You may have spent countless hours or countless dollars on producing your website, but it may be all for nothing if no one knows about your website. This is why it is important to get listed in the search engines.
Other considerations are Search Engine Optimization or SEO, many have written books on the subject and even more make a living from SEO. An internet search will reveal many tips on SEO
As most would agree it is not just enough to submit your websites url to the search engines it is certainly a start. Below are links to some of the top Search Engines to manually submit your site to.

Alta Vista	Submit
Google Search	Submit
GTE Superpages	Submit
Hot Bot	Submit
Infohiway	Submit
Infoseek	Submit
Infospace	Submit
Look Smart	Submit
Lycos	Submit
Magellan	Submit
MSN Web Search	Submit
Nothern Light	Submit
Open Directory Project	Submit
Snap	Submit
Webcrawler	Submit
What's New Too!	Submit
Yahoo	Submit

TIPS:

• Most search engine web crawlers, or bots, will eventually find all web pages and index them.
• Some search engines also offer faster indexing for a fee.
• Do not submit your site multiple times to the major search engines. They may penalize you for spamming.