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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on July 29th, 2007 at 12:41 am
Great information, I wish it would have been posted a few days ago.
on July 29th, 2007 at 2:55 am
How do you submit to netscape and what exactly does it do for you?
on July 29th, 2007 at 1:33 pm
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..
on July 29th, 2007 at 8:20 pm
All those things are fine. It still comes down to your business, that’s what it’s all about. Is it accepted?
on July 30th, 2007 at 3:35 am
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 ?
on July 30th, 2007 at 8:18 am
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on July 31st, 2007 at 1:43 am
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!
on July 31st, 2007 at 11:13 am
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.
on July 31st, 2007 at 9:06 pm
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on August 8th, 2007 at 11:34 am
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.
on August 20th, 2007 at 5:10 pm
Thank you. I learned new things today!
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on October 16th, 2007 at 9:47 pm
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#11 - Put the link in your signature on any of the major webmasters forums that allow signatures like DigitalPoint, Code4Gold, SitePoint, etc..
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on October 27th, 2007 at 3:12 pm
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on November 12th, 2007 at 7:06 pm
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on December 4th, 2007 at 12:28 pm
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.
on December 8th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
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..
on December 9th, 2007 at 10:01 pm
Seems like the long way to do it, link to 1 Page Rank 5 site and you’ll be in in 24 hours
on December 10th, 2007 at 11:32 am
i still don’t understand about join with netscape… is it really like digg.com? i can’t find the link .:)
on December 12th, 2007 at 4:21 pm
thank you for the tips. i am going to bookmark this page and cross my fingers.
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on January 11th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
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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on January 11th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
Worked like a charm. Thanks for the tips.
on January 13th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
Great Information, Another way also is to add adsense on the site!!
on January 13th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
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.
on January 25th, 2008 at 2:11 am
Your tips on getting indexed by Google certainly do work. Thanks for getting me indexed !!
on March 24th, 2008 at 9:23 am
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.
on March 24th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
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,
on April 4th, 2008 at 4:03 am
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!
on April 4th, 2008 at 4:19 am
@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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on April 6th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
Your tips worked flawlesly. Got my newest site indexed in under 24 hours !!!
on June 24th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
Getting indexed is the easy part!!
Now getting good search engine ranking is the hard part
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