Guides 
Search Engine Registration
- Search Engine Registration
- Banner Advertising
- Site Design
Registering your site can either be done in-house, or you may choose to have a registration service do the job for you. Each way has its own advantages and disadvantages.
Ways to register to directories
Registering your site can either be done in-house, or you may choose to have a registration service do the job for you. Each way has its own advantages and disadvantages.
Each directory's requirements are different. It could take several hours to register one directory and to modify the content of your site. Fortunately, there are a variety of services that charge you some fee to submit your site to the directories with the ways they require. Some registration services offer additional services beyond registration, which include maintaining your site or checking its position periodically, sending printed reports of your site's status, allowing a number of updates, or registering more than one URL.
If you have the time, however, learn to do this job yourself, because it may prove to be a useful skill. Furthermore, directories and not as difficult as they used to be. The problem is, even if you choose the directories that the submission service will submit your site to, you cannot be guaranteed of selection by the main directories. Very often directory editors end up selecting the site for you, which may not suit your desires.
Richard Seltzer's article gives out the list of some companies who provide these services.
Ultimately, the choice of "do it yourself" vs. registration services, comes down to the endless debate of time versus money. By struggling through the registration process you may save some money, but what about the time it takes to complete this task? If you hand over the reigns to a promotions company, you are also handing over the control of your Web site marketing and you are now at their mercy to get things done with your best interest in mind.
Tips of Registering to directory
Completion of Site
No directory will accept a site under construction. So do not submit your
site unless you finish all the pages and make sure there is no dead link
inside.
Category Chosen
The Category you pick is by far the most important element to improve
your positions in the directory. The best way to find the right category
is to search for your most important search terms, see which category
comes up first in the search results, and suggest your site there. It
is impossible to suggest a site in a general category. You must follow
the path all the way down to the appropriate site list to find the Submit
a Site link.
Caption or Description
Writing a clear description about your site, and using lots of variations
of your most important keywords is an absolute must. The description should
be fit your site's content and not too broad.
Submit to Regional Category
Choose the regional category for your submission if possible. It will
increase the possibility of selecting your site in the directories.
For more information, see: Submitting to Directories
Achieving high rankings in search engines
For a thorough and excellent discussion on this topic, go to:
Submit-it
This site also discusses search engines and directories in general, if
you are looking to further your knowledge. The information listed here
is highly authoritative but it neglects discussion of Google, which means
it is dated in that regard. Nonetheless, this is a very good source of
information.
Search Engine
Watch
This web site is the king of search engine information. Bookmark
this site and read as much of it as you can if you want to understand
the power of search engines. This site alone will open up a whole new
world for your e-business.
