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Site Submission Programs Worth It?

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james1971



Joined: 06 Jun 2005
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 9:16 pm    Post subject: Site Submission Programs Worth It? Reply with quote
Hi Folks,

I was reviewing a few different applications that can automatically handle to submission of a web site to online directories and search engines. One of which is "AddWeb" from CyberspaceHQ.

I was wondering what other people though of AddWeb and similar products, and whether or not they're worth the dough - or is it better to just manually submit?

Thanks!
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birdie



Joined: 20 Jun 2005
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 7:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
they are scams.
submitting manually to search engines is also a waste of time.
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nkthen



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 6:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Correction. Addweb is not a scam.

In fact Addweb's BIGGEST feature is the GIANT group of people who wants to exchange links with you.

You can get over 100s of links in just one week.

Even Addweb admits that their software is not only a website submission software, it's a search engine campaign software.
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birdie



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 10:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
If they claim that there software is for
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website submission software
then its a scam.

Anyone who is charging for software or a service for submitting to search engines are engaging in fraudulent behaviour.
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nkthen



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 1:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
That's what I said.

Addweb is sold as a website promotion software. NOT search engine submission software.
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james1971



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 5:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hi Birdie,

birdie wrote:
If they claim that there software is for
Quote:
website submission software
then its a scam.


What makes it fraudulent or a scam though? Are they not really submitting the links to search engines, directories and FFA link pages?
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birdie



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 11:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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What makes it fraudulent or a scam though?

...becasue they are charging you for a service that does not make any difference to the ranking of your site.
Submitting to search engines is something that stopped being of any benefit last century...
Submittng to FFA is more likely to harm you than help.
Submitting to directories should be done manually, not by software.
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james1971



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 4:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hi Birdie,

[quote="birdie"]
Quote:
Submittng to FFA is more likely to harm you than help.


I thought submitting to FFA's could only be a problem if you were actually linking back to them. ( ? )
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birdie



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 7:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
You are right, but most of them are not even indexed in Google (so the link is worthless anyway) and they will just email you with spam .... they are not worth wasting your time over....better of making your site better so you get natural oneway links.
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radhika



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 3:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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One of which is "AddWeb" from CyberspaceHQ


DON'T buy it. Its my personal opinion.

I bought it in 2001 for $300.00 (as far I remember) After few months they said they upgraded it and told to buy it for extra $$. Not remember though.

I didn't get good results with it. I just stopped upgrading and even using it after using it for 8 months.

DON'T waste your money on it.
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monkeyads



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 11:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Search engine submission offers should be avoided like the plague. Search engines will find you if get a few quality backlinks and let them do their thing.

FFA pages have become meaningless at best.

Directory submission is a trickier process than some believe, but it still offers great benefit. Directories are a great backlink source, but one needs to target SEO-friendly directories and appropriate niche directories manually.

Article submission also offers some real benefit in terms of search engine placement (because of the backlinks you can generate). Again, it is best done via a manual process and works best with optimal submission site targeting.

Short-cuts (FFA blasting, mass search engine submission, etc.) rarely do enough to justify the time, effort, and cost involved. And, on the rare occasion they do produce results the search engine co's figure out ways to beat the short-cuts (just look at comment spam in blogs and implementation of the NOFOLLOW tag, for instance).

My $.02.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 9:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I would buy it purely for link exchange. But you guys are right. If your site is structured properly, eventually spiders will come there anyways. Two things will speed up the process: visitors and links.
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