Why You Should Submit Your Blog
01/29/10
The idea of blogging today is very popular. Most people really have no idea how to have a successful blog. If you do not really care if other people find your blog then you have nothing to worry about. However most people are getting into blogging because they want to make money through Google adsense. If this is you, then you will need to submit your blog to search engines and blog directories.
If you can spare some cash you can submit your blog to paid blog directories. Paid blog directories are trusted by search engines like google and yahoo. This is because there are certain standards your blog will have to live up to before they are accepted to paid sites. If you submit your blog to a paid blog directory you will be in there with the best blogs on the internet.
You should also submit your blog to the traditional search engines like google, MSN, Alta Vista, etc. The reason you want to submit your blog to the search engines is so that it can be found. Keep in mind that your blog will be competing with millions for the traffic. Before you submit your blog you will have to know which directories are relevant. When you go to submit your blog it will be very much like it was if you have ever submitted a website. There are few differences however. When you submit your blog the righ way it will get indexed quicker.
Before you submit your blog you should have a sitemap too. This is really important when you submit your blog to google. And we all know who important google is when it comes to getting traffic. Once indexed, you should check the sitemap regularly and keep it updated for google. You can install a sitemap plugin if you have a Wordpress blog. The plugin will automatically update your sitemap and notify google for you. You can use google tools to make your own sitemap if you are not using a wordpress blog template.
When you want to submit your blog to the major blog directories you can use a site like Feed Shot to do it. You will need an account to submit your blog to google and yahoo. When you submit your blog to MSN you will need to follow their protocol which is different than yahoo and google. There are various articles online that can tell you how to submit your blog step by step.
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