How to Get Google to Index your Site

By Mark Hall | August 1st, 2008

by Mark Hall

Important point: Resubmission would not help you speed up your listing if the site is already listed by Google. When you search ‘Google submit’ you can find the page where sites are submitted. Expectedly, their page would be right on top of the list but there are other means also by which you can make them select your site and that also in a quicker way.

Google can index your site fast if you have links with other sites which have heavy traffic. Perhaps the quickest and the most successful way is to use the advantages of online directories. When your site is tagged with links from high ranking directories you get indexed faster since Google routinely examines these top directories.

Depending on your monetary resources and preferences, you could choose between free and paid subscription directories. The best type to choose are the business directories which deal with your line of business since Google looks for commonality while indexing your site. You site ought to be dealing with the same issues as the business directory.

The most proven way to get good Google ranks is to enlist in DMOZ, which people also call an Open Directory. This is not the way in which you can accelerate the speed which Google takes to notice you. DMOZ would take their time, weeks or months before you get listed. This is due to the fact that every submitted site is overseen by a category editor with personal supervision, and you never know how far you are in the queue. One critical advice, is before submitting your site to DMOZ, remember to go by their guidelines strictly and comply with every instruction provided.

One sure way to make Google look at your site is through article submission to relevant sites. Nearly all the worthy article sites allow you to leave behind your tell tale signature box called ‘About the Author’ or ‘Author Resource’. It is here that you add the critical link to your site.

If the articles are good, then your articles could also be chosen by other sites for inclusion and this is another advantage of writing articles. [s19 This is done when they carry your author resource box also as this is your key to a free link to your site. That is another opportunity to get noticed by Google and if your articles are in line with your line of business, you would get increased amount of site traffic.

About the Author:

Mark Hall has made a living out of implementing advance sales techniques and online marketing. For more information and tips watch his vemmabuilder and vemma clip.