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7.1 Why you should submit your website

You don't get high search engine rankings just by submitting your website to search
engines. That is very important to know.

1. You invite search engines to visit your website

When you submit your website URL to a search engine, you basically ask the search
engine spiders to visit your website and to evaluate it. If the search engine spiders
cannot find anything useful on your site, they won't list your website.

It doesn't make sense to submit your website to search engines if you haven't
optimized it before.

2. You get links from related websites

By submitting your website to Internet directories, you can get backlinks from related
web pages.

Usually, the category pages on Internet directories are considered related web pages
if your website fits in the selected category. For example, if you sell shoes then you
have a link from a related web page if your website is listed in the "Shoes" category on
an Internet directory.

backlinks can greatly increase the search engine rankings of a website if the links
contain the right keywords and if the links come from related web pages. For that
reason, links from Internet directories can have a very positive effect on the search
engine rankings of your website.

Web page optimization and link building are much more important than search
engine submission. However, search engine submission still helps you to
inform search engines and Internet directories about your website.

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