Comments on: Search Engine Submissions

By: Dan Cristo

Dan Cristo — Mon, 19 May 2008 12:15:41 +0000

It’s a weird situation… The “client” in this scenario is another division of the company I work for. (I work mostly on the D2C side of things). But this division wants a branded web site built so they’ve contacted an agency to develop the site and do the SEO. Only problem is the agency doesn’t really know SEO that well. So I was brought into the project to act as a consultant to the agency.

So in a way, I’m really on the clients side, even though I’m working with the agency. In other words, the agency is utilizing my SEO skills for free, and charging my company for it. Messed up, eh.

But to answer your question. Yes, hand submitting the new web site is part of their “SEO Package” that they’re charging for. If I prohibited them from doing it, it wouldn’t change the price anyway.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:26:32 +0000

11 minutes is pretty quick.
By hand, does that mean the client picks up the submission bill?!

By: Dan Cristo

Dan Cristo — Thu, 15 May 2008 12:22:47 +0000

That reminds me, yesterday I posted a new post on my blog and within 11 mins it appeared in Google’s index.

I don’t know what the record is, but that’s pretty cool if you ask me.

By: Dan Cristo

Dan Cristo — Thu, 15 May 2008 12:21:39 +0000

I came across something similar, but not quite as dumb as this. An agency that I’m consulting with insists on submitting the pages of a new site they’re building to the major search engines by hand. They claim that “there’s no harm”, and “they want to do everything they can to help the site get indexed faster”. They’re already submitting a sitemap, and the new pages will have solid links pointing to them. People just can’t get away from outdated SEO techniques.