If you are setting up a new website on a new domain name/URL (i.e. www.my-church-domain.com), you’ll want to let the search engines know you exist. It’s a very simple step that will make it easier for people to find you when they are looking for your church or churches in your area.

All you need to do to get started is:

Submit your URL to Google
Submit your URL to Bing

Additional steps include announcing your new site on Twitter and Facebook along with a link to your site.

If after a few months your site isn’t showing up in the search engines, then you can optimize your website. Here are two articles to help with this:

How to Optimize Your Website: Part 1
How to Optimize Your Website: Part 2