There are only 3 search engines you need to submit your site or blog to.
Google Submit
MSN Submit
Yahoo Submit
If you see sites that offer (at a price) to submit sites to over 10-200 search engines is bull! Don't pay, its free!
Google, MSN and Yahoo are the primary engines and will pull traffic to your site, there is no doubt I persoally know.
The keys are to give a good "title" one that will catch eyes, try to keep it short and to the point.
Last give a "honest" description of what your site has to offer.
Google Submit
MSN Submit
Yahoo Submit
If you see sites that offer (at a price) to submit sites to over 10-200 search engines is bull! Don't pay, its free!
Google, MSN and Yahoo are the primary engines and will pull traffic to your site, there is no doubt I persoally know.
The keys are to give a good "title" one that will catch eyes, try to keep it short and to the point.
Last give a "honest" description of what your site has to offer.
5 tips to make sure you're optimizing your sites images for the search engines.
No longer are images appearing as just 3 images at the top of a results page, you'll see images incorporated in a lot of different ways. You'll see images coming up with the news one boxes, with descriptions of videos that aren't on Google Video or YouTube, a group of images could appear at the bottom of a page, as opposed to the top of the page. All of the search engines are striving to make the results more relevant and incorporating images into the results is definitely part of that strategy. Just take a look at how Ask is incorporating images for a search on "Jodie Foster".So with that in mind, here's 5 tips to make sure you're optimizing your sites images for the search engines. Robots.txt file:Ensure that the folder you are storing your images in is not blocked by your robots.txt file. Prior to the rise in popularity of image search, it was common practice to block the folder images were stored in. Helpful hint: Store your navigational and "structural" type graphics in one folder, and block that from the spiders, store the pictures of products, events, or news related images in another folder and open that one to the spiders. Image File Names: Name your images in a way that describes what they are. Don't get carried away though. If it's a picture of a purple widget, name it purple-widget.jpg, rather than leaving it whatever your camera or photo editing software wants to name it. Helpful Hint: Use dashes between the words, rather than underscores. Use the Alt Attribute of the IMG tag: Make sure you are using the "alt" attribute of the image tag. Again, like the image name, don't over do it, but ensure that it describes the image you are trying to present to the user. The attribute should describe the image in a short "to the point" way that reads naturally to the viewer. Helpful Hint: Utilizing the alt attribute also helps visitors who do not run with images on, as well as visitors with disabilities that utilize screen readers to understand what the web page is about. Use a Caption By Your Image: Placing a small caption directly under, on top or on the side of your image will help queue the search engines what the image is about. Helpful Hint: With a caption, you can be a little more descriptive about the picture than with the alt attribute, but again, make it flow natural. Include Images With Articles, & Press Releases: If you are sending out an article or a press release, don't forget to include an image, or a url to an image that the news outlets can utilized for their version of your news. By supplying the link to the image, it can encourage them to link to the image itself straight from your own website. Helpful Hint: Adding images to articles and press releases makes them more appealing to the reader. Tag You're It: The Benefits of Social Taggingby Holly Conrad, Client Services Manager, iProspect I’m addicted to online shopping. Trekking to a department store, navigating the parking lot and making my way through crowds just isn’t my cup of tea. One of my favorite websites to browse and shop is Amazon because they offer reviews, related products, and have a great return process. So when I discovered that they started using a new way to categorize products, I was excited. It’s called “tagging.”
