Search engine submission optimization

Md. Alimul Razi — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:16:00 +0000

There are now only these three best places to submit your URL for free:

Google by entering your URL on their submission site.

Yahoo by entering your URL on their submission site.

MSN by entering your URL on their submission site.

These were big search engines once. They are now part of Yahoo or MSN:

AltaVista by entering a submission code on their submission site.

AlltheWeb by entering a submission code on their submission site.

Overture

HotBot

(No need to submit to them if you already submitted to Yahoo and MSN.)

(Follow their “submit a site” links.)

Use this to determine your keywords:
“How many searches can your business get?”

Web Analytics Free of Charge, Courtesy of Google:
Google Analytics

Everything that follows is history…

You can use the Automatic Submission Page to quickly submit URLs, but the most effective way is to submit manually using the links below. We strongly recommend that you read the Submission Tips first before submitting. Prices may have changed since last update.

Major Search Engines	Most used	Submit your site here
Yahoo!	Yahoo/Google 44.4%	submit $199
Google	Yahoo/Google 44.4%	submit FREE
AOL	11.6%	submit FREE, Uses Google & Open Directory*
MSN	10.1%	submit Uses LookSmart, Paid Only
AltaVista	9.3%	submit FREE Basic Submit option
Overture Formerly Goto	3.8%	submit Bid for hits***
Excite	3.3%	submit Paid Only
Lycos	3.2%	submit Paid Only
Netscape	3.1%	submit Defaults to Overture (Bid) or specify Ask Jeeves, LookSmart, Lycos, Google
Dogpile	2.5%	submit FREE, Metasearch that accepts submissions
HotBot	2.2%	submit Paid only using Inktomi or specify FAST, Google, Teona
LookSmart	1.5%	submit $79
MetaCrawler	1.4%	Cannot submit – uses: DirectHit, GoTo, FindWhat, Infoseek, Lycos
Direct Hit (Ask Jeeves)	0.7%	submit Paid Only
Fast – AllTheWeb.com	0.6%	submit FREE but no guarantees
CNET Search.com	0.6%	Cannot submit – uses: FindWhat, Direct Hit, Open Directory, Goto, Yahoo!
Open Directory	0.5%	submit FREE but good luck. Appears at AOL, AltaVista, HotBot, Google, Lycos, Netscape*
Mamma	0.5%	Cannot submit – uses: FindWhat, Direct Hit, NBCi, Goto, 7search, Bay9, Infoseek, Lycos, Yahoo! (New – see below)
Search Hound	0.4%	submit Discontinued
Northern Light	0.4%	submit FREE
Webcrawler	%	submit $99 – $199
Magellan	%	submit $199
I Won	%	no submit Uses Google
NBCi Formerly Snap	%	submit $99
WhatUSeek	%	submit FREE, good luck
Bay9	%	submit Pay per click
Find What	% Appears in Dogpile	submit Bid for hits
Sprinks	% Appears in Dogpile	submit Bid for hits
Ah-Ha	% Appears in Dogpile	submit FREE & Bid for hits – no adult sites
Valley Alley	% Appears in Dogpile	submit Bid for hits
MSN Night Surf	(10.1%)	submit Free – adults only

Metasearch Engines		That accept submissions for their own directories
Mamma	0.5%	submit 2 day review: $59.99 and $19.99/year or 8 week review: $29.99 and $19.99/year
Find What	%	submit Bid for hits
Kanoodle	%	submit Bid for hits
7 Search	%	submit Bid for hits
IqSeek	%	submit
Voyager	%	submit
CurryGuide	%	submit

*Open Directory:
Free – Once your site has been accepted into the Open Directory, It takes from two weeks to several months for your site to be listed on partner sites which use the Open Directory data, such as AOL Search, AltaVista, HotBot, Google, Lycos, Netscape Search, etc. – Free – They want volunteers to help categorize submissions. You can submit to Open Directory more than once through each of the search engines that utilize it.

**Excite Directory:
$199 Express Submit guarantees that your submission is reviewed within 48 hours and makes your site accessible to 83% of US Web users through the LookSmart Network of partner sites including Excite, AltaVista, MSN, CNN, NetZero, Juno and over 370 ISPs. – $199

***Goto.com Bid for Hits:
Bid for traffic – 1 cent minimum per click-thru $20 increments. No longer takes free submissions.

Former Major Search Engines. – Now Gone.
LinkStar – Gone
Planet Search – Now just a metasearch
Snap – Now NBCI.com
Go.com – formerly Infoseek – Disney announced shutdown – Now directing searches to Overture

Submission Tips
Concentrate your efforts on the major search engines first. They will deliver the vast majority of your traffic. Submit to the other search engines and directories later. To speed up your submission process make a list of sites you wish to submit with the following info for each:

URL

Email address

Title

Description

Keywords

Right-click the submit link above and then click “Open new window” so each search engine is opened in a new browser window. That way you don’t lose your place. Copy and paste the information from your list wherever requested to avoid retyping. (Mac users click submit and hold the mouse button down until the “Open new window” option appears.)

