You Need to Submit Your Blog
01/23/10
Blogging is getting to be one of the most popular things to do on the internet these days. Most people really have no idea how to have a successful blog. If you do not really care about being found by others then not knowing what you are doing will pose no problem. On the other hand, lots of people are trying to make money via their blog. If you are concerned about your blog being found by the search engines then you will need to submit your blog to the major search engines and blog directories.
You can submit your blog to paid blog directories if you can afford it. Paid blog directories are trusted by search engines like google and yahoo. This is because there are certain standards your blog will have to live up to before they are accepted to paid sites. Your blog will be in with the best blogs on the internet if you can pay to submit your blogs to these paid sites.
You should also submit your blog to the traditional search engines like google, MSN, Alta Vista, etc. The reason you want to submit your blog to the search engines is so that it can be found. There are millions of blogs on the internet so you will be competing for traffic. You should known which directories to submit your blog to so that it is categorized correctly. When you go to submit your blog it will be very much like it was if you have ever submitted a website. However it is a little bit different. When you submit your blog the righ way it will get indexed quicker.
You should make sure you have a sitemap done before you submit your blog. This is really important when you submit your blog to google. And we are all aware of how popular google is so the traffic from there is extremely desirable. After you submit your blog to google you should check the sitemap once in a while and keep it up to date. You can install a sitemap plugin if you have a Wordpress blog. The plugin will automatically update your sitemap and notify google for you. If do not have a wordpress blog you can use google tools and make your own sitemap.
When you want to submit your blog to the major blog directories you can use a site like Feed Shot to do it. You will need an account with yahoo and google before you submit your blog to them. When you submit your blog to MSN you will need to follow their protocol which is different than yahoo and google. You can find articles online that will show you step by step how to submit your blog to the blog directories and individual search engines.
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