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How to Get Indexed By Google

Written by: Mathew Tamin

Article Overview: Google is the dominant search engine on the net, controlling more traffic than Yahoo and MSN combined. So, you have a site and want to know how to get in Google? How to Get In Google

How to Get Indexed By Google

Google is the dominant search engine on the net, controlling more traffic than Yahoo and MSN combined. So, you have a site and want to know how to get in Google?

How to Get In Google Millions upon millions of dollars have been made by sites getting ranked highly in Google. Of course, these sites are optimized to get to rankings. While optimization is critical, it is also vital that you get all the pages of your site indexed in Google.

The good news is it is fairly easy to get in Google. There are a couple of different ways, but you need to do one thing before worrying about getting indexed.

Site maps are rarely clicked on by most visitors to a site, but they are critical nonetheless. A site map isn't vital because it helps a visitor get around the site. It is vital because it helps the search engine indexing robots find all the pages on the site. In this case, you want to create a site map for your site to make sure the "Googlebot" finds all the pages you have labored to put up. Google actually has an xml site maps tool, but I prefer to actually make sitemaps since I want Yahoo and MSN to index the site as well.

Once you have a site map, the easiest way to get into Google is to create a free blog. Go to Blogger.com and open a free account. Just follow the three or four simple steps and you will be ready to go. Once the account is open, create your first blog entry. Type anything you want, but make sure to include a link to your home page and your site map in the entry. Hit the enter button and you are on your way into Google. Why? Google owns blogger.com, so it regularly canvases the blogs and links. Within a week or two, your site should start appearing in Google. Sneaky, right?

A second way to get in Google is to write an article. Create one on a subject relevant to your site. Make it about 400 words long or about a page in length. Open an account with an article directory like articlecube.com. The account should be assigned immediately. Login and go to your member profile. Add the domain to your site in the appropriate box and save it. Then submit your article. Make sure to include an author byline where indicated and include a link to your site. The Google indexing robot will crawl the site at least once a week, find your links and follow them to your site. Within a few weeks, you should see your site indexed in Google.

You can also add your domain directly to Google. Don't waste your time. So many people do it on a daily basis that it may take three months for Google to get to your site.

You can use any of the above techniques to get into Google. Regardless of how you do it, keep in mind it will take a few weeks for your site to appear. There are millions of sites on the web, so Google has a lot of ground to cover.

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