Some people try to sell this “secret” for a lot of money on the World-Wide-Web. And I give it away for free 
Read on, follow my tips and your site will be indexed by Google (and other search engines!) in less then 72h. Then you have only to work on your page rank And to learn how to improve your Page Rank – watch this space, or even better, subscribe to this blog for free! Just click on one of the symbols in the top right corner of the blog and my good old friend feedburner will talk you through the process.
But here the plan of attack to get your web site indexed by Google in less then 72h:
0.) This post is about getting your blog indexed by Google, it is not about how to rank high in Google’s search results. That is another post to come!
1.) Add Google Analytics to each single page of your web site (easiest way to do this is by using a template, a blog or CMS). This way Google gets the first “hint”. This can be done at a very early stage, before the actual “launch” date. Don’t forget to exclude yourself from the statistic, if not, you get all exited about the time people spent on your site — and it is only you and you ;-(
After/ At the launch date:
2.) Only launch a finished site, never one that looks “under construction”. It is fine to add content over time (actually it is important to do so) but don’t launch your site too early, wait until there is actually something to index for Google.
3.) Add a sitemap, Google bots, the ones that crawl the web and index it, love an easy journey, give them a “travel-map” and they happily spent a lot more time on your site.
4.) Add your site to Google’s webmaster tools. They are free and helpful and show you even where there might be problems, so do check them from time to time.
5.) Submit your site to the MAIN directories Don’t waste your time with link farms etc., submit your site only to the “biggies” and the rest will follow. MSN, Yahoo, DMOZ and Alexa will do nicely.
6.) Add the site to your “online personality” I use a simple word document (duh!, how boring) to keep track where I have an online existence. Forum signatures, myspace profiles, facebook etc are great places to put a link in. Look for high traffic environments where Google bots might “stumble upon” your link.
7.) Write a short article about your site at Squidoo, hubpages and Qassia. Don’t just copy, write original content that is directly related to the main topic of your blog.
8.) Blog about it! Google loves blogs, if you have a blog, write about your new web site and if you haven’t a blog, and don’t want one ;-(, leave a comment on a blog that is related to your main topic (don’t put your url in the comment itself, that is rude, put it only in the appropriate section/ field) Check that the links are “dofollow”, not “nofollow”.
This eight steps should be enough to get your web site indexed by Google in less then 72h. Feel free to add more ideas/ suggestions in the comment section. Have fun and web-success, SY
Hi SY, have you used automaticsitemap? I use bluehost and overall I am happy with them, but I have only been doing web development for a couple months. They provide automaticsitemap as a free option, but I’m wary of using anything that is not listed by you. Also, any suggestions on hosting? I noticed a experienced web developer who uses Media Temple, any thoughts?
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One word of caution, you write “I’m wary of using anything that is not listed by you” I hope that is a joke and / or an attempt on flattery, you should never follow blindly what somebody tells you to do or not to do. Regarding the web host, I am using hostgator and be a happy bunny with them, but I heard also good things about the two you mentioned, I simply don’t have personal experience with them, SY
No, I haven’t, I use a free tool / wp-plugin to build my sitemap and then submit it one time to Google. No need for more in my case
I can see that you are an expert at your field! I am launching a website soon, and your information will be very useful for me.. Thanks for all your help and wishing you all the success in your business.
I can see that you are an expert at your field! I am launching a website soon, and your information will be very useful for me.. Thanks for all your help and wishing you all the success in your business.
Signs of a stupid spammer:
Posts the exactly same comment under two different names and linking to two different sites. Makes false claims like “I am launching a website soon” and then links to a well developed web site. How stupid do you think I am? You want a back link? Great, leave a valuable and honest content! SY
Hi buddy, your blog’s design is simple and clean and i like it. Your blog posts are superb. Please keep them coming. Greets!!!
Your site design is a bit cluttered, but it is a great niche and well executed, all credit and back link to you! SY
What about ping? Google has indexed one of my websites before I even finished it, because I use WordPress ping plugin.
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Happened to me before, but don’t overdo it with the pings, you might get flagged as a spam site
SY
Hi Sy,
I promise you I am not a spammer. I am an entrepreneur trying to build a pretty big effort. A very small team has been building http://www.dealtattle.com. It has taken us longer than expected. But, we have launched (today – officially, but, we put the site up 2 months ago). I found your site when “googling” the a question about AutomaticSiteMap. I got a call from them today. Evidently, we have close to 100,000 pages currently (that will only go up); and, they wanted to see if they could sign us up. They say we are only getting about 900 pages submitted to Google. They also say that they have a business relationship with Google, Yahoo, Bing and Ask. They think they can do much better than our robot.txt file and get much of our site indexed. They also say that we will have issues due to the frequent changes/real time updates we have. Frankly, I am suspicious – forgive me
… But, I wanted to get your insight into this practice and this company. Going from 900 pages indexed to 50,000 or 100,000 DAILY (which is their other claim) sounds great. maybe too good to be true? I don’t know…. hope you can help me better understand this issue.
Also, your site is very valuable. I am adding myself to your email list and will be back!
Best,
Scott
Hi Scott, sorry, nearly overlooked your comment. Nice site you have there! Google shows that they have already 1280 pages indexed. Now, I never heard about AutomaticSiteMap before, so I can give no advice specific to this company, but generally spoken, I think you are doing really well so far with being only 2 months online. I would need a bit of background information about how your site is build (platform etc) and ask some impertinent question about your Google Stats etc. What I can offer you is the following: Send me an email via http://hospitalera.com/contact-networks/ and I will send you my questions back. After having looked at your site thoroughly I can provide you with some free tips and a short, free, seo report. How does that sound? SY
I should also add that we are doing all of the steps you outline in your great post. We have daily text blogs and videos, use Twitter intelligently, and, update the site with the newest deals. Again, we are trying to do things right…
Like I said, I am thinking you are doing just great! SY
Hi, I came across your blog and your post provide some nice suggestions to get indexed in Google. But nowadays it becomes easy due to Twitter coz Google live update feature mainly depends on Twitter so if you tweet your link spontaneously, it is cached and indexed by Google quickly.
Yes, Twitter is a great tool in the SEO box, used wisely
SY
The points you mentioned in this post certainly can get a site indexed in Google in 72 hours. I had never concentrated on Hubpages and Squidoo because I find them too hard work, but I think I will have to use it after I have read this post and found that they also have an Important effect on SEO of a site
You will need to work hard if you want to have success with any business, even on the internet! SY
When I read the title of this post, I started thinking “When does YAHOO started to add those kind of results on their SERP’s”. Haha. As of this moment, I am still not in the thinking of Youtube as search engine. Great insights here Sir. Pretty informative.
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