The Ultimate Guide to Rapid Website Indexing by Major Search Engines

The Importance of Search Engine Indexing

Every webmaster understands the importance of free search engines as a significant source of traffic. However, even the most effective SEO techniques won't guarantee that your web pages will be spidered, indexed, and listed. A perfectly optimized page can rank high for its keywords, but it's practically useless if it's not discovered by the spiders.

Traditional Methods of Indexing

Traditionally, the process of a web page being discovered by the spiders can be facilitated by placing links to that website on other websites. This can be achieved through link exchanges, forum postings, or writing and submitting articles for free distribution. However, these methods can take months to yield results, requiring the webmaster to patiently wait.

A Faster, More Effective Approach

Fortunately, there's a more efficient method to expedite this process. This method is not only easy and quick to set up but also free of charge. Here's how to go about it:

Setting Up a Blog

• Visit Blogger and sign up for a new account. This service is free and they even host the blog on their server at no cost.
• Name your blog and note this for later use.
• Navigate to 'Settings' and then choose 'Site Feed'.
• Ensure that the 'Publish Site Feed' option is set to 'Yes'.
• Copy the 'Site Feed URL' to the clipboard. You'll use this when setting up your My Yahoo account.
• Save your changes.
• Navigate to 'Posting' and create your first entry. The content isn't as important as including the URL of each page you want listed as live links.

Adding Your Site's News Feed to My Yahoo

• Visit Yahoo and open a My Yahoo! account by following Yahoo's instructions.
• Click on the 'Add Content' button.
• Click the ' Add RSS by URL' link.
• Paste the 'Site Feed URL' you've copied earlier in the 'URL' field and hit 'Add'.

Pinging Your Blog

• Visit Pingomatic.
• Enter your blog's name and URL.
• Select all the services to ping (including My Yahoo!) and click the 'Submit Pings' button.
• Navigate back to your My Yahoo! account and refresh your browser. You'll see your blog's feed appearing at the bottom of the page.

The Final Step: Regular Blogging and Pinging

With the spider bait ready, the final step is to regularly update your blog and ping the services. The more frequently you do this, the better. Each time you update your blog, remember to include links to specific pages on your website.

This method has proven to be successful in getting websites indexed quickly by major search engines. So, here's to your success!