There are several ways to submit your website to search engines like submitting your URL directly, or using automated software for search engine submission.

However, not all search engines accept free URL submissions, and more and more search engines have become critical of automated submission software. With a lot of submissions, whether it's a manual or automated submission, you will have to provide some information about your website. Although automated tools can be useful, submitting your URL by hand is the best option. This way you will be sure to complete all required fields, and provide all information necessary to achieve best possible results for your site.

Submitting your Website for Free:
We have included a list of the major search engines where you can manually submit your website. When you follow the link Search Engines Worldwide you'll find many search engines and directories where you can manually submit your URL, including the top 50 search engines worldwide.

1. Google	Search | Add URL
2. Yahoo (requires registration)	Search | Add URL
3. MSN Search	Search | Add URL
4. DMOZ (Open Directory Project)	Search | Add URL
5. Alta Vista (Yahoo registration required)	Search | Add URL
6. AskJeeves (claims they will find your URL)	Search | Add URL

Paid Inclusion:
Paid inclusion programs guarantee your site will be listed in the search engines within one day to a week. While it is an easy way to get listed, generally I am against paid inclusion as it's often expensive and although you may get listed, I believe your can achieve better ranking when doing it manually. If you get listed, for example, on page 25, your site still won't generate a lot of traffic, and you're still not visible on the internet.

Also, you need to remember that if you don't do your homework when building your website to ensure that you have a "search engine friendly" site with a good linking strategy then your website probably won't rank high in the search engines You'll just waste your money using a Paid Inclusion Service and wonder why your site does not perform well despite the money you paid.

If you are interested in Paid Inclusion:

Priority Submit Express	Add URL
Yahoo Search Submit Express	Add URL

Automated Submission Tools:
There are quite a few free automated submission tools out there that will make submission to search engines easy and will enable you to submit your pages to hundreds of search engines.

You usually fill out a form with information about your URL and the tool will take care of submitting to the engines. In general, using an automated submission tool won't do any damage, but these days search engines are getting more and more critical of automated submission tools. Therefore, despite the work involved, I still think it's best to manually submit your website to the most important search engines (after all, why spend all that time on a website if no-one is going to see it!!).

Scrub the Web: Easy Submit Submission Tool
ADD Pro: AddPro Submission Tool

Paid Automated Submission Tools:
INeedHits: Easy Submit

You can find more submission tools in the Cool Tools section.