Once you register your domain name, immediately submit it to Google. You don’t need to build your website right away nor wait for it to have a content before submitting it. Why Google, because As of December 2007 it is the most used search engine on the web with a 56.3% market share, ahead of Yahoo! (17.7%) and Live Search (13.8%).

Reason submitting your domain to Google

Getting your domain name on search engines has always taken a long time to be indexed especially for new sites. It would take months before it starts to rank well. Keep in mind never expect that your domain will rank highly in a total of 6 months after submitting your site to Google.

By submitting your domain to Google as soon as you acquire it, you’re establishing a site history even though the site has no content at all. No need to wait until the launch day to submit your site or else it might take a month before you can drive traffic.

How to submit your site to TOP 3 Search Engines

Google:

  1. Go to http://www.google.com/addurl
  2. enter your URL(domain name)
  3. Type a few comments (keywords) to describe your site.
  4. Then click “Add URL”

But there’s more…

  1. Go to http://www.google.com/webmasters/
  2. Under Get Started. Click Learn more.
  3. Click Get Started. (Let’s Assume your already have a Google Account)
  4. Under Sites Filed. Type your URL. Then click “Add Site”

* Make sure to verify your domain so that you can edit your preferred settings.

Yahoo.

  1. Go to https://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/submit
  2. Type your URL.
  3. Then Click “Submit URL”

* Make sure to verify your domain so that you can edit your preferred settings.

Live Search

  1. Go to http://search.msn.com/docs/submit.aspx?FORM=WSDD2
  2. Type the URL.
  3. Then Click “Submit URL”

How to Submit your site to OTHER Search Engines in just a few minutes

A list of free submission sites to search engine. Some of them might need to confirm your submission.