How to Add Your URL to Search Engines?

The rise of technology has given a greater presence to many, be it individuals or that of a company or business. More and more people are flocking to the Internet for social networking, researching, school projects, and office collaboration. As a company or business, you may have even decided to take the plunge and invest in a website so that your customers can view or even purchase products.

Maintaining a website isn't just about putting up a page that talks about your business. There's the design of the site itself, the contents, information that visitors came to see and take away with them, in hopes that they will either make an online purchase or travel to your local location to purchase. The best way in getting your company's name out there is too fold. Sharing with social networks and media can greatly help and so can making sure that you appear within the latest search engine listings.

Search engine optimization or SEO has become a popular resource for websites to appeal to perspective visitors and customers. What SEO does is give a better visibility to a website when someone searches for keywords associated with the site; search engines then look for the most popular keywords that users look for when they do a search. Of course, to achieve any of this, you need to make sure that your site is included in searches.

Many search engines allow for website administrators to enter in their website address, as well as some keywords that will help the search engine and those looking for your site. In most cases you can submit a URL for free and it only takes a few minutes.

Google is of course the most popular search engines around and it of course makes sense that this should be the first place that you enter a free URL submission. Simply do a search for adding your website to Google; the first link will take you to the Add URL page where you simply just enter in your website's address, any comments that you want to make about the site.

And that's it!

You can also do the same thing with Microsoft's search engine of Bing and any other search engine you think people will be using. Using SEO is a great way of helping people find your website, as well as making sure that you receive the best exposure.

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Why submit a site to a search engine or directory?

In an effort to make their website stand out and find success, many people will go to great lengths. They might contact everybody they know, or hand out business cards at appropriate events. It does not occur to all of them, however, that free submit url is also an option that should be considered. But why is this so?

Sending messages to friends and family members and passing out cards can only do so much and reach so far. When a site is submitted to a search engine or directory, they can let more people know about the site without traveling around the world at all hours of the day. A website, should its owner allow it, can be accessed by people from all over the world, no matter what time it is where they are. Because submitting to these venues is usually free, this kind of publicity is better than any expensive campaign to get attention.

If a webmaster has decided to use SEO, a free url submission can make it easier for people to find the site. If a person is looking for information on birthday parties or rock climbing, for example, they would type in specific keywords in the search box. If the website has these keywords as their SEO, the person will find it, adding to the site's visitor count. It is important for a webmaster to keep in mind, however, that too much SEO can bring about problems. Some search engines and directories punish owners for going over the top.

Submitting a website to one search engine or directory does not mean it will only stay there. When one of these venues has a website indexed, other search engines and directories may eventually add them to their own list. If a person only likes to use a certain search engine, for example, and the site was submitted to a different one, eventually that website will become visible to them. This is a great way to make sure that a website gets as much exposure as possible. The owner can rest assured they will be getting attention even when they are not doing the work.

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Why to Use Backlinks?

Backlinks are one of the best ways to build site authority. Incoming links to a website imply trust from the site that is sending them. Search engines have made this one of the key methods to increase page rank and search engine trust. Things change frequently in the world of SEO, but backlinks remain very important.

There are many methods available for anyone who wants to get backlinks. Blog commenting, link exchanges, profile link building and forum posting are just a few of the many possibilities. You should take care when using all of these techniques. Search engines like to see a natural link profile. If you only have one type of link coming into your site, it can raise red flags to the search engines. Try to find a variety of incoming links to your site. The most natural link profiles will have a little bit of all types of links. A few article links, links from several relevant blogs, occasional reciprocal links and a combination of do-follow and no-follow links.

It is difficult for a new website to get natural links. Those organic links only come once a site is ranking high enough to get a lot of traffic. A website must seek links in the beginning. There are even some ways to get automatic backlinks. You can use a free backlink submitter to streamline your link building process.

People use free backlink submitters if they do not have the time to do manual link building. Writing, submitting and spinning articles for links takes time. A webmaster might prefer to spend that time building up the quality of their website. A free link exchange program is just the thing to help. If you want to participate in a free link exchange, you simply place a link from another site onto a page on your website. Your website will get links in return for the ones that you send out. This is a great time-saver for many people.

Once you learn how to get backlinks, ranking a website becomes much easier. You will know just where to go and what to do to increase your link profile. If you exchange links with other websites, both your site and the sites that you link to will gain search engine rankings.

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What is PageRank?

PageRank (PR) is how Google determines the value of a website. Google calculates it through a formula that gives all links on a webpage a share of that page’s PR. The PageRank that is sent from one page, or site, to another increases the rank of the page that is linked to.

The main page of a website normally has the highest rank because all the pages of the site link back to the home page. The website uses its internal link structure to send the link juice to the other pages in the website. Link juice or Google juice are common terms that people have coined to refer to page rank and the distribution of page rank throughout the Internet.

