Search Engine Registration is an important way to get your site listed across all of the major search engines. We have provided a list of major search engines for you to consider adding your website to. Please note, if your web developer tells you they will list on 100’s of search engines, slap them in the face. Most of these are just spam aggregators. All you need to do is be listed on the major search engines and then find local and related websites to link to your website.

If you are an advanced agency you will no doubt already know about XML sitemaps. Google, Yahoo and MSN all now accept the same standard. This is the best way to get your website listed on search engines because with XML sitemaps you submit your maps to their engines and they index most of your pages.

Google: Google is the top choice for those searching the web. The crawler-based service provides both comprehensive coverage of the web along with great relevancy. It’s highly recommended as a first stop in your hunt for whatever you are looking for. XML Link

Yahoo: Launched in 1994, Yahoo is the web’s oldest real estate directory a place where human editors organised web sites into categories. However, in October 2002, Yahoo made a shift to crawler-based listings for its main results. These came from Google until February 2004. Today, Yahoo uses its own search technology. XML Link

MSN: Live Search (formerly Windows Live Search) is the name of Microsoft’s web search engine, successor to MSN Search, designed to compete with the industry leaders Google and Yahoo, the Search Engine is now very efficient but comes a close third just behind Yahoo.