Submission Sites Have someone else submit your site to search engines.

By Aliza P. Sherman

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There are many sites that will automate the process ofsubmitting your own site to search engines-some for a nominal costand others for free. An old tried-and-true submission site isSubmit-It, which costsaround $59 per year, but they also let you try a limited versionfor free at http://www.submit-it.com/sitrial.htm.Always have handy a clear and concise 25-word description of yoursite along with a handful of specific keywords that best describeyour site. Each search engine has slightly different submissionforms that you have to navigate, even when you use a submissionsite.

Aliza Sherman is an entrepreneur and author of Cybergrrl:A Woman's Guide to the World Wide Web (Ballantine Books).She is currently working on her next book and new company.

Aliza Sherman is a web pioneer, e-entrepreneur and author of eight books, including

PowerTools for Women in Business.

Her work can be found at mediaegg.com.

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