Comments on: Search Engine Submissions Are A SCAM

By: Alysson

Alysson — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:41:57 +0000

You’re absolutely right, Robert. Sometimes it is hard to convince an individual that a service so widely offered by the largest companies in the industry is an exercise in futility.

The best we can hope for is to give people the benefit of our experience and eventually people will come to understand that we have nothing to gain by misleading them, but that those companies offering pointless submissions most certainly do.

Thanks for stopping by and for taking the time to comment!

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 07:49:34 +0000

Sadly so many people still expect you to offer "submissions" as a service. I try to explain that this is a pointless exercise but as some folk still offer it, it must be valuable... right? :P Even as a final checkpoint on our developers checklist is submissions. I set up webmaster tools/XML sitemap and simply state it's done. Hopefully we'll educate the masses over time. Well we can hope can't we? Roberts last blog post..Is Google Evil?

By: daved

daved — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:45:53 +0000

Agreed, “submission to hundreds of search engines” services are a complete waste of money. These services play on the lack of knowledge that a site owner may have. Run away from anybody that provides such services – fast!

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:14:00 +0000

I agree. The sad thing is….so many people believe this junk that it makes it harder for the “real” seo/sem people.