Well first of all lets talk about getting your website indexed in the search engines.  For me, it typically takes about a month to get a regular site listed in Google.  However, some of my blogs have been indexed within days, especially if your using the Google friendly blog, blogger.com.  Start by doing this:  Submit your URL FIRST to some free directories, a lot of free directories and even link back to them as you see I have done below.  But don't let yourself submit to like 30 directories and then stop.  It is an ongoing thing and you need to keep at it, and if you do not enjoy doing it, it is very easy to lose motivation doing it.  Make a goal for yourself, that you will submit your website to at least 200 directories a day.  Yes you might be sitting in front of your computer for a while doing the same thing for a couple hours which can be very tedious, but will pay off in the end.  Trust me, within a couple weeks to a month, your site will be indexed.  I never submit my URL directly to google.  I will to Msn, Yahoo, and other search engines but I have found that the best way to get into the Google index is to submit your site to many other sites and eventually it will do it for you.  Now, once your indexed, and even before your indexed, you need to start building backlinks.  A backlink is basically a link to your site, from someone else's site.  Of course it helps a lot if the sites linking back to yours are relavant to your site.  So if you have a website or blog that reviews products like cell phones, contact the other webmasters of like sites and request to do a link exchange.  Some webmasters will turn you down for various reasons.  I had one guy tell me my page rank wasn't sufficient enough, which makes sense.  In that case, just take the loss, build your page rank and 3 months down the line, request again.  Writing articles related to your site and then linking back to your site in the resource box is always a great way to get traffic, better page rank and get noticed.  Here is the main key, and I am sure you have heard this before, CONTENT THAT HELPS PEOPLE.  If you can provide a block of instruction or information to someone who is looking specifically for that information, then your golden.  People might even link back to you just for the simple fact that your content is rich, because hey, one day it might help them.  Now, your page rank will update in time, but sometimes it takes a while.  One of my sites, after only two months went from Pr N/A to Pr2.  If you keep doing these things, keep submitting, go to social website and include yourself in discussions, keep creating great content that helps people then you are on the right track and soon your efforts will start to pay off.  I think the biggest thing that you need to have when doing this is patience.  It takes a while, its an ongoing battle and it will not happen overnight. 

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