Q. What is the SEO Tools Program?
A. The SEO Tools Program is an online suite of analysis, optimization and tracking tools that is run in partnership with Submitnet. We are currently offering a 90 day Free Trial.
Q. Do I need to download or install anything with your programs?
A. No. All program performance tools work remotely from our servers. All you have to do is login to your password protected member area, fill out some brief information about your site, and click on the RUN buttons of specific tools. Results will be displayed within minutes of using the tools. Additionally, you will receive reports via email so you will be able keep records of your sites performance.
Q. Should I submit multiple pages from the same site?
A. In order to achieve the best exposure on search engines, it is recommended that you submit multiple pages from your site. The main home page along with lower sub pages should be submitted in order to obtain a broader and more targeted overall reach. You can add pages to be submitted via your Submitnet program by clicking on the ADD URL button in your site management area.
Q. How long does it take Submitnet to submit my site once I sign up?
A. Once you become a member, your site will be submitted to the top search engines and directories within 72 business hours. You will receive a Submission verification report via email upon completion of the process.
Q. How do I know I have been submitted?
A. Submitnet sends an email to you each time your URL is submitted confirming the submission. Within the email, there will be the list of search engines and directories that your URL was submitted to and if the submission was successful or not. One way to view your link within the top search engines and directories is to utilize the Position Check tool that Submitnet offers.
Q. How long does it take for my site to be listed by a search engine?
A. Many of the search engines can take up to 8 to 12 weeks to list a site. Search engines, on average, receive thousands of submissions every day so this can be a lengthy process. The approximate time for some of the more popular search engines to list sites are:
8-10 weeks: Google, Altavista, Excite, HotBot, Lycos, Webcrawler
8-12 weeks: Yahoo!
Q. How much after the free 90-days?
A. The Marketing program that you are enrolled in is $47 for three months of service. All of our programs are provided on a 3-month subscription basis. We also have several other programs that range in prices from $12 per quarter to $59 per quarter depending on the package that best suits your needs.
Q. Which search engines do you submit to?
A. Submitnet currently submits to the web's top search engines and directories. Please take a moment to review our search engines and directories listed below. All Submitnet programs have automated submission to each of the engines and directories listed here, each month, for the entire length of your program. Each month, upon completion of your URL's submission, you will receive detailed reporting via email along with tips on how to improve search engine acceptance.
Top Search Engines and Directories:
Yahoo!
Yahoo! FR
Yahoo! Canada
Yahoo! Japan
Yahoo! Spain
AOL
AOL UK
AOL Au
AOL Canada
DMOZ
Google
Google Italy
Google Spain
Google Germany
Google France
Google UK
Google Japan
Google Australia
Google Canada
Fast/All the Web
Hotbot
Lycos
Lycos Fr
Lycos Germany
Lycos Mexico
Lycos NL
Lycos Spain
Lycos China
Lycos Japan
Lycos UK
MSN
Q. Can I choose the engines I would like to be submitted to?
A. Yes, you can customize your submission list. You can check or uncheck the engines you wish to be submitted to by the click of the button. From within your member area, click on the Submission options link and follow the steps.
Q. How do I see if the search engines has listed my URL?
A. There are two ways to view your URL's listing and placement status. By logging in and utilizing your Positrak and Position check tools you can see a snapshot of how well your URL is doing. The Positrak tool is designed to notify you via email once your site has been indexed on the search engines. The report and search engine score will become available in your site management area by clicking on the Positrak tool. The Position check tool allows you to search and view how well your site is doing by specific keywords. This tool can also be accessed from within your user area.
Q. What are meta tags and how do I add them to my site?
A. Content, title tags and meta tags all play a role in search engine submission. There are several meta tags, but the most important for search engine indexing are the title, description and keywords tags. The description tag provides the engine a synopsis of your site. The keywords tag provides terms for the search engine to associate with your page. Not all search engines solely use META tags for indexing sites. The text and content of your Web page will play a major role in how or if you will be ranked on a search engine. Search engines often assign more weight to the text located at the top of a page than to the text located in the middle or at the bottom of a page. If your page has a main graphic at the top, you should place some descriptive text either underneath or beside the image. Adding a few keywords to the title tag of your site, and adding your URL as a keyword will help.
Using www.submitnet.net as an example this is how Meta Tags should be formatted:
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Submitnet - Web site Promotion, search engine optimization, site analysis tools, Internet marketing and Search Engine Placement.</TITLE>
<META NAME="revisit-after" CONTENT="30 Days">
<META NAME="Keywords" CONTENT="submitnet.net, Web site promotion, search engine placement, Web site analysis tools, search engine optimization, Web site analysis, Web site submission, URL submission, search engine, Metatag,meta tags,linkcheck, server check, internet marketing, increase traffic, website analysis,online tools, website tools, link checker, link verifier, HTML check, browser check, load time, submission software, online software">
<META NAME="Description" CONTENT="Draw quality traffic to your Web site with one of the Submitnet turn key Web site promotion programs. With in minutes you can have search engine optimization tools and Web site analysis tools working to optimize your sites search engine placement.">
</HEAD>
Notice the use of keywords in the <title> tag
Notice the use of the URL in the keywords tag
The process for adding in meta tags differs depending on what program the site was created with. We supply the steps for some of the programs in our FAQ section and we provide those steps when the Meta Tag Generator tool is run within the account.
Q.My site uses frames, how do I optimize it for placement on the search engines?
A. Frames display two or more web pages in one browser window. Search engine "spiders" don't "know" which frame to use because there is no HTML <body> to compare the meta tags with to determine relevancy.
Here is an easy tip that can help your frame site get accepted and placed by search engines. One of the best places to enter relevant text matches in your sites HTML code is the <noframes> tag.
The code generally looks like this:
<noframes>
Your Browser Does Not Support Frames
</noframes>
The only text a search engine will read on this page is: "Your Browser Does Not Support Frames". This will not provide the necessary text match for a spider to determine relevancy.
By adding relevant text information, (i.e. the body text and links of your main page) the spider will have a place to determine a keyword ratio. Example:
<noframes>
<body>
<p>This is relevant text so spiders can determine a
keyword ratio on my frames site</p>
<p>More relevant keyword-heavy text information from the content of my page </p>
<p><a href="link to frameset 1 ">frameset1</a>
<p><a href="link to frameset 2 ">frameset2</a>
</body>
</noframes>
** Remember, your keywords and description meta tags must also be located on this "frameset" page. This will give search engine spiders and Submitnet's tools a place to find them.
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