Do not submit more than URL from the same domain to AltaVista in any 24 hour period as it will penalize your placement. Make sure that none of the pages on your site have hidden text where the text color is the same as the background color as it will disqualify your submissions to Hotbot and other search engines.

If your site is already listed with a search engine, do not pay to have it listed again. It will not improve your placement. Instead restructure the pages to concentrate on a different set of keyword phrases for each page. This will provide higher results ranking when the search engine spiders your site again. Put links on your index page to all the other pages on your site. If your site utilizes frames, link to the pages inside the frames. If you own other sites, put links to your other sites on your index page.

Make a list of keywords and phrases someone is likely to type into a search engine when looking for your site. If they often misspell one of the words, use the misspelling. Look below for Searches In Progress to see what people actually type into search engines. Make a few different pages for each keyword and keyword phrase. Start your Title with your 2 to 3 word keyword phrase, and limit the total number of words in the Title to eight words. Each page should concentrate on a different keyword phrase.

Put your 5 to 8 word title here.

Put the above META tags into your header after your Title tag. Use your 2 or 3 keyword phrase in the description which should be about 10 to 30 words total. Use your 2 or 3 keyword phrase in the keyword section, separating the phrase from other phrases and words with commas. Limit your keywords and keyword phrases to from 3 to 8 total. Here is a good example using the keyword phrase search engine submission:

Search engine submission optimization is free – Directory Submit

Use your keyword phrase in the body of your page from 3 to 8 times, but no more. Concentrate the keywords and key phrases near the beginning of the page and in the beginning of paragraphs. You might also make it the last set of words on the page.

Make your keyword phrase a link to another revelant page 1 to 3 times, and keep these links near the beginning of the page. The total number of words on your page should be between 100 to 600. Each page should be substantially different. Duplicating a page and simply changing the keywords will adversely affect your rankings.

If you use frames, or Flash, or database generated pages, you should also create other pages as described above to optimize search engine results because they are invisible to the search engines. Never remove pages when redoing your site. Doing so will negate any rankings that page ever achieved. Do not redesign a page that already has a high placement on a search engine. It is better to simply create new pages rather than redesign old ones, unless you are sure it is not getting good results on any search engine. Never remove old pages.

Yahoo and some other directories catalog sites manually, so they will sometimes reject unattractive sites and reward innovative, attractive sites. Read the FAQs and submission tips the search engines offer.

Submission services are listed below which save time, but they are not always as effective as doing the submissions yourself. They can actually have an adverse affect on your placement in some situations. You may want submit manually to the major search engines, and use other services or software for the other less important directories.

Meta Engines – These Query Other Search Engines – You cannot submit to these

About
AskScott
Baldey
BetterBrain
Black Widow
Bytesearch
Centrapoint
C4
DataHit
Dataware
Direct Search
Flyswat
FooSearch
FreezerSearch
GloStart
GoToWorld
InFind
InFind Beta
Info Jukebox
InfoZoid
Invisible Web
IX Quick
Mamma
MetaCrawler
MetaGopher
MetaIQ
Metasearch
Metor
MonsterCrawler
Mulitimeta
OpenText
Planet Search
PopularSites
Pro Fusion
Proteus
Raging
RedeSearch
Search.com
Searchbug
SearchMax
Searchrunner
Sherlockhound
Simpli
SkWorm
SurfWax
Thunderstone
Voyager
ZD Net
zInternet
ZWorks
2trom
7 Metasearch

Submission Software
Dynamic Submission 2000 costs $49 – $199: http://www.edynamicsoft.com/features.html
It submits URLs to 800 or so insignificant directories.

Web Position Gold costs $149 – $349: http://www.webposition.com/
It creates optimized keyword “doorway pages” for the major search engines.

Submission Services
Red e Submit – free
Search.com – free
CentraPoint Submit – free
Pro Fusion $14.95-$79.95
www37
MegaGo
MetaSpider
Multimeta
2trom – 20,000 classifieds free for link or $20
Web Page Garage $14.95-$17.95
Position Pro
I Need Hits
Doog
Submit Wizard

Directories of Search Engines and Tools
Findspot
The Search Page
AlfaSeek
ZDNet – Search Engines and Directories
ZDNet – Metasearch
Beaucoup!

Searches in Progress – See what people are actually typing into search engines:
MetaSpy
Voyeur

Other Resources
100 most popular keywords
Search Term Suggestion List
Banner Exchange
Link Exchange
Check how many sites are linking to you
Another check of how many sites link to you
Websites who want to exchange links
Automatically submit your site

Who owns a domain name – The domain registrar is listed for each domain
Internic Whois – Then go to the registrar’s WHOIS for the owner

Ref: directorysubmit

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Search engine submission optimization