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WWW:  Advertising your Web pages


Q.  How can I make sure people looking for widgets will find my page, which
    advertises widgets, at the top of their search results?

A.  You can't.  But you can improve your chances by registering your pages
    with some search engines.


Registering Your Pages with Search Engines
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There are many search engines and index services available on the Web.  As of
this writing, the most popular are:

     - Google       <http://www.google.com/>
     - Yahoo        <http://www.yahoo.com/>
     - Alta Vista   <http://www.altavista.com/>
     - Lycos        <http://www.lycos.com/>
     - Webcrawler   <http://www.webcrawler.com/>

At each of these search engines, you can find a link to register the URL of
your home page.  The text usually says something like "Add/Remove URL" or 
"Register URL".  Click on that link, and follow the instructions that
follow.  So far, none of these services charge to index your URL.

You can also take a shotgun approach to registering your pages, by using the
"Submit It!" service located at:

     <http://www.submit-it.com/>

This will allow you to select a set of search engines you wish to register
with, and consolidate (somewhat) your registration efforts.

Note that the way these services act on the information you give them varies.
Some will accept the information as you provide it, while others will use
the address to send a "web bot" to look at your pages, and index what they
find there in a manner of their choosing.  And the process often takes a
week or two.  So if your pages don't immediately show up in the search
engines, don't panic; just check back a couple days later.


(19-Apr-96/wwwaywp/WRD)
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