Most people today use a search engines to find what they need. So it is important to have your website (especially if you are working on e-commerce) to be indexed in search engine like Google, Yahoo! and MSN so that people can find what your business are.
However, getting a web site indexed by search engine is not an easy task for a webmaster.
The basic in getting your site indexed, but most important is to create a website with good contents. The more original it is, the better!
Another important step you should not forget is to use the search engine webmaster tools – Google webmaster, Yahoo! site explorer and so on. These are services provided by Google & Yahoo! to help indexing your sites. Also, do remember to submit your website XML sitemap to these tools.
Popular social bookmark like Stumbleupon and Digg are another good way to have your sites indexed by search engine. Search engines robots visit these websites quite often and index new pages very fast once it is registered there. As such, Google and Yahoo will probably know your website link through checking all back links which point to your original sites.
Adding comments on some of the popular blogs with your website link is another way to have your site indexed quickly in search engine.
Last but not least, do remember to submit your site to the search engine.