Search Engine FAQs

How online buyers search for products and services?
Did you know that the vast majority of online sales originate from keyword searches in major search engines? Indeed, recent studies published by industry analyst firms such as Jupiter MediaMetrix reveal that more than 55% of all ecommerce transactions originate from a keyword search.
Other studies confirm that 85% of internet users primarily use search engines when they look for products and services information on the Web.

I already submitted my website to search engines. Why do it again?
The Web is a very dynamic environment. With the phenomenal quantity of new content which makes its appearance every day on the Internet, your company needs much more than a simple "Search engine submission" to be noticed by your potential customers. In fact, the conventional indexing (to add a Website to multiple directories) that has already been an effective method of promotion, proves to be insufficient today and when results are given they are short-term because new content is added daily to the network, pushing you lower in the search results.

Can I submit mirror site in search engines?
Identical mirrors are sites with the same content but accessible by two different URLs. Sometimes identical mirrors are created to ease the load on the main site. Try to determine which of the mirrors appears to be the original site, and list that one, if it is not already listed. Then remove the remaining mirrors. REMEMBER all major search engines are penalizing the mirror sites as well as main site.
Determination of the original site is not always obvious. Sometimes the URL is listed on the site itself, sometimes it is evident from the URL. In some cases, the original site will automatically redirect to a mirror.