How to Add a Business to Search in Google and Yahoo

Many believe that when it comes to websites, "if you build it, they will come." But the fact is, you must drive business to your website just like you would for a storefront business. Online search engines like Google and Yahoo! allow you to do just that--get your website listed so that when someone is searching for the product or service that you provide, your website will pop up in the search engine rankings. Here's how to get people to notice your online business through Yahoo! and Google.

Instructions

1. Step 1

   Go to http://www.google.com/addurl/?continue=/addurl. Cut and paste or type this url address in to the address bar of your browser, or use the link provided in the Resources section below. This is the direct link to submit your website to Google.

2. Step 2

   Type in your web address. Scroll down to the box that says "URL." Type your website address in the box and hit the tab button until your cursor is in the box below the boxed letters.

3. Step 3

   Type in the "code" that you see in the box. In this box you are going type in the colored letters that you see in the box. Sometimes the letters are red. Sometimes the letters are green. You will need to type the letters exactly how you see them.

4. Step 4

   Hit the submit button. After you have finished typing your website address and filled in the code that you see in the box, your next step is to hit the Add Url button.

5. Step 5

   Go to http://search.yahoo.com/info/submit.html to submit your site to Yahoo! Cut and paste or type this URL address in the address bar of your browser, or use the link provided in the Resources section below. This is the direct link to submit your website to Yahoo!

6. Step 6

   Click on the link. Click on the first link that says "Submit Your Site for Free."

7. Step 7

   Type your web address. In the first box (there should already be a an http:// type in it) add your website address after the http://.

8. Step 8

   Hit the submit button. Click on the button that says "Submit URL."

Tips

• Change the content on your website as much as possible, keeping it fresh and updated. Search engines like Google and Yahoo! love fresh content and it increases the chances that your site will rank in the search engines.
• Submitting your site to Google and Yahoo! does not guarantee placement in the search engine rankings. You will need to continuously submit your URL to these two search engines to ensure that the search engine keep "crawling" your site.