How to get Indexed in Google

by Justin Briggs

Getting your site indexed is the first step of successful SEO. Search engines, like Google, can provide hundreds or thousands of visitors from searchers across the world. Since Google is the most popular search engine in the world, getting listed there should be a high priority.

Getting listed in Google is actually really simple. Although many may suggest that you submit your site through their submit form, this is not the quickest method of getting indexed. Some even say it increases the amount of time it takes for your site to get crawled.

The most effective way of getting your site listed in Google is by obtaining backlinks to your site. As Google crawls other indexed sites, they will come across a link to your site and follow it over and proceed to crawl your site. One low quality link will not instantly get your site crawled though, so you should make effort to gain multiple links or a really solid link from a high PR website. Since links are a fundamental part of SEO, and help you get ranked, you should be building links any way.

There are several ways to get quick links to your site in a matter of a day or two. You can always comment on dofollow blogs, which works really well if it is a high PR site that gets crawled regularly. Next, you can submit to social sites or directories, which can provide quick and simple one way links. Lastly, you can submit articles, which will distribute your content across the web in exchange for a few links.

Writing articles is a really effective way of building links and driving traffic. Not only does it build links, but these articles can rank well in serps and provide click through traffic. At the end of the day though, doing well in Google is a popularity contest. To win, you must be connected to as many people (or sites) as possible. Once Google sees you everywhere, they will no longer hesitate to index your site.

So do not waste your time on submission forms or paid services. Getting listed is a simple as going out and getting a few links. If you run a blog, I would suggest using a pinging service, which will notify multiple sites each time you post. This is a quick way of notifying Google that you have new content on your site that needs to be crawled and indexed. As your site grows, you may see new pages get index in a matter of minutes. It really does pay to build links.