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Free
Web Submission -
Here, you can submit your site to a wide variety of
different search engines and directories either manually or
automatically. If you're submitting manually, all of the
highest-rated engines and directories are included here,
along with their relevant "submission" pages. As
mentioned, you can also submit automatically and have the
results e-mailed to you.
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HowIPromoteMyWebsite.com
- An invaluable free resource for Webmasters wishing to
increase Web site traffic levels. HowIPromoteMyWebsite.com
includes numerous interesting articles, which cover issues
such as optimising your pages for search engines, building
in-bound links, writing press releases, viral marketing,
along with more advanced strategies. A free e-zine is also
available to subscribe to.
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Free
Promotion Guide - This site is
an excellent resource for Webmasters and provides free
articles advising on how to successfully promote a Web site.
Here, you will learn how to generate extra visitors by
utilising search engines and directories. The guide also
covers how to optimise your pages so they're search engine
friendly and even addresses the various pitfalls you may
encounter.
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WordLinx
- Looking to promote your Web site? WordLinx is a free
traffic exchange service based on text links instead of
banner adverts, making it faster, but also fairer. This
service runs via clicks per link, rather than impressions,
which is generally the case with banner adverts, so members
only exchange genuine traffic. WordLinx is free to join but
members may also purchase extra visitors.
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GoTop
Link Exchange - This
revolutionary service allows webmasters to locate other
Webmasters wishing to trade links. Only Web sites who are
interested in reciprocal linking are within the GoTop
directory, meaning other webmasters can browse through the
listings and approach numerous sites with an offer. New
sites, in particular, will benefit considerably from link
exchanges such as these.
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I
Help You Services - A friendly
and knowledgeable forum-based Web site, offering free advice
and help with search engine promotion. All the major players
in the search engine world are discussed, along with smaller
"up and coming" engines. Country and
region-specific search engines, advice with meta-tags, Web
page content and even the latest search engine news is
available at I Help You.
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LinkBox.ws
- This well-presented site
provides a free text link exchange service where
participating Web sites can display links in exchange for
credits. These credits are then converted into traffic from
other sites displaying the LinkBox. The exchange ratio here
is 1:1, meaning for every person who clicks on a link you
display, somebody will be sent to your pages from another
member site.
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Self
Promotion.com -
Offers over 300 links to search engine submission
pages. Spending some time submitting your site to all of
them is well worth it! Self Promotion.com is very detailed
and provides the best information on the Web. They also give
tested tips on getting listed in the popular directory,
Yahoo! It's a free service where you pay only if you're
satisfied.
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iWeb
Webmasters Toolkit - Supercharge your Web site's traffic
with the help from these promotion experts. They offer
various online utilities, such as the meta-tag generator
with tutorial, a submission robot (which submits your site
to over 40 popular search engines), and a link checking
facility, ideal for quickly rooting out so-called "dead
links". We've have tried this and have been very
impressed.
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I
Need Hits.com - Amongst
numerous promotion packages that cost money, I Need Hits.com
provides a free submission service to 38 major search
engines and directories. You'll have to fill out a
medium-sized form before promoting your Web site, then wait
around 1-2 weeks for the engines to index you. It's
recommended that you optimise your pages first with other
tools in this category.
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Promotion
World - A huge promotion
resource, serving up truckloads of free search engine
advice, along with other ideas to drive traffic to your Web
site. Promotion World includes hundreds of articles,
interviews with industry experts, tutorials and much more
besides. They also have some useful online tools, such as a
meta tag generator and search engine submission robot.
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A
Promotion Guide - Includes
plenty of useful information about Web site promotion,
particularly search engine optimisation and submitting to
directories. However, at A Promotion Guide, you'll also find
details about how to promote your site using other methods,
such as banner advertising, reciprocal linking and Usenet
advertising. It's both well-written and very informative.
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Add
Me -
Claims to be the most popular submission service on
the planet. Launched in 1996, they have submitted over
2,000,000 different Web sites to popular search engines.
After completing a small form, Add Me will submit your site
to the best search engines such as AltaVista, All The Web,
MSN and Excite. A popular service which works effectively
(FreebyWeb.com has tested it).
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Search
Engine Forums - Probably
the Internet's largest community of search engine
enthusiasts, top rank "wannabees" and Web
marketing experts. The forums at "JimWorld" are
very busy and have hundreds of posts, plus plenty of
experienced Webmasters aiming to swap their ideas and
knowledge. All major search engines are covered, plus help
forums and specific regional directories.
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Submit
Express -
Amongst other commercial products, Submit Express offers
free Web site URL submission to 40 of the the Internet's
major search engines. They also provide a completely free
online meta tag generator that will help you to increase
your rank and have various e-mail news subscriptions that
visitors can subscribe to. We've found this to be a very
helpful promotion site.