As this is a new blog I thought i would set myself a task of increasing my alexa ranking and general standing. I was contemplating going down the blackhat route but as this is a blog and not a money making venture i will stay white hat. There are many ways to get your site indexed and ranked in google for new sites. I usually just do a quick IBP blanket submission after checking my meta tags etc and internal links and then just go from there. I have listed some easy steps to get your site ranked and listed in google and perhaps building some short term traffic. These steps only apply to new sites.

1# Use a free or basic site submission software package, like IBP

2# Submit your site to google and YAHOO ( people always forget to sumit to yahoo )

3# Use a free directory submitter ( using your keywords as an anchor tag ). A good site for a list of directories is http://www.addurl.nu

4# If you site is a blog then use comment software to find high PR blogs such as “comment kahuna”. Note: Do not spam comments on peoples blogs, take you time making a comment and your comment will be excepted.

5# Rearrange you leading keywords on your site once a month, google loves change!

6# Social Bookmarking such as stumbleupon. If you are going to submit an article to stumble then make sure its unique.

7# Reciprocal linking, It okay when your starting out but it will drag your PR down later on. there are many “link exchange” sites to choose from.

http://www.linkmarket.net/
http://www.linkleads.com/
http://www.infowizards.com/
http://www.linktraders.org/
http://www.linkexchanged.com/
http://www.linkexchangeit.com/
http://www.linkpartners.com/
http://www.123exchangelinks.com/
http://www.links-pal.com/
http://www.ads4links.com/
http://www.spocka.com/
http://links-for-you.com/
http://www.webmaster-link-exchange.com/

8# Article submission: sometimes its a complete waste of time as you can spend a number of hours writing an article and for not much reward. if you are going to submit you articles make sure you spend an equal amount of time promoting them.

9# If its how news you have found I would submit these to press release sites such as;

http://www.clickpress.com
http://www.webwire.com/
http://www.emediawire.com
http://www.businesswire.com
http://www.prwebdirect.com -
http://www.theopenpress.com
http://www.free-press-release.com
http://www.pressbox.co.uk
http://www.i-newswire.com/
http://www.pr9.net
http://www.pr-inside.com
http://www.newswire.ca/
http://www.pressreleasenetwork.com
http://www.marketwire.com
http://www.urlwire.com/
http://www.prweb.com
http://www.prurgent.com
http://www.prleap.com -
http://www.prnewswire.com
http://www.prfree.com/
http://www.openpress.com/
http://www.softpressrelease.com

10# Link partnerships: If you must swap links for other sites then stay in your “niche”. If you have a gaming site then find another quality gaming site and ping them an email for a link swap.

Remember these points are for new sites and are not exhaustive.