Getting listed on search engines is not automatic when your site is live. There are 3 ways your site can get listed on search engines and directories: <ol> <li> You submit your site to each individual search engine and/or directory. To do this, go to each search engine and/or directory and look for a link to submit your site. Please see <a href="http://www.[host.name]/hp/kb.htm?id=381">How do I submit my site to Search Engines for free on my own?</a><br> <br> <font color="cc0000"><b>Important: Make sure you submit the exact full address of the first page in your index. It should include the /page/page/12345.htm that follows your address or if you have a friendly url, it should include the /FRIENDLYURLHERE.html adddress. Although when you enter in just your web address (e.g. www.abc.[host.name]), it actually forwards to whatever page is first in your index, most search engines will not accept a site address which forwards as they think you are trying to cheat with a doorway page that helps increase your ranking.</b></font><br> </li> <li>You hire a company to submit your site to search engines and/or directories. Companies that provide this service often have several ways of getting your site listed higher up. They also often have the option of signing you up to just a few search engine or hundreds or thousands of search engines and/or directories. <br> </li> <li>Your site is randomly found by a spider or bot and indexed. Many major search engines and/or directories regularly send out a spider or bot to rove the internet and index sites not yet in their listing. There is no guarantee that your site will get listed this way. </li></ol> <p>Remember 85% of all website traffic comes from search engine results.</strong></p> <h3>Submission Companies</h3> We recommend several different companies with whom we have negotiated discounts and free trials for our members. To get access to these, click on "Marketing" and then "Search Submission". <h3>More Info</h3> For more info on search engines in general, see <a href="http://www.searchenginewatch.com/">www.searchenginewatch.com</a>.