The submission of your website to the search engines should be one of the very first steps you take when considering opening up your site to the world.  If you are still in the early stages of creating your site, whatever it may be, chances are that you won’t show up in the search engines without letting them know that you are there.  Google, Yahoo, MSN and the other search engines out there don’t just stumble upon websites unless there is a link from another website to yours – and that site has to be recognized by them in order for them to see your site.

So how do you get started with the submission of your site?  It’s actually a pretty easy task that you should be able to take care of in a short period of time.  There are literally thousands of sites that you can submit your website to but for now I’m going to focus on the major players.  I would suggest not using an automated service for submission at this point.  After all, you can take about 10 minutes to submit to the big guys and it doesn’t cost you anything but your time.

Google, Yahoo, Bing, DMOZ -

Google – http://www.google.com/addurl/ – type in your website along with any comments you may have about your site and click “add url” – simple as that!

Yahoo – http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/submit – click on “Submit a Website or Webpage” and enter your url – piece of cake!

Bing (formerly MSN Live Search) – http://www.bing.com/docs/submit.aspx – Type in the letters seen in the “captcha” then type in your website, click “Submit URL” – done!

DMOZ open directory project – http://www.dmoz.org/add.html – for DMOZ you need to make sure your site is put in the correct directory and that your site conforms to the guidelines stated.  This may take you a couple of minutes but you definately don’t want to skip over this one.  When you are excepted into the directory (which can take weeks or months) the other search engines will give your site a little more recognition.  You will also, over time, start to be noticed in the smaller search engines that you may not even heard of.

Now that you are done with the submission of your website to the search engines, you can focus more on the content of your site and trying to get higher rankings when people search for what you are offering.

Matt Bryant

An easy way to get free traffic to your website would be to use Free Traffic Exchanges.  If you are new to the concept of free traffic exchanges, the basic idea is that you surf through other peoples websites and in turn you receive credit which can be used to send people to your site.

I know what you’re thinking, nothing in life is free… In a way, “free” is just saying that it doesn’t cost you any money but what it does cost you is time.  I have done some research on this and figured out a way to maximize your credits in a very short period of time.  This way you aren’t spending a ton of time surfing and you are getting the most out of your efforts.

To start, you will want to be using Firefox for your internet browser (free download).  You are going to want to sign up with a number of traffic exchanges and surf them at the same time.  You can get some firefox tools that are available for free.  The NoScript, AutoFill Forms and TabMixPlus Addons that are available through the firefox browser.  I have set up a tutorial video at Cre8tiveMedia.org for you with links to all of the things you will need and instructions on how to use everything, check it out here.

Happy Surfing,

Matt Bryant

Depending upon how you look at it Direct Matches could be considered a scam.  On one hand you may see it as  a good vehicle for a social network that allows you to earn money while you interact with others in the business community.  On the other hand you may see it as an unattractive site with generic advertising and promises of making money hand over fist.

Let’s break it down to pros and cons -

The Pros:

• Huge community of business professionals looking to network
• Free and Paid accounts
• Residual Income
• Spillover from members above you (if you have a good sponsor this helps tremendously)
• Ability to earn an unlimited amount
• Advertise whatever type of business you want

The Cons:

• Not a very good looking site (compared to Facebook, Myspace etc.)
• Can’t earn money as a free member
• First impressions could be that this is a pyramid scheme

I have been with Direct Matches for a little over a year and I must say that I barely use the services that are offered.  I am actually making money with it only because I am able to market it through the Spiderweb Marketing System.  If not for the fact that it is part of my marketing system I would most likely not use it at all.  If you would like to learn more about the spiderweb marketing system visit “How The Spiderweb Marketing System Works“.

One thing I do like about Direct Matches is that you get spillover from your upper levels.  Of course, this is only good if your upper levels are actually referring people.  When you do get a large enough team in your downline then you do start to make some money and you will start receiving checks like this:

If I was not receiving checks on a regular basis from Direct Matches then I probably would have given up on it a long time ago.  I find the site to be of poor quality, not only is it not aesthetically pleasing but it seems to be loaded with people that are just looking for you to join there “get rich quick” schemes.  Trying to weed though the good offers and plain junk is an effort in futility.

If the owners of Direct Matches took some time to revamp the site and make it a little more user friendly, maybe give it a more web 2.0 look, then I might be a little more interested.

Bottom line -

If you are looking to make money with Direct Matches then you better have a good way to advertise it or find a good sponsor that will help you build your downline.

If you are just looking for a place to promote your business for free then you can certainly do that and reach a pretty good audience.

If you are hoping to use it like Facebook but make money doing it…. stick with Facebook.

Hope I helped answer the question “Direct Matches Scam?”

Matt Bryant

P.S.  Want to be in my Direct Matches Downline and get free spillover?  Click Here to Join