How to Get Websites Listed by Google in Under 7 Days

The web has a lot of general information alluding to the potential of getting your website listed by Google in under a day, or thirty days, or three days and so on. None I've seen actually tell you the steps you should take to achieve this.Some sources provide you with the final steps in the process, such as getting a link from a high page rank site, with many suggesting that a PR 6 site will get you indexed in a day and a PR 5 in a week. The problem with this is that most people don't have access to a high page rank site from which to link to their so far undiscovered site. Following is a list of steps in a process designed to get new domains indexed by Google and the other major search engines in less than 7 days. Importantly, none of these steps involve the placement of links on my own sites that have significant page rank.

First, here's what not to do:-

1) Use Google's own add your url tool to suggest your site.This is harmless but it's also a waste of time - and it's slow; sometimes taking weeks to get listed. Also, unless you have links from other websites, it's not guaranteed to work.

2) Use the sitemap submission tool located in Google's webmaster tools.Google themselves suggest this harmless but virtually useless measure. Let's just move on...

3) Purchase a website promotion tool, promising to submit your site to literally hundreds or thousands of search engines.We're moving away from the totally harmless with this suggestion. OK, at the worst you'll waste your 'small fee', but there really is no point in taking an interest in the search engines outside of Google, Yahoo! and MSN, as they control 99% of the UK search market.There's also a great likelihood that you'll be spammed to death if you have to give over your contact details when registering for such a service. Any spam is a pain, but spam you are charged for the privilege of receiving is a nightmare worth avoiding.Other pitfalls are the monthly fees that often accompany an offer to resubmit your site in perpetuity. This runs the risk of being flagged as spam by the search engines and we're trying to get listed, not banned.

4) Purchase a "Get listed in Google in under 72 hours Guarenteed" package from a random company that decided you're a worthwhile victim of their spam. Google get these too...It's simply not the case any more that SEO is a dark art. So called experts may well read this with mouths agape in disgust that I'm giving away trade secrets. I see things differently. Any reputable SEO company should be able to give you a good idea of how they get their results and there should be no mystery when you question then over their practices.My job as an SEO is to rank people fast and well in Google and the last thing any of my clients needs it to be banned by Google due some third party 'black hat' SEO practices. How will you know that the practices of your chosen SEO are not black hat if they're not willing to tell you how they go about promoting your site?

How to get listed by Google in Under 3 Days.

The trick to this is quite simple and involves getting a link to your site from a high Page Rank site. Over and above the page rank issue, there are two other factors that must be considered.First is that the sites in question must have a capacity for user generated content. You have to be able to create a profile, a blog, an article or a the submission of a press release or the tagging of a favourite site fast and for free.Secondly, and of equal importance, the sites you're going to be linking from must update frequently (ideally, daily). Usually sites that meet the criterion will also, automatically meet the second criterion.

What you should do in order be listed by Google - fast.

Write what are sometimes known as elevator pitches that lay out your online project's key benefits and a break down of its target audience. 100-300 words is usually optimal for this, though a longer piece is fine, assuming that you have enough to say.Find websites that allow you to create a post, ad, article or profile - anything that allows you to generate some content and use your well tuned, accurate sales pitch as the body copy.You must ensure that you tag and post your content so as to include a link to your website with the full url. Take my SEO Consultancy CV.

It's often important to tailor your post to each site you're posting on, as the community will not welcome spam and anything that is written in a discordant style will stand out to moderators. Some online communities prefer a chatty friendly style but this will ultimately depend on your niche.

"Ok, great, where should I post it then", I hear you ask, quite reasonably.

To answer your question, turn to Google and look for free 'business classified sites'. Such sites typically have sector specific sections designed for the marketing and advertising of your business on the Internet. This is much preferable to blog or forum spamming.There are alternatives ways of doing this, many much more slick then the free classified approach, but I'm not ready to divulge all my secrets quite yet! For the classy approach, you can ask me in person or by email.This might turn into quite a hot topic and if it does I'll be sure to revisit it at a later date.There are only a handful of sites on the web that are spidered frequently enough to get you listed in less than three days. Such sites have new pages indexed within an hour of being set live.Somewhat incidentally, if you're about to be undertaking a big launch of a new site or project and are thus in a hurry, I am likely to be able to help.

Caution before catastrophe.

It is imperative that you not spam any of the sites alluded to above. Such measures will do you no favours with the community that you are potentially marketing to, as well as Google itself. I aim for genuine websites with valuable and unique content to gain fast and lasting exposure and backlinks via professionally written posts to websites that are related to the kind of marketing campaign in mind. Therefore, you should stay away from cheap, budget agencies that are likely to damage your good name and brand with spam tactics and poorly composed web copy. Please bear in mind that mishaps on the web are often very hard to undo, so the hiring of an SEO professional who puts the work in understanding your particular market is essential.

About the author
Anthony Sharot is head of search at SEO services company Market Appeal, located in Hendon, North West London, offering specialist search engine optimisation, pay-per-click (PPC), marketing and web analytics to companies accross the UK and beyond.