Submitting To Bing, Google & Yahoo Search

Hi Sandi. I actually was going to mention in my post that she could submit individual listings but I did not want to confuse her since she seems to be new and I think new to selling online altogether? Yes, you can also submit individual listings using those links.

A seller definitely does not want to submit a site over and over too close to each other otherwise Google will view it as the seller trying to spam.

I would only submit a site when there has been a good amount of content changed for our listings...one example is how I am going through category by category and editing titles and descriptions, changing prices.

For me in the past, on a regular basis meant submitting my booth link once every 6 months because by then I had more listings added from the time before. Now I am thinking it would not hurt to get into the habit of adding the new listing URL to Google as I go along.

What do you think?

Six months is a long time.

I could not believe how fast the lady said her items appeared in Google organic after submitting her site. I've never heard of it being that fast before. Good for her though and then good for us then.

I think PurpleIris gave a good suggestion, and this that she said is great info: The bottom line is that Google doesn't care how often you do it as long as you have a sufficient amount of new or edited info.

Thanks for sharing this info. I knew about submitting individual listings years ago, and I did it a little. I just don't see how I could do that for all of my products in all of the shops that I have. I guess it's a great opportunity to share occasionally, like when a new brand is introduced. For adding the shop url I think every 3 months is good, or especially sooner if necessary using PurpleIris' guideline.

I think for pricier and mediocre pricing is a good time to submit a URL listing individually when first listed.



I like this idea.

I like this idea also.

That's even better than submitting new brands...to give a boost to ones for products that don't seem to be moving, etc.

Thanks for asking and thanks for the nice compliments! I love motivating others, which is why Positive Words Artwork is such a wonderful shop for me to have at Etsy. I do struggle often with my own challenges in life, and at those times it helps me so much to remember what I tell others.

Doing good with listing, light promoting usually via Pinterest, visiting the forums to spread myself around and inviting sellers to fav my shop. Haven't sold anything since I opened in November. Honestly, while I hope to sell lots and lots of course , I don't expect to get rolling anytime soon. I already know how much E has changed and it is virtually impossible to be found now through the site. I know that most of my sale opportunities will come through what I do to promote myself. Hoping for more time to do that but currently I can do very little. I am faithful with what I can do though.

I'm also using their forums, and hope to find time to read bits in the Etsy Sellers' Manual, about SEO. I know some but not a lot. I've been paying attention to how I word my listings titles/descriptions and using some of their practices. I've been working on producing better pics and stuff. So you can say that I'm doing the busy work in faith, expecting my shop to take off in the future.

I think it's important to have an intelligent understand of what's really going on and not operate through rose-colored glasses, because it can cause a seller to quit too soon. I like to give a venue at least a year before I decide whether or not it is viable. That way I have weathered the holidays, seasons and yearly events. I don't think it's fair to judge a listing site without that experience there. Now, honestly with Etsy and it's problems and challenges, I expect to be there no less than 2 yrs of trying to make it work.