[thelist] Re: Submitting to Search Engines

[george donnelly]

Sorry to be so blunt but in my experience this is simply false. Although it
helps *alot* to be linked to, it is not the only way to get into google.
submitting has worked just fine for me.

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> From: Cayley Vos <cvos at netpaths.net>
>
> The only way to get listed in search engines like google is to have a link
> from a site already in their database.  You can submit to their site until
> you are blue in the face, and will get nowhere. Worse, it could make them
> mad and penalize your site. Links and relationships are the new economy. If
> you have no friends you will starve.  Make many friends, associations and
> partnerships with similar strong businesses/websites and you will go far.