Promoting Your E-Store

Here is a quick three-step guide to submitting your site to Google:

Step 2: Go to the Google URL submission site. You'll need your full URL name (including the http://) and some keywords or a description of your website. It is best if these keywords are also in the text on your website's homepage.

Step 3: Enter the code letters that appear on the screen and then click on the "Add URL" button.

A word of warning, don't make the mistake of submitting your site many times, it will only result in Google dropping your site. There is plenty of advice on Google to help you.

How do you check to see if your URL and therefore website is found by Google? Simple. Do a search on your full URL name (with or without the http://, it does not matter). If you are indexed in Google, then you will find your website. You can also use the Google site status wizard: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/sitestatus

Google search engine submission should not be confused with the Google AdWords program, which is a pay-for-clicks online advertisement system run by Google. It is also a very good program that gains you access to a greater potential market where you can control the daily budget. You can read more about Google AdWords at https://adwords.google.com.au/

Some of the following search engines are relatively as simple to submit to as Google:

Google - http://www.google.com/addurl/

Google Australia - http://www.google.com.au/webmasters/

Alta Vista - http://www.altavista.com/addurl/default

Yahoo - http://search.yahoo.com/info/submit.html

Yahoo Australia - http://au.search.yahoo.com/free/request

Microsoft - http://submitit.bcentral.com/msnsubmit.htm

MSN - http://beta.search.msn.com/docs/submit.aspx

NINEMSN Australia - http://search.ninemsn.com.au/docs/submit.aspx

Sensis - http://www.sensis.com.au/contact_us_submitSite.do

TrueLocal - T&C and Site Signup - http://www.truelocal.com.au/TC.do