Free web site submissions disprove the old axiom that you get what you pay for. It's important to optimize your site for search engines. Using free web site submitting services is one step in bringing in web traffic.

Take advantage of free URL registration/web site submission and and start with the following basic steps:

1. Edit your content for your target keywords in the meta tags of your page's code, headings, subheadings and the first 50 characters of your page's content.

2. Use one of the free web site submitting services to submit your site to the search engines.

3. Create and submit a sitemap file for search engines to recognize every page within your site.

Action Steps
The best contacts and resources to help you get it done

Companies that offer free web site submissions can recommend keywords

Before using free web site submitting services, make sure you are using the right keywords within your meta tags.

I recommend: Use the free web site submission services at Ineedhits.com. The company also offers free meta tag creation. Submit Express offers free web site submission, free URL listings and meta tags as well.

Submit your URL to free web site submission services

Free URL submission tools can be found at a number of sites. It is usually used as a marketing tool because the companies offer other paid services as well.

I recommend: Add Me offers free search engine submission, as well as other free tools -- they also offer SEO toolkits you can buy. Go to Entheos for resources on free manual web site submission to a directory.

Use a quick, do-it-yourself web site submission tool

There are free downloads available for you to submit your web site manually to search engines.

I recommend: Submission Engine is a free download for web site submissions. Smithfam.com has a list of free web site submission tools and other resources for the DIY marketer.

Tips & Tactics

Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide

• •  Before you try free web site submissions, make sure that your site design does not include an introductory splash page, because this type of content-free page tends to lower your page ranking.
• •  Some things a free web site submission service will not tell you: make use of meta tags and alt tags within your code to identify keywords and the content of images and links on your pages.
• •  Several search engines, not just Google, now use sitemap files. Learn how to submit this file to Yahoo, Ask.com, Moreover.com and Live.com, as well as using free URL submission to search engines.