Meta Data can provide useful information to some of the search engine crawlers that will come visit your site after you submit it (See below section Search Engines). You code meta tags into your HTML document, however they are not seen by someone viewing your page. They go between the head tags. You can have meta tags on all of the webpages of your website that you want found in search engines.

The purpose of keyword meta tags is to highlight certain words contained in the text on the page. You choose the words that you want the seach engine robot to pay the most attention to. The purpose of the description meta tag is to briefly describe the contents of the page. While most search engines no longer pay much attention to keyword meta tags, the description meta tag is still sometimes used. Google often uses it as a website's description in their search results. The title tag is also important - many search engines will display that title in their search results.

Your Title Counts
Yes, it matters what you put in the "Title" section on the Page Meta Data Tab. If you have a Pet Cremation page, don't put something like "Pet Cremation" as the title. Use "Jackson City Pet Cremation and Cemetery located in Ohio 45200" instead. Otherwise your page may get overlooked if someone uses "Cemetery" as a keyword in their search, or your page may end up further down the list of all the Pet Cremation sites. Also, the search engines generally list your page under your chosen title so think about how you want someone to see your page if they find it in a search engine. Do you want someone to see "Pet Cremation"? Or "Taking care of your best friends in Jackson"? Be descriptive.

Search Engines With Site Submission Sections
The submit/add-your-site links on this page will open in a new window -- after you are finished submitting your site, close that window and this window will still be here for you to move on to the next search engine.

~All the Web (aka Fast Search)~
All the Web is now owned by Yahoo - submit your site to Yahoo (see below)

~AltaVista~
AltaVista is now owned by Yahoo - submit your site to Yahoo (see below)

Google
Add URL to Google

~Inktomi~
Inktomi is now owned by Yahoo. You can submit your site to Yahoo (see below).

MSN (Microsoft Network) Web Search
Add Your Site to MSN Search Here

ODP (Open Directory Project or Dmoz)

Yahoo!
Yahoo is now offering free submission to their search engine - you must register if you are not already a Yahoo member.
Submit Your Site to Yahoo Web Search