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At
My Internet Place, we're search engine
specialists. Submitting sites to search
engines is among the most basic of the
activities we perform for our clients;
many of the techniques we use to bring
client sites to the top ranking positions
that are our goal are much more demanding
of specialized knowledge, painstaking
attention to detail, and simply hard work.
Still, search engine submissions are an
important part of our repertoire; we'd
love to do it for you (read our services
page on submissions
<se-submission.html> for more
information). But some site operators will
prefer to make their own
submissions. If
you are doing your own manual submission,
use this list of addresses of the "add
URL" pages of the major search engines and
directories. A brief explanation of any
particular requirements or tips for each
resource is included; read the information
on each site for more specifics - or
contact us <contact.html> for
assistance. Google Submission
page: http://www.google.com/addurl
Comments:
Google is fast becoming a favorite, with a
growing reputation for serving the most
accurate, relevant results. Add to that
their cooperation and open communication
with webmasters. Google's spider is very
active, so there's a good chance you won't
even have to submit, but you don't want to
take a chance on being left out of their
index. Google results appear at AOL,
Yahoo!, Netscape, and others. Yahoo! Submission
page: http://www.yahoo.com
-- find the appropriate category for your
site, and click the "add URL" link from
that page. Comments:
A Yahoo! listing is generally thought to
be essential for anyone seriously doing
business on the net, but for a small site
the $299 annual fee may be a drawback.
Don't even bother submitting your site
here unless it's solid, usable, and has no
broken links. Yahoo! is a directory; every
site is reviewed by a human editor and
they may choose not to include your site
in their listings. If they make that
choice, there's no refund - so be sure
your site is ready to go! AOL As
mentioned above, results at AOL Search
come from Google -- get into Google, and
you'll be included at AOL. Hotbot Update:
The free submissions page at Hotbot bas
been removed. Teoma/AskJeeves AskJeeves
search results are now supplied by Teoma,
and no free submissions are accepted for
either service. They may simply find your
site through spidering, or you might use
their paid inclusion program. Lycos Submission
page:
http://searchservices.lycos.com/searchservices/select_overview.asp Update:
Lycos is apparently phasing out free
submission, but it's still available
through a link on this page. You may
submit only one page from your site,
though, and will have to register as a
user. Lycos uses the FAST directory, so
that's what you're adding your site to
here... so it may be preferable to use the
free submission at alltheweb.com, which
doesn't require registration. Submissions
page: http://alltheweb.com/add_url.php Alltheweb
is quickly growing in popularity, and
serves accurate and relevant search
results. In addition to Alltheweb.com, the
FAST database is used by Lycos. Submit
your home page and a couple of other
important pages, but FAST's spider should
crawl your site. There's no guarantee,
though, that free submission will get you
into FAST; they have a paid inclusion
program also available. AltaVista Submission
page:http://www.altavista.com/sites/search/addurl Comments:
AltaVista's reputation has slipped some,
but some sites still find it a worthwhile
source of traffic. You can make search
engine submissions of multiple pages from
your site. You might want to review their
hints for a good submission, because some
of what AltaVista likes is a little
different from the other search engines.
AltaVista also has a paid inclusion
program, which you can use to be sure your
pages are listed or to speed
listing. LookSmart Small
business submission: http://listings.looksmart.com LookSmart
is a human-edited directory; similar to
Yahoo! but with a different approach to
pricing. Currently for a single commercial
site, you pay $49 to have your site
reviewed and listed, and 15 cents per
click. Open
Directory Project Submission
page:http://www.dmoz.org/add.html Comments:
Relatively few users actually go the Open
Directory site to perform a search, but
this database is used by a lot of the
other important search engines and
directories so it's very important to have
your site listed here. Like Yahoo!, it's a
directory and your site will be reviewed
by a human editor, so the same guidelines
apply: before making your search engine
submissions, your site should be complete
and usable. |
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