Create a New Project
Select Category
Add URLs
Select Search Engines
Save Project
Submit
The 1st Submit submission process is very simple.
New Project
Start with the "Project" tab.
You can use this section to track details about your website. This information is also used when submitting your website, chech rank or when generating Doorway Pages. Be sure to fill out all of the information as accurately and completely as possible. Try not to leave any of the fields blank. A blank field can cause the submission to fail on some of the Search Engines.
Select Category
Next, click the "Category" tab.
Select the category and sub-category that best describes your website. This selection is very important because it will determine where your website will be listed in Directory Search Engines.
Add URLs
Next click the "URLs" tab.
If you haven't done so already, select a URL to be added to the URLs tab. You can do this by selecting the "Add URLs" button on the left hand menu, or right click for more options.
Select Search Engines
Now that you have added your URLs, click the "Search Engines" tab.
Select and check the Search Engines that you want to submit your website to.
You can click the header columns to sort each heading. You can sort by Search Engine, Country, Type or URL.
Right click on the list for more options on selecting search engines.
Note: Be sure to click Help, Update Engine Data to make sure that your 1st Submit Search Engine Database is current.
Make sure you have selected one or more Search Engines before you click the "Submit" button.
Save Project
Click the "Save Project" button to save your Project in a file.
Note: You may open a saved Project and re-submit to search engines with just a click.
Submit URLs
Click the "Submit" tab.
Make sure that all of the data has been completed on the Project, Category, URLs and Search Engines tabs. You can go back by clicking on the appropriate tab to verify your information.
You will see a summary page with the Search Engines that you selected.
You can click a column header to sort the Engine, Status, Submit Date or URL column.
When you are ready to start the submission process, click the "Submit URLs" button on the left hand menu.
Notice that you will see a variety of status indicators at the bottom of the screen.
The "Number of URLs Submitted" shows two numbers separated by a slash. The number of the right hand side of the slash is the number of URLs (your websites) that you are submitting. The number on the left hand side of the slash is how many URLs have been completely submitted.
The "Number of Engines Completed" shows the number of Search Engines that you selected and how many have been completed in this session.
"Total Submissions" indicates how many URLs have been submitted to Search Engines and gives you the percentage of completion for the entire task.
The "Failed Search Engines" shows how many Search Engines reported a problem with the submission. This is usually caused by not having completed information in the Project tab in 1st Submit.
"Active Submissions" tells you how many Search Engines submissions are currently in progress.
"Bytes Received" is how much data 1st Submit has received during the Submission process.
The Status indicators will show 
when everything went as planned and your site has been submitted to the selected Search Engine.
means that there was a problem with the submission process. Double check all of your information in the Project tab to make sure that you have filled everything out completely.
When the Status column shows 
it means that 1st Submit is currently processing that particular Search Engine submission in that row.
After all of the Search Engines submissions are complete, you will see the "Submission Completed!" dialog box. Click "OK" to continue.
That's it! It's that simple to get your website in to the databases of every Search Engine on the planet.
Go back and check for any submissions that have failed. Run Reports to see the reasons some of the submissions that gave a status of .
Stop Submission
At any time during the Submission process you can click the "Stop Submission" button to end the process. You can start it again by clicking the "Submit URLs" button.
