Free and/or Paid Search Engine Submissions
Other web crawler search engines with both free as well as paid submission services are discussed below. The free submission method for these search engines is very similar to those described in the case of Google.
To submit a homepage using Add URL, you would have to use one of PositionTech’s partners. HotBot UK is recommended for this purpose.
HotBot UK Add URL - http://www.hotbot.lycos.co.uk/submit.html The submission through the addurl feature is levied a penalty on ranking if that is the only way the page has been crawled. If the same page gets covered through normal crawling or through paid inclusion, the ranking penalty is removed.
PositionTech has a paid submission program called “Search Submit” that charges a fee of $39 a year for your homepage. More web pages can be added for $25 per web page. After a year, if you do not renew the service, PositionTech might drop your homepage. PositionTech’s partners sell this program.
Other web crawler search engines with both free as well as paid submission services are discussed below. The free submission method for these search engines is very similar to those described in the case of Google.
To submit a homepage using Add URL, you would have to use one of PositionTech’s partners. HotBot UK is recommended for this purpose.
HotBot UK Add URL - http://www.hotbot.lycos.co.uk/submit.html The submission through the addurl feature is levied a penalty on ranking if that is the only way the page has been crawled. If the same page gets covered through normal crawling or through paid inclusion, the ranking penalty is removed.
PositionTech has a paid submission program called “Search Submit” that charges a fee of $39 a year for your homepage. More web pages can be added for $25 per web page. After a year, if you do not renew the service, PositionTech might drop your homepage. PositionTech’s partners sell this program.
Search Submit - http://www.PositionTech.com PositionTech allows maximum 20 web pages from each website to be submitted per day. PositionTech also provides Bulk Program wherein you can add thousands of web pages at a time. A small fee is charged each time someone clicks on your web page listing.
The Add URL page for Fast Search: http://www.alltheweb.com/add_url.php With this it might take up to six weeks until your web pages show up.
Fast Search’s paid submission service cannot be accessed directly by you. It can be used through its partner Lycos. The fee for this service is $30 for one year. Additional pages can be submitted at $12 per page.
Paid submission service – http://search.lycos.com/searchservices/ Fast Search also provides Bulk Program wherein you can add thousands of web pages at a time. A small fee is charged every time someone clicks on your web page listing.
This is owned by Ask Jeeves (Ask.com), one of the popular search engines.
Like other engines, it has a paid submission program for a fee of $30 a year.
Additional pages can be submitted at $18 per page. Paid service can be accessed at:
Ask.com/Ask.com Site Submit - http://ask.ineedhits.com/ Fortunately, there are ways to verify and whether your site has been listed or not. This is described in the section on “verify and monitor listing”.
Directories are very popular and are widely used by people as a source of information. Web crawler search engines may also have better chances of finding your website if it is listed with any of these directories. Most of the directories charge a fee for listing your website. Some sites such as Yahoo offer free submission as well.
An important aspect of submitting your website to a directory is to have a 25 word or less description of the website. This allows the web crawler search engines to efficiently find and include your website.
Yahoo and the Open Directory Project (DMOZ) are some of the most popular directory services on the World Wide Web.
Yahoo provides two submission options: Free submission known as “Standard” and paid submission known as “Yahoo Express”. The free submission cannot be used for commercial websites. Also, with free submission there is no guarantee that your website will be approved for submission.
Submission of commercial websites can be done with Yahoo Express that has a fee of $299 per year. Although