The Major Engines
There are three main types of Search Engines:
- Directories - Yahoo
- Crawlers - Google
- And Paid Inclusion (PPC)
Below is a list of some of the major Directory and Crawler based search engines you can submit to, with some examples and notes. Every webmaster should consider submitting to some or all of these Engines.
If you are not confident in submitting your site to these search engines, working with us will be worth it in relation to the additional traffic you'll receive from carefully conducted submissions.
XML sitemaps are the best way to index your site see http://www.sitemaps.org/ , http://www.xml-sitemaps.com/
The new best practice for submitting sites to search engines is to create and maintain an XML sitemap for your site and point the search engines to it.
The DMOZ - http://www.dmoz.org
The Open Directory is a volunteer-built guide to the web. It is provided as an option at many major search engines, including Google. Given this, being listed with the Open Directory is essential to any site owner. It's highly recommended that you take the time to learn more about the Open Directory before submitting, in order to maximize the amount of traffic you may receive.
DMOZ Example Submission:
Category: http://dmoz.org/Business/Hospitality/Travel/Resources/
URL:
http://www.travelagentdeal.com
Title:
Travel Agent Deal
Description: For discounts on travel, receive
full accreditation as an Independent Travel Agent with photo ID card.
If your site is accepted into the Open Directory, it may take anywhere
from 2 weeks to several months for your site to be listed on partner
sites which use the Open Directory data.
Yahoo.com -
http://www.yahoo.com
MSN.com -
http://www.live.com
Google
We do not recommend you submit to Google, it is best to let Google find YOU. This can be done with any link from a Google indexed page.
