Here is
an exclusive list of Websites, directory and places where you should submit
your blog. Most of the sites listed here are free and if you are creating a new
blog/Website or have not submitted your existing Website to these places, you
should go ahead and create one.
This also
includes many social networking site and social bookmarking profile. It’s not
an extensive list like 1000 sites or something, but I’m creating a list of
those sites which are important and will be helpful in either search engine
ranking or tracking your site report.
Where to submit your Blog?
Let me
start the list with Webmaster tools as it will be first step to get your site
on search engines. Submitting you blog to other sites will help in better indexing and crawling of
your blog. Specially when you create a new blog, it
takes time for search engine bots to find your blog and crawl it, by submitting
your site to these Websites which is listed below, it will help in faster
indexing. Though if your sole motto is to let your site index in no time,
I’m not
adding those directories or sites, which asks you to place a link back to
verify the site ownership, as it will be considered as two way link exchange.
Though, there are few directories which are quite useful and you may consider
adding the link for a day or two just for the verification.
Many of
these sites like Alltop requires
you to have feed on your blog, so I recommend you to burn your feed using Feedburner before
you get started.
1.Google Webmaster tool:
This is
official tool by Google, where you can not only add your Website but also
submit your sitemap to Google. This will ensure, Google will quickly crawl all
your links and index them. More over, GWT works as free SEO tool for your
website. You can apply various SEO techniques using GWT data.
2.Bing Webmaster tool:
Official
Webmaster tool by Bing, and like Google tool, submitting your blog to this
place will ensure your site is visible in Bing. Learn how to submit website to bing webmaster tools, and how to use bing webmaster tool.
3.Alexa :
I’m sure
many of you might not see Alexa as a credible source of ranking information and
we have already discussed about this. Though, I always find alexa reporting to
be useful and close to accuracy and more over, it’s a useful place to find
Keywords. We will talk about it soon in another article, but yes, you can refer
to my earlier guide on How to submit Website to Alexa.
4.Facebook:
Facebook
could be really huge for your blog traffic if you do the marketing right. In
order to submit your Website to Facebook, you need to create
a Facebok fan page and that’s how you start. Simple and easy.
5.Google plus:
Like Fb,
we can create Google plus page for our blog or Website and this works as starting
point of your blog footprint on Google plus. Learn how to create a Google plus page for your blog.
6.Twitter:
Twitter
is one of the famous micro-blogging and social networking site. I already
discussed why your Website needs an official
Twitter account and having a profile on Twitter for your blog, will help you
to get a free link. Though it will no follow, but again it’s very useful for
blog branding. Learn how
to create Twitter profile.
7.Ahrefs:
This is
actually a site to measure your blog backlink and a free account will let you
monitor one complete site. Simply go ahead, register a free account and under
reports > add new domain. Add your blog and verify your ownership. Now,
ahrefs will help you to keep a track of links to your site. Very useful if you
really understand the importance of backlinks. Link: Ahrefs
8.Technorati:
Technorai
is a blog directory and it’s one of the largest web index of blogs. Submitting
your site here and using proper tag may help in more search engine visibility.
Learn how to submit site to Technorati.
9.Google Analytics:
Not a
typical place to submit your blog but very useful to keep a track of your site
stats and best part is it’s free stats tool by Google. Highly recommended for a
new site to add GA on your blog. Read: What
is Google analytics?
10.BlogCatalog:
Blogcatalog
is one of my favorite Web directory to submit a Website. They manually accept
or reject a blog submission, so make sure your site have enough content before
you submit here. Also, while adding your blog, take care of proper category.
Link: BC
11.Alltop:
Not for
new blogs, but if you have a quality blog, make sure you add your blog to
Alltop. Very useful for giving good exposure to your site. Requires you
to create a free account before submission. Link to submit
12.Pinterest:
Pinterest
is a popular image based social networking site. When you submit your blog to Pinterest, and
verify your profile, you earn a free high quality backlink. More over, it will help
in improving your brand online presence. Join Pinterest.
13.IMT Website submitter:
This is
an online tool, which submit your Website to over 3000 places. For example,
sites which stores site analytics, site price and so on. Those links might not
be very high quality, but it will help in quick indexing, and improving
backlink profile of your blog. Link
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