Info-Links Store Books, software and the latest web gadgets. D iscussion B oard Share your opinions. He will provide you with background information on search engine technology and some tips on how to get your web site to appear on the result pages of search engines and directories. We are by no means promising any miracles. However, this information will help you better understand search engines and directories and will hopefully serve to put you in a better position than you currently are in now.
Search engines utilize indexing software agents often called robots or spiders.
These agents are programmed to constantly 'crawl' the web in search of new or updated pages. They will essentially go from URL to URL until they have visited every web site on the Internet. It will then continue on to visit all external links. Following these external links is how search engines are able to find your site regardless of whether or not you register your URL with them. Submitting your URL, however, does speed up the process.