| As soon as you register your domain name,
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| | establishing a site history even if the
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| submit it to Google! Even if you haven't
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| | site has no content. By the time you've
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| built your site, or thought about your
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| | built your site and developed your
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| content, submit your domain name to
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| | content (and written your business and
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| Google. In fact, even if you haven't
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| | marketing plans), Google will probably
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| fully articulated your business plan and
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| | see no need to sandbox you.
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| marketing plan, submit your domain name
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| | If you wait until launch day to submit
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| to Google.
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| | your site, you'll spend a month or two
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| Don't wait!
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| | (maybe more) sitting in the sandbox
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| There are two reasons for this. Firstly,
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| | watching potential customers spend their
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| getting on the search engines has always
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| | money elsewhere.
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| taken a long time for a new site. Even
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| | How to submit your site to Google Don't
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| assuming you do everything right, it
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| | waste money by paying someone else to
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| takes months before your site is even
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| | submit your site to Google. It's easy!
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| indexed, and more months before it starts
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| | Simply go to enter your URL (domain
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| to rank well. As a rule of thumb, never
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| | name) and a few comments or keywords to
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| expect to rank highly within 6 months of
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| | describe your site. Then click 'Submit'.
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| submitting your site to Google.
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| | That's all there is to it. You only have
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| The second reason is a recent phenomenon
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| | to do it once, and only for your top
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| called 'Google Sandbox'. Many SEO experts
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| | level page (i.e. Home page).
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| believe that Google 'sandboxes' new
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| | Google's robots will then crawl your
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| websites. Whenever it detects a new
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| | website the next time they're out and
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| website, it withholds its rightful
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| | about. Of course, they don't guarantee
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| ranking for a period while it determines
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| | that you'll be included in their results.
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| whether your site is a genuine, credible,
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| | IMPORTANT: As mentioned above, it takes
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| long term site. It does this to
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| | quite a while for your site to appear in
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| discourage the creation of SPAM websites
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| | the search engines. This is partly
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| (sites which serve no useful purpose
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| | because the search engines are big and
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| other than to boost the ranking of some
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| | slow - especially when it comes to new
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| other site).
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| | sites. It will take a minimum of 6-8
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| By submitting your domain name to Google
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| | weeks before your site is indexed.
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| as soon as you register it, you're
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