Search Engine Information
Some of the most popular search engines and directories and their submission URL's are listed below. The information listed is general in scope as no single page can fully explain the complexities of Search Engine Management.To gain greater insite into the workings of search engines, directories and how to correctly create your web sites for optimum effectiveness, we recommend Search Engine Watch
There are two major ways that search engines get editorial listings.
Those that “crawl” or spider your web site and the “directories” that primarily use “human-powered results.” There are also those that use a hybrid method incorporating both methods.
Google provides an Add URL page that lets you submit a URL directly to its crawler for FREE. There is, however, no guarantee that Google will actually include a URL submitted to it using this method..
Since Google accounts for the majority of search engine traffic and provides search results for several other engines, it is worth your while to submit your web site to them.
Yahoo
Yahoo is an important crawler-based search engine that also offers a free submissions that you'll find listed on this page.
Many people use the Yahoo search function, which provides the main results of several other services. Yahoo has paid inclusion programs that guarantee to add the pages you submit quickly. The downside to these programs is that you'll be charged every time someone clicks on your listing.
Whatuseek
There are two ways that you can submit your web site to whatUseek.
The whatUseek Collection and The whatUseek Web Index.
The whatUseek Collection is whatUseek's premier catalog of web sites and allows you to suggest keywords and categories that are relevant to your site.
You can submit your web site now by filling out the form on Whatuseek
Sites included in The whatUseek Collection receive preferred placement over whatUseek Web Index results.
The whatUseek Web Index is a machine generated database of web sites that are included in web search results their network of sites and services.
Search results from the whatUseek Web Index receive secondary placement in whatUseek's web search results.
ExactSeek
ExactSeek offers two types of site listings, those being free Standard Listings and paid Featured Listings. The paid featured listing allow Webmasters an opportunity to have their ads displayed across a world-wide organization of search sites. These organizations include 225+ search engines, web, article and blog directories.
Scrubtheweb
Submitting your Web page to Scrub The Web is FREE. However no URL submission is guaranteed to be included in their index.
Scrub The Web specializes in search engine optimization tools and services like free META Tag Builder, free META Tag Analyzer, Web Page Analyzer and Easy Submit services.
Jayde
Jayde.com is a Premier Business to Business Search Engine placing all of your business search needs in one place. Everything is designed around helping users find what they need when they need it. Whether it is a company name, product, service or other information, it can be found at the Jayde.com Business to Business Directory
Gigablast
Compared to Google, Yahoo or even Teoma, Gigablast.com has a tiny index of the web. However, the service is constantly gaining new and interesting features. Give it a whirl, if you want to try something experimental yet dependable. Read more about Gigablast in this recent interview from our SearchDay newsletter.
AllTheWeb
AllTheWeb.com Powered by Yahoo, you may find AllTheWeb a lighter, more customizable and pleasant "pure search" experience than you get at Yahoo itself. The focus is on web search, but news, picture, video, MP3 and FTP search are also offered. AllTheWeb.com was previously owned by a company called FAST and used as a showcase for that company's web search technology. That's why you sometimes may sometimes hear AllTheWeb.com also referred to as FAST or FAST Search. However, the search engine was purchased by search provider Overture (see below) in late April 2003, then later become Yahoo's property when Yahoo bought Overture. It no longer has a connection with FAST
DMOZ - Open Directory Project (ODP)
The Open Directory Project is the only major directory that continues to accept free web page submissions. Read their free submission guidelines carefully and follow them.
We are offering an opportunity to submit your sites to over 50 of the smaller indexes for free. They may not be as large as the major players above but they will round out your search engine submissions and if any of these become major players in the future, you will already be there.
Those that “crawl” or spider your web site and the “directories” that primarily use “human-powered results.” There are also those that use a hybrid method incorporating both methods.
Crawler-based search engines automatically visit Web pages to compile their listings.
GoogleGoogle provides an Add URL page that lets you submit a URL directly to its crawler for FREE. There is, however, no guarantee that Google will actually include a URL submitted to it using this method..
Since Google accounts for the majority of search engine traffic and provides search results for several other engines, it is worth your while to submit your web site to them.
Yahoo
Yahoo is an important crawler-based search engine that also offers a free submissions that you'll find listed on this page.
Many people use the Yahoo search function, which provides the main results of several other services. Yahoo has paid inclusion programs that guarantee to add the pages you submit quickly. The downside to these programs is that you'll be charged every time someone clicks on your listing.
Whatuseek
There are two ways that you can submit your web site to whatUseek.
The whatUseek Collection and The whatUseek Web Index.
The whatUseek Collection is whatUseek's premier catalog of web sites and allows you to suggest keywords and categories that are relevant to your site.
You can submit your web site now by filling out the form on Whatuseek
Sites included in The whatUseek Collection receive preferred placement over whatUseek Web Index results.
The whatUseek Web Index is a machine generated database of web sites that are included in web search results their network of sites and services.
Search results from the whatUseek Web Index receive secondary placement in whatUseek's web search results.
ExactSeek
ExactSeek offers two types of site listings, those being free Standard Listings and paid Featured Listings. The paid featured listing allow Webmasters an opportunity to have their ads displayed across a world-wide organization of search sites. These organizations include 225+ search engines, web, article and blog directories.
Scrubtheweb
Submitting your Web page to Scrub The Web is FREE. However no URL submission is guaranteed to be included in their index.
Scrub The Web specializes in search engine optimization tools and services like free META Tag Builder, free META Tag Analyzer, Web Page Analyzer and Easy Submit services.
Jayde
Jayde.com is a Premier Business to Business Search Engine placing all of your business search needs in one place. Everything is designed around helping users find what they need when they need it. Whether it is a company name, product, service or other information, it can be found at the Jayde.com Business to Business Directory
Gigablast
Compared to Google, Yahoo or even Teoma, Gigablast.com has a tiny index of the web. However, the service is constantly gaining new and interesting features. Give it a whirl, if you want to try something experimental yet dependable. Read more about Gigablast in this recent interview from our SearchDay newsletter.
AllTheWeb
AllTheWeb.com Powered by Yahoo, you may find AllTheWeb a lighter, more customizable and pleasant "pure search" experience than you get at Yahoo itself. The focus is on web search, but news, picture, video, MP3 and FTP search are also offered. AllTheWeb.com was previously owned by a company called FAST and used as a showcase for that company's web search technology. That's why you sometimes may sometimes hear AllTheWeb.com also referred to as FAST or FAST Search. However, the search engine was purchased by search provider Overture (see below) in late April 2003, then later become Yahoo's property when Yahoo bought Overture. It no longer has a connection with FAST
DMOZ - Open Directory Project (ODP)
The Open Directory Project is the only major directory that continues to accept free web page submissions. Read their free submission guidelines carefully and follow them.
We are offering an opportunity to submit your sites to over 50 of the smaller indexes for free. They may not be as large as the major players above but they will round out your search engine submissions and if any of these become major players in the future, you will already be there.
