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Re: Things You Should Do Immediately After Launching a Website

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6 months? I've been waiting for 4 years in my category.

I've been waiting over 5 now! It's a joke! I even applied to be an editor for the category 3 years ago to try and speed it up...

At least you could submit. They had some sort of catastrophe four years ago when I tried to submit -- there was just some sort of "come back in a few months... yeah" blurb.

I forgot all about it until I saw this, so I guess I'll check back sometime in 2013.

Re: Things You Should Do Immediately After Launching a Website

#36

OK, to everyone who read this list and said, 'That stuff is all obvious': What would you add to the list?

How about some good old promotion? Contact bloggers and try to get some PR. Here's a few good articles that have been mentioned in HN:

http://blogs.balsamiq.com/product//2008/08/05/startup-market... http://blog.zferral.com/post/972974853/startup-marketing-get... http://jasonlbaptiste.com/featured-articles/how-i-pitched-te... http://blog.traindom.com/places-where-to-submit-your-startup...

Re: Things You Should Do Immediately After Launching a Website

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The same thing I said in their comments (dunno if they'll approve my blatant self-promotion): If anyone is interested in automating their fetish for checking their organic SEO rankings, I’d be happy to give you a free spin in my app http://rankiac.com/ . Basically, you enter your keywords and domains, and we email you daily with changes in ranking. Hit me up at contact@rankiac.com if you want your account sprinkled w…

Do rankings change often enough to need daily emails?

Some people like it as it keeps their mind on SEO and their keywords. We also offer a weekly option which might be more appropriate for some.
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