Tips on How to Get Indexed Faster by Google, Yahoo, & Live Search

Jan 7, 2009 - 8:57 am 2 by

A WebmasterWorld thread asks for tips on how he can get his site indexed and crawled faster by Google. The thing is, most, if not all, of these tips apply not to just Google, but any search engine, such as Yahoo, Live Search and others.

Here are some of the tips for faster indexing via the thread:

  • Submit an XML Sitemap
  • Have a clean navigation structure
  • Get quality links
  • Go hot on Digg or other social networking sites
  • Make unique and helpful content
  • Use social bookmarking
  • Verify your sites with Google Webmaster Tools, Yahoo Site Explorer and Live Webmaster Tools
  • Remove Canonical domain issues

For more tips and discussion go to WebmasterWorld.

 

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