One of the quickest single methods to get a search engine to spider your site is to create and submit a XML Sitemap.

In case you don’t know, a Sitemap is a file containing the location of the Webpages that make up your site.  There are some limitations to Sitemaps and that is they can not exceed 50,000 pages or 10 MB in size.  This is fine for most people, so I won’t go into the details about how to create Sitemaps for sites that exceed 50,000 pages.

Sitemaps may also include data about each Webpage such as the date of the last modification, change frequency, and priority.  On the sites I develop, I am only concerned with submitting the URL’s and priority.

Alright, your site is completed and you are ready to launch it into the Internet ocean with your sail set high on a windy day!  It’s an exciting moment, but it’s in your best interest to take a final look at your onpage search engine optimization.

Since your core Website is completed, now is the best time to take a second look at your onpage search engine optimization.  First and foremost, make sure the keywords you have targeted actually generate traffic.  Many times I have seen Webmasters target keywords that simply bring little or no traffic.  Or worse yet, the Webmaster is trying to rank for too many highly competitive keywords on a single page.  Just to verify the keywords you targeted bring in some traffic, you may want to take a look at Google’s Adword Traffic Estimator Tool.  It’s a simple tool to use, and it can shed a light on how much traffic Google could actually send you for the keywords your site targets.  If you need keyword suggestions, then use Google’s Adword Keywords Suggestion Tool.  You can also download and install a free keyword tool named Niche Examiner.

Every now and then a common question is always asked about getting a new site indexed quickly.  While most Webmasters and SEO professionals have different approaches, in the series I will describe my techniques for getting a new site indexed quickly.

Here’s an outline of what will be covered in this series:

I. Onpage SEO check
II. Sitemap Creation
III. Sitemap Submissions
       (a) Google Sitemap Submission
       (b) Yahoo Sitemap Submission
       (c) Live/MSN Sitemap Submission
IV. High Visibility Quick Backlinks
V. General Web Directory Submissions
VI. Conclusion

This series is designed for the novice Webmaster, however more seasoned Webmasters and SEO professionals may enjoy the reading as well.

Alright, let’s get started by doing a little onpage SEO check. 

A while back it was easy to get an edu link from Harvard.  The problem is that they introduced captcha and their was an error with it, so that blocked Webmasters from submitting more links.  Apparently they used this time to clean up their site and rid it of the oubound links.  Well, that captcha problem has been corrected and do-follow Harvard links are now available once again.

Here’s how Webmasters are doing it….

1. Visit this URL: http://h2obeta.law.harvard.edu/
2. Select create playlist
3. Click register
4. Enter name, E-mail, and password (E-mail verification is not required)
5. Click register
6. Click add/edit playlist info
7. Add your title, description, and tags (more tags will get more backlinks)
8. Click update