Search Engine and Directory Submission
Search engine (SE) submission is not a magic elixir that will
suddenly make your site successful. Your content and design are
the foundation for a successful site. Before you start
submitting your site to search engines, you need to get it in
order and add the appropriate meta tags.
After you get your site in order, submit it to the following:
The Open Directory Project (ODP)
www.dmoz.org - The ODP is a
directory, not a search engine; but almost every major search
engine has it indexed. It's directory is used by such as AOL
Search, Direct Hit,
HotBot,
Google,
Lycos,
Netscape
Search,
etc.
It can take anywhere from 2 weeks to several months for your
site to be listed on these partner sites. The ODP makes updates
of the data available weekly, but each partner has their own
update schedule.
When you submit to the ODP, make sure you submit to the
appropriate category. Drill down as far in the hierarchy as
possible to find the category that best describes your site.
Compare it to the category description if there is one, and
compare it to the other sites in the category. If it doesn't
match, keep looking. If you need help, email me.
Submit your site once. If it has not been listed within three
weeks, you may submit it again. If you prefer, email me, and I
will check on it.
Google
www.google.com is a great
search engine and is also used by Yahoo!.
The submit page is hidden under the "Jobs, Press, Cool
Stuff..."
link on the home page or you can get there using this link.
AltaVista
www.altavista.com -
AltaVista is a popular search engine. It also powers Raging
Search. Most of the major meta search engines use AltaVista.
You can submit your site
here. Both free
and paid submissions are available.
Fast Search
www.alltheweb.com
- Fast Search is just that—fast. It also powers Lycos
Search and allthesites.com.
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