Does Google Know Your Site Exists? – SEO Tips

have decided to create a new weekly series of posts covering the topic of  Search Engine Optimization for bloggers. I will post a new tip every Monday for the next several weeks.   Some of the tips you may already be familiar with but I’m hoping that with each tip you get a better understanding of how Google robots crawl your site. Ultimately then using that knowledge to apply those principles to other areas of your web site.

Now I’m not claiming to have hidden secrets that will send you to the top of a Google search.  Also, there are no guarantees on how this will all work for your site. Anyone that promises these things isn’t telling you the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.  But the principles I will discuss will not only help visitors to your site but will also help search engines index your site. So in my opinion it’s a win-win.

One really easy objective in search engine optimization is to make sure Google even knows your site exists. This can be done by going to Add URL for Google. All you have to do is enter your full url, including the “http://” part, and click submit. Now, the thing to keep in mind is Google makes no promises of if or when your site will be added to their indexes.  But letting them know that your website is out there is really just as simple as entering your url.

If you want to see if your site has already been added to Google’s indexes all you have to do is add “site:” before your url (see example below). If you get a list of results that includes all of the pages of your site and it looks search results, only a little different then you are good to go. If you get an error message, you are not yet indexed but fear not, they will eventually get around to you, hopefully. Hope this helps.