PageRank helps a site by increasing the perceived value of the site in the eyes of Google. Although other search engines do not use Google’s PageRank, the others also use incoming links to determine the value of a site.

Webmasters can find out what their PR is by using many free online PageRank tools, a Google Toolbar rank widget or downloading the FireFox PageRank tool. There is no reason to pay for any page rank checker. There are so many free tools that it is unnecessary for most webmasters.

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Promote Your Business With APSense™

APSense™

About APSense™How it all began!APSense founders understand that Social Networks are the driving force behind the future of the internet. Its popularity is obvious since the growth of websites like Facebook, MySpace, Linkedin and Blogger. On average, the top 10 social websites support an estimated 175 million users at any given time. Recent reports also estimates that there are over 20 million home based businesses with about a total annual revenue of $650 billion. Experts forcast that this number will increase greatly due to minimal start up costs and wide accessibility to products and consumers via the internet. Combine together the rise of social networks and the promise of home based businesses, APSense was born.

APSense in a Nutshell...APSense is a business social network where people get paid to come together to share their business. Imagine a place where you have all the tools you need to make your business grow and get paid for using it. We enable users to share their business through networking, exploring and creating quality business content. The development of new networks and constant exchange of information is happening everyday at APSense. We are changing the way people build their businesses while making money online.

Meet other business individuals...In its purest nature APSense is a web 2.0 enabled social network. We promote the exchange of business networks by providing tools for users to easily communicate, create interest groups and even build their own private social network. Ultimately our goal is to make it simple for you to connect with other business individuals.

Explore valuable business contents...All contents on APSense, from articles to discussions to product and service listings are collectively rated by the users(that would be you). Top rated contents are pushed to the top of our content listings so you can find the most popular and trusted business information quickly. So if you are looking for valuable business information online to help you build your business, don't waste time searching for it anywhere else!

Create your own business contents...While all types of contents on APSense are being viewed and rated by the users, these same type of contents can also be created by you. Why create your own contents? Everyday millions of people are searching for contents related to your business by using search engines and web 2.0 enabled websites like APSense. So by creating your contents on APSense, you are enabling millions of people to find contents about your business. For us, content is your business interests, your products & services, your business experiences, and anything else you would like to share about you and your business.

How APSense WorksAPSense is a business social network where people get paid to come together to share their business. We enable users to share their business through networking, deciding, exploring and creating quality business content.

NetworkingBuild your own private social network. First take a few minutes to watch our "How to build your own network..." flash presentation. Then you can start building your own social network by simply inviting your friends to APSense. Friends who you personally invite will automatically be placed into your network. In addition when the friends in your network invites their friends they will also be placed in your network. This build your own private network system has proven to be very viral and easily duplicated!

Build your contacts. There are thousands and eventually millions of people in APSense that you can easily meet and stay connected with. When you see someone you would like to get in touch with, simply add them to your contact list. You can send and receive messages to and from your contacts at anytime.

Join business interest groups. By joining a group it is a great way to network with people that have similar interests. Find the group you are interested in joining, get to know the group members and participate in new group discussions everyday!

DecidingTop It? At APSense the quality of the contents are decided by our users through a simple rating system. If you see contents that think is good and deserves more attention, just take a few seconds to click the "Top It" button. The more votes and good ratings a particular content receives, the higher it will be listed in our listings and search results.

Report Spam? On the other hand, if you see contents that are spam, off-topic, or just simply low quality you can likewise click on "Drop It" . This is how users can filter out all the bad contents out of our system to make good quality contents faster and easier to locate.

ExploringExplore Articles. Valuable business related contents are added every minute of the day! Our articles directory includes categories like business how to's, business news, marketing tips, success stories, search engine marketing and much much more. Explore, discover and learn!

Explore Business Centers. APSense Business Centers are complete business websites that are created right here at APSense by our users. Visit our Business Center Directory to explore the most popular businesses, products, services, and business opportunities in various industries.

Explore Group Discussions. Visit our Groups area to explore valuable discussions on today's most popular business issues. The most popular discussions are easily spotted as they are listed earlier in the search results and browse directories.

CreatingCreate Your Own Articles. Create your own article and share them with the APSense community. If users like it and it becomes popular, your contents will be listed on our hot contents areas such as our home page, newsletters and article directory. Your articles can be anything from success stories to business how to's.

Create Your Own Business Center Website. Use APSense's advanced business web application to create your own complete business website within minutes. You can include any contents about your business such as your products, services, testimonials, affiliate programs, resources or any other information about your business.

Create Your Own Business Discussions. Build your own group or join an existing group, in any case you can start your own group subject discussions. Join in the conversation by exploring and sharing your opinions with other users.

Making MoneyMake Money While Building Your Network. The bigger your private network is the more money you can make! When anyone from your entire private network accumulates their first $25 in their APSense cash account you will get up to $5. When a user that you directly referred upgrades by Paying, you can get up to 50% cash commission, monthly residual income.

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