Fill in all fields under Website, Person, Webmaster and Company to ensure that your website can be submitted correctly. If you leave fields empty, you will get an error message when trying to submit your website.
The status bar at the bottom of the dialog contains useful hints and tips regarding the information to be entered in the selected field. Move the mouse pointer to a field and read the related hints and tips in the status bar.
The keywords are not directly entered in the respective field but in a separate dialog box. Click the button with the key icon, and enter the relevant keywords of your website. Use the Clipboard to insert keywords easily.
All information that you enter here will be submitted to the search services. Most search engines and directories, however, only use a small selection of the entered information. AltaVista, for example, only requires the URL of your website. Other services such as Yahoo require more information for successful registration. By completing all fields correctly, you ensure that Hello Engines! can submit your website correctly to each individual search service.
The program will only start to transfer data when no fields in the form are empty. If you prefer to leave a specific field empty, type in a slash ('/'). For example, if you prefer to leave out your address, fill in the respective fields with slashes.
WARNING: Note that a few search service providers might use the entered data for purposes other than the registration of your website (e. g. advertising by unsolicited email.) However, most search service providers will ignore your submission if you enter an invalid email address.
Some services require to confirm the submission by a link you get by email.
Our advice: never reply to such emails! If you send a reply, you only confirm that your email address is valid. This is an incentive for the sender to continue sending unsolicited mail, and to pass your email address on to others. You may take legal action against unsolicited emails, provided you can identify the original sender. Serious companies will never send unsolicited email advertising, therefore you should ALWAYS ignore such messages!
TIP: Set up a new email account (e. g. at Hotmail, http://www.hotmail.com) which you only use for the purpose of registering with search services. This way your corporate email address is protected from spam mails (unfortunately, they will arrive sooner rather than later...) Only enter data that you would otherwise make accessible to the wider public (e. g. do not submit your private phone number).