After you have done your research and created your blog, you’ll be ready to get your site listed with the search engines. When developing your marketing strategy, it is important to include a plan to get your blog spidered quickly. In order to get your blog indexed you must let the search engine spiders know you are there in the first place.

You may have wondered if there are ways to lure the spiders to your web site other than manual submission. But first of all, I don’t see any harm in letting Google know that your site exists.

The best way to get your blog spidered quickly is to link your web site from another site that is already indexed, that is related to your site, and that is spidered frequently. Sites having a higher PR usually are spidered more often. That’s why if you link from one of those sites, the spiders will find a link to your new site and visit it. In the long run, you’ll see the value of building a network of closely related sites. For example, you may have a site for baby toys, another on baby clothes and yet another focused on parenting.

Having your site mentioned in news releases can get your site your web site spidered very quickly, sometimes within days. Check out PRWeb where you can submit a free press release.

You can also use the more traditional methods including posting in forums. If you choose this route, be careful not to spam. Follow the posted rules, give helpful answers, and do not go overboard on your “sig file”. Put a link to your blog in your signature file. A word of caution - private forums are not always indexed, so make certain that the forums where you post display recent posts and are listed in search results.

You can also write some articles and submit them to popular articles directories such as EzineArticles. Once again, check the PR of the article directories and specifically the pages for the category where your article will show up in.

No matter which method you choose to get your web site spidered, you will need a good site map. A site map lists and links to all pages on your site. If your site consists of over approximately one hundred pages, consider using a multi-page site map. Make certain that every site map page links to all other site map pages. You should have a link to your site map on your home page and preferably on each of your pages. You should make sure your web site pages are simple and free of useless clutter.

There is also a new product called RSSIndexer. I’m still testing this product so I don’t have results to report so far. However, I think that it’s a valuable concept. RSSIndexer will spider your entire website and create an RSS feed which it will then submit to various RSS directories. It will do this little by little daily so that it looks “natural”.

Getting your web site spidered quickly is the most important thing you can do to achieve success as an internet marketer. Using the methods suggested above can be very helpful in getting your web site indexed.

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