Search Engines and Web Guides Registering your site with the major search engines and web guides is a good way to start. You can either do this manually, or enlist the services of a specialist Search Engine promotion agency. You supply your URL and they do the rest. Web guides usually organise web sites into categories and topics. When you submit your URL, you will usually be asked for additional information, such as a description and an appropriate category.
Web guides allow visitors to browse through their listings in order to find what they want.
This is a good way to find general information. Search engines, on the other hand, require users to enter keywords or phrases to look for, returning a list of web pages that 'match' these criteria. This is good for locating highly specific information. Most web guides incorporate some search engine facilities allowing their directories to be searched as well as browsed. When you're registering with web guides, think carefully about the category you think your site fits in.