To market an Internet site you need a web presence. It is important that you are listed with the main search engines, however, listing well is also a priority.

Below are the search engines that I focus on when listing a new website. When you are first learning to market your website, it is best to stick and start with the basics and that is getting listed in the top search engines.

I believe it is important that you manually submit your site yourself, however, if you feel you are not up to it there are many site submission companies available on the Internet. Many of these companies are scammers and you will need to research and interview them carefully before handing your money over.

If you can list for yourself, then start with these:

Google
MSN (now Bing)
Yahoo
DMOZ Directory

The submission process is very easy. You can keep a Word document open on your screen that contains information such as meta tags, keywords, site description and name and the URL so that you can copy and paste directly into the submission forms without making a mistake.