Many web page developers seem to think that if you build a page, people will come. Unfortunately, life isn't quite so simple. With several billion pages on the Internet, the odds of someone bumping into yours is rather remote, unless it is well promoted.

Web page promotion entails registering your URL with one or more search engines and portals.

There are literally hundreds of search engines in existence today. Although it is free to add your URL to some search engines, the registration effort does take time. Most major search engines now charge fees for registration.

ASearch engines can be national, international, of subject specific. A few very large search engines, however, are used by most internet users on a regular basis. You should certainly register your site with each of these.

Depending on your objectives, you may also want to register with some of the international, regional or subject based search engines. You can add your URL to each  major search engines by clicking below:

	Add URL to Google
	Add URL to Open Directory