How long does it take to get my site listed on the search engines?

Each search engine has its own schedule for spidering/indexing and listing web sites. Search engines do not guarantee inclusion from their free submissions and do not give a time line for inclusion, however most web sites that are optimized to be "search engine ready" do get listed. ( All web sites developed by AAN DESIGNERS are optimized for inclusion on the search engines .) You can choose to pay for inclusion of your website to many of the search engines, normally they have information on how soon your listing will appear with the paid inclusion. Most of the paid inclusion plans require payment annually or monthly to keep you in their database. There are also "Pay-Per-Click" advertising options. AAN DESIGNERS will be happy to assist you with your online marketing plan.

Google, the most frequently used search engine, currently takes about one to three months to index and reindex pages. does not have a paid inclusion option. Yahoo / HotBot / MSN / About do not guarantee that they will list all sites that are submitted to them for free. Other search engines have the same one to three month inclusion time.

Once your URL has been submitted to the search engines, the next thing for you to do is be patient. Unless you have paid for inclusion, you may need to wait for up to three months. Repeated submissions to the search engines does not increase your chances of a more rapid listing and resubmission once you are listed does not improve your ranking unless you have changed your page content.

AAN DESIGNERS submits all web sites to the major search engines for FREE . If you choose or want faster inclusion, AAN DESIGNERS can assist you to find the most economical way to pay for inclusion. Paying for inclusion is optional.