I see a lot of people complaining that their sites are not indexed by google after months of going live. I just launched a new site (LolDawgz) Wednesday evening. It’s a blog, and I did spend some time preparing posts prior to launching the site so that I would have several posts on the day it launched. I’m happy to say, the site was indexed by Google, with a few backlinks showing, in under 24 hours after I followed all 10 of the tips below on my “fast seo checklist”.
I’d like to share these tips and tricks with my readers here and for anybody who is interested in learning how to get your site indexed fast. This is not the first site I’ve had indexed that quickly, in fact, every blog or site I launch, or launch for a client has been indexed in 24-48 hours. Please remember what I statedin the paragraph above, that I had already created several posts worh of content prior ro registering the domain, installing Wordpress and launching the blog. I’ve gotten into the habit of launching new sites this way because I had a few bad experiences in the past with sites getting indexed while they were still parked or while they had no content on them. this can easily lead to a site getting sandboxed by Google for months (which is not a fun thing).
Tips for Getting Indexed By Google
#1 ) Use RSS Syndication and add your RSS feed to Feedburner.
#2 ) Submit an article from your blog or website to Netscape
#3 ) Submit your site to Technorati and learn to tag your posts.
#4 ) Submit your blog to BlogCatalog and MyBlogLog
#5 ) Digg (or have someone else) Digg a post from your site
#6 ) Submit your site to Stumbleupon
#7 ) Post your link into the “Reviews” folder at DigitalPoint Forums
#8 ) Add yor site to the Google Webmasters Console
#9 ) Submit a photo album to Flickr and add your URL in your Flickr.com profile
#10 ) Add your site to a few blog directories like BlogRateDirectory
#11) Add Google Adsense to your site
#12) If you’re a blogger, submit your articles to Recommend Us
#13 ) Post on forums and add your site to your signature. A good list of forums is here Best Forums For Social Networking and Gaining Backlinks
Things to avoid:
#1 ) Bulk directory submissions such as “submit express” - you will only end up with an inbox full of spam
#2 ) Don’t spam your site to things like Adlandpro or craigslist
#3 ) Don’t spam other peoples blogs or forums
#4 ) Do Not use pre-written articles or otherwise duplicate content
#5 ) Do not use email spam to promote your site.
#6 ) Do not stuff your site with hidden keywords. Read this article from Matt Cutts - SEO tip: Avoid keyword stuffing
***Please note: if you’re running a spammy site with crap content or a doorway page to an affiliate program, forget about these tips.
Oh no, I think I just gave away the best tips from all those crappy E-Books you might buy on Clickbank for *free* !!!!
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Great information, I wish it would have been posted a few days ago.
How do you submit to netscape and what exactly does it do for you?
Netscape now has a service similar to Digg where you submit articles and people can vote on them to move them up the ladder. While Digg is mainly technology based, Netscape has more categories for bloggers who have subject matter not related to technology or news. it’s free to signup to the service and you can add a “Submit to Netscape” buttun easily to your blog’s individual posts. After the recent Digg revolution, i’m seeing more people moving overto Netscapes service which is why I ranked it a little higher on the list..
All those things are fine. It still comes down to your business, that’s what it’s all about. Is it accepted?
Thanks for the article. I launched a new site today and followed your tips and my site is already indexed in one day
Dave, you’re one of the best bloggers out there. How do you find the time to write so many articles on your different blogs ?
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All this makes sense. I especially like
#4 ) Do Not use pre-written articles or otherwise duplicate content
This is a common problem because of content being sold all over the web to multiple buyers. I started creating blogs recently and I’m keeping my content original, which means I will take longer to build a lot of content, but it will be better in the long run.
Excellent tips!
Excellent post! You have just earned yourself a new permanent reader. this site is full of so much information for webmasters, I’ll spread the word.
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If you are just looking for a way for Google to index you, why not register with Google at http://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/
I have tried with all my sites, all of them were index by Google between 3 to 5 days.
A little bit longer but you only need to do it once.
Thank you. I learned new things today!
Thank you for sharing this helpful information i got my web site listed in less than a day and it shows 23 hour next to my listing, Thanks again
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Great tips. I am having good success like others who followed these tips. I think the Feedburner tip is the best one because I did it first and fell asleep but when I awoke my site had been indexed.
I have a new blog which has just been indexed after 2 days. Despite this, I do like these tips and will follow them as they seem pretty good ones, many of whom I am not aware of. They are really good techniques too..
Seems like the long way to do it, link to 1 Page Rank 5 site and you’ll be in in 24 hours
i still don’t understand about join with netscape… is it really like digg.com? i can’t find the link .:)
thank you for the tips. i am going to bookmark this page and cross my fingers.
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Thw techniques in this article got my one week old blog indexed in under three days. Thanks Dave for all the wonderful advice !!!
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Worked like a charm. Thanks for the tips.
Great Information, Another way also is to add adsense on the site!!
You’re right, adding Adsense does seem to speed up the process of getting a site indexed. After writing this article, I’m noticing it’s much easier to get blogs indexed than regular sites. I think it’s very helpful to put a blog on your site or at least use an RSS feed as a boost.
Your tips on getting indexed by Google certainly do work. Thanks for getting me indexed !!
Hello Dave - Every other blog I have read about getting indexed by Google has been lacking in information. Your insight into getting indexed is sooooo much better than anything else I have read and your method is totally free. I wish I hadn’t spent money on bulk submission before reading this :-( Thanks Chris.
Are pages in the root directory of a site more likely to be indexed by Google than pages 3 levels down (eg. www.zzzz.com/one/two/three/), even if both are directly linked to from the main page (assuming that the pages were identical in every other way)?
Thanks,
Getting indexed is not hard at all. What I usually do to get indexed is by submitting an article to ezinearticles.com
When we are starting a site, we usually have lots of content and information gathered. We might put all on our site and rewrite it again to submit it too article directories. It usually take less than a week.
Thanks for all the tips. I was surprised by the tips you posted because most of them are not used by me. Thanks again!
@Colema Board - I never thought of using ezinearticles.com as a way to get indexed. I guess we all have our own little tricks and techniques to get new sites indexed. It’s good to know any extra techniques especially if you’re having a hard time getting one site or another indexed.
@Michelle - Yes, pages in the root directory will almost always take precedence over deep links.
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Your tips worked flawlesly. Got my newest site indexed in under 24 hours !!!
Getting indexed is the easy part!!
Now getting good search engine ranking is the hard part
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Getting indexed is a cinch. Getting indexed isnt even that big a deal. People look at it as some sort of benchmark, which it isnt.
Wordpress will automatically ping search engines whenever you made a post and there is a pros and con in this matter. Btw, digg and nesscape can definately get your site indexed within a day.
That was another good read, I think ive comments on your blog before, keep it up!
I think is dosn’t work any more since January 2008. Google have made changes for the RSS-feeds, isn’t it?
Getting your site indexed by Google is not a big deal nor is it all that hard. On the other hand i have never had a site indexed in 24hrs…WTG! I launched a site that has about 2700 pages and as of now I have about 500 indexed in about a month, about 100 pages per week. Thanks for the post!
I think the best way to get indexed is by linking from your existing sites… or even better, I found that sites linked from hubpages.com got indexed within 24 hours! Amazing huh.