Here are the major search engines that you should submit to.
Google is the most popular search engine, powering Google, AOL and Netscape search. Google searches over 4 billion Web pages, supports 82 languages and processes more than 200 million searches a day. Read Google's own site submission and ranking tips in the Google Information for Webmasters section. Submit your site to Google for free.
The benefits of paid inclusion include:
Site Match Pricing
With Site Match, you pay a non-refundable annual fee, per URL, per domain, PLUS $0.15 or $0.30 per click through you receive. There is also a $50 refundable deposit to cover click through fees. If your URL is not accepted and you do not want to use the Site Match service, your $50 deposit will be refunded.
URL Submission
First URL: $49
Next 2-10 URLs: $29 each
11th URL and beyond: $10 each
Cost-Per-Click Fee
| Tier 1 Categories: $0.15 CPC | Tier 2 Categories: $0.30 CPC |
|---|---|
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Adult Automotive Books Computers & Software Dating Education & Career Jewelry & Watches Music & Video Office Other Reference Sports & Outdoors Toys & Baby Equipment |
Apparel Electronics Financial Services Flowers, Gifts & Registry Health, Beauty & Personal Care Home & Garden Professional Services Real Estate Telecom & Web Services Travel |
Site Match Xchange Pricing
For larger sites submitting 1000+ web pages. There is no annual fee. The pay per click fee is based on content category.
Ask Jeeves is powered by the Teoma search engine. However, neither search engines provide a free submission form. The only method of submitting your Web pages is via their Ask Jeeves Site Submit program.
The submission fees are US$30.00 for the first Web page, and $18.00 for each additional Web page.
The fee guarantees:
Please note that the Ask Jeeves Site Submit program neither guarantees top rankings, nor a boost in your rankings. The only guarantees are those listed above. Visit the Ask Jeeves Site Submit site for more information.
Web portals are sites that provide users with multiple services, including search, email, shopping and other services. Virtually all Web portals use search results provided by other top search engines.
The following table shows the Web portals and its corresponding search engine and web directory partners. Click on a link for more information on the search engine or web directory.
| Web Portal | Search Engine |
|---|---|
| AOL | |
| MSN | Live Search |
| Netscape |
Metacrawlers search other search engines simultaneously, compile the results, and display them either in groups, sorted by search engine employed, or by clustering them together and eliminating duplicates. Unlike true search engines, metacrawlers do not crawl the Web themselves to index Web pages.
The top four metacrawlers are Dogpile, Ixquick, Mamma and MetaCrawler.
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