Why Do I Need To Get My Website Index.

Why Do I Need To Get My Web
Site Indexed
You need to get your web
site index by the search
engines so people can find
you!
If you were to think of
your site as a shop on the
high street of your local
town - People would walk
past, see your displays
and shop front and maybe
pop in. This however is
not true for the web. The
way the internet is made
– there is no such thing as
passing trade. You can
have the best site in the
universe. You can have a
revolutionary product
which will change the way
millions of people search
the internet. You could
have a very important
message that everyone
should read – but no one
will come if they don't
know where it is.
To get people to visit
your site, to read your
message, to buy your
products they need to
know where to find you.
People need to know your
website address, your
URL or be able to follow
a hyper link to your site.
How do we tell people
about your site? Word of
mouth? Yes, this works
but you can only tell so
many people face to face.
Should you send out an
email to a list of people
you recently bought from
someone on the internet
(10,000 email addresses
for $10)? In one simple
word - NO – This is the
easiest way for you to
lose your website, your
credibility, your hosting -
even your email and
internet account. This is
called spam.
Even though you
personally may get tons
of spam in your mailbox
each day doesn't mean
you should do it too. It is
something protected by
law. Yes, you can be in
serious trouble if you
spam. As a rule of thumb -
Only email people who
have either emailed you
(not spam) or someone
who has personally asked
you to send them
information of a
particular type. It would
be a waste of time
sending someone an email
about automobiles if they
are only interested in
stamp collecting. I know,
there could be an
exception to the rule
where someone could be
interested in stamps
with automobiles on them.
Statistically most people
visit web sites by
searching for them in a
search engine. The funny
thing is, that even if
someone knows your URL
or website address, they
still type it into a search
engine. Almost everyone
has either a search
engine as their homepage
or they use the one
provided by their
internet provider and
that almost always has a
search box provided by a
search engine.
They type your URL into
the search box and press
enter. If you aren't
listed in the search
engine they are using,
guaranteed one of your
competitors will be.
Just to summarize:
You need to get your web
site indexed by the
search engines so people
can find you!