Group Search Engine and Directory Submission

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Once you create your group and share a base of content, notify search engines and web directories of the existence of your group. This step involves submitting your group homepage URL to search engine submit pages and finding appropriate web directories.

When submitting your site, use the group domain (e.g., http://groupname.gather.com), and group description.

Although you can search and find others on the Web, here are links to some popular directories and tools:

• Google -- http://www.google.com/addurl/?continue=/addurl
• Yahoo -- http://search.yahoo.com/info/submit.html
• MSN -- http://search.msn.com/docs/submit.aspx
• DMOZ -- http://dmoz.org/
• SEOMOZ -- http://www.seomoz.org/directories
• Pingomatic -- http://pingomatic.com/; also see Ping My Blog, Faster Blog Search Directory Submission Made Easy for more information

You can also submit your group’s RSS feeds through one or more RSS directories, such as http://www.rss-specifications.com/rss-directory.htm.


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