahoo - Go - Alta Vista - Ask
Jeeves - Lycos - Excite - Hot Bot - Looksmart
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