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Frequently Asked Questions

The following search engine optimization tips are the most important ones to use for a long-term search engine strategy:

• Will submitting my web site guarantee it will rank with the search engines?
• How long after the web site is submitted will I see results?
• I've already submitted my web site to the search engines but it is not ranking, what will your service do for me?
• How often should a web site be submitted?
• What pages (URLs) can an engine index?
• I'm worried about spamming the search engines, what steps does Submit Director take to avoid spamming?

Will submitting my web site guarantee it will rank with the search engines?

Absolutely not. Rankings are largely dependent upon the web site's pages being index by the search engines and the content of the pages (titles, meta tags and text). Submit Director was designed to increase a web sites presence within the search engines and to assist you in producing better content.

How long after the web site is submitted will I see results?

We find AltaVista indexing website in 14 to 21 days. Three to six weeks is not uncommon for many of the other search engines and in some cases up to 90 days. Through our partnership with Inktomi you can select pages to be included in their database, pages you place in the Inktomi Inclusion Program will be searchable within days. Inktomi partners include MSN.com, Hotbot.com, iWon.com, Canada.com, Looksmart.com and over 100 others.

I've already submitted my web site to the search engines but it is not ranking, what will your service do for me?

That depends, if the site's index count is low then submissions by Submit Director may be the perfect answer. If the site's index count is good and rankings are low then the site's content needs to be enriched. Submit Director can analysis a web site prior to submitting it to the search engines and make recommendations for optimizing the site.

How often should a web site be submitted?

Submitting a web site weekly or monthly serves no purpose and can adversely affect the web site. After the initial submission of a site it should only be re-submitted for the following reasons: 1-The site's index counts drop, 2-The rankings fall, 3-There is substantial content changes to the pages.

What pages (URLs) can a search engine index?

Web pages are either static or dynamic. A static page is created and placed on the web server, it's URL (web address) will generally end with ".htm" or ".html". It will not change unless somebody alters the content and uploads it to the server again. Dynamic pages on the other hand are created on the fly and contain content which is generally populated from a database. Static pages are almost always submittable to the search engines however dynamic pages can pose a problem. If when you click on a link and the page you go to has a URL containing a "?" followed by something like "id=10" then the page is dynamic and may not be submitted to the engines. Is there a work around? Maybe, contact us.

I'm worried about spamming the search engines, what steps does Submit Director take to avoid spamming the engines?

Spamming comes in several forms. Over submitting a web site or submitting to many pages over a given time frame would both be considered forms of spam by many of the search engines. From the very beginning Submit Director was designed with numerous safeguards to prevent search engine spamming. Each search engine submission Submit Director makes is recorded and date stamped. Once the search engine's submission limit is reached Submit Director immediately stops it's submissions to the engine. We govern the maximum number of submission which may be may over a time frame however you may override the system with a lower limit.

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