What are the benefits of submitting a URL to search engines?

The largest benefit of submitting a website URL to a search engine is that the search engine indexes the website faster. Getting indexed by a search engine is an important part of showing up in the search engine's search results and generating more website traffic.

Once a website is indexed by search engines, the webmaster can work on building the website's search engine rank, which determines where the website lands in the search results and how much traffic the website receives. For example, a website that lands on the first page of the search results receives more traffic than a website that lands on page 10.