Add your url to ask!

If you’re looking for better web visibility/rank, one of the first point of call is with Ask.com. Ask is important because of the way they index SEO through their website crawler, I would certainly suggest ask first before any other search engine, its quick simple but extremely affective at indexing your sites urls. I have just noted below a few pointers below on how you can do this for your web url.

The most important factor is your website follows the open-format Sitemap protocol. Topography or rural, a map only focuses on one specific trait at a time and a web sitemap is no different. The sitemap – typically an XML file – incorporates activity stats(update records, popularity, etc) so search engines can more affectively “crawl” your website urls.

One “statistic” metadata, is data that describes data. It allows for specific description about web content inside the programming language. The more specific and exact your data is the better the better the search engines can pick up your accurate data which will help your search results.

The open-format protocol must also comply to the following rules:

It must begin with an opening tag and end with a closing tag; it must categorise the namespace within the url tags; it must include an ending for each url (called a “parent” tag); and must include a “child” entry for each parent. Outside these regulations, tags are optional and support for them is dependent on each search engine. Finally, all url’s must originate from one host and be UTF-8 encoded. There are more specifications but those only become relevant as your site grows, so these basics are what everyone uses when beginning their SEO route with Ask search engine.
Once you have assured you follow protocol, simply add the auto-discovery directive of your sitemap to robots. You can also submit url to ask through the ping URL. Set the options in your web server to capitalize on keyword indexes and Ask’s webcrawler will do the rest.

Simply add your site map, by xml, this is a good site >

Ask Ping URL – 3 Simple Steps to Submission

The ‘ping’ url will use your XML sitemap updates to ping the search engines (in this case Ask website) with your latest pages and any updates from your feed. This will always need to be set up manually, but after that it’s set-and-forget.

1

Copy and paste the following into your text editor (like Notepad):

http://submissions.ask.com/ping?sitemap=http%3A//

2

Paste the URL of your XML sitemap (with a .xml file name) into the text file on a new line. Remove any http:// or https:// protocols – Ask needs it in a specific format.

E.g. www.example.co.uk/sitemap.xml

3

Copy and paste the XML sitemap address onto the back of the URL in step 1. Check for any errors or spaces then paste the entire line into your web browser. You should be directed to a page which indicates your site has been accepted success.

E.g. http://submissions.ask.com/ping?sitemap=http%3A//www.example.co.uk/sitemap.xml