Ask any webmaster and they will have tried their hand at submissions to optimize their websites placement in search engines. But what is the fuss all about? Do submissions actually yield better search engine placement. Let us try to dissect this issue.
I do not like automated submissions as they lead to spam, so let us talk about manual submission. There are primarily 2 types of manual submissions:
Manual Directory Submissions
In this type of submission, you go ahead and fill up forms set up by web directories. A web directory is to websites what a phone directory is to phone numbers. Web directories can be free or paid. I have found that there are many free web directories and a few exceptionally good paid ones. Also, though most web directories are generic, some are niche web directories — for instance I have seen legal web directories, real estate web directories, health web directories and what have you. My experience is that manual directory submissions do not help in raising the search engine ranks of the websites significantly. But, they can certainly help search engines in understanding the theme of the website. This is primarily because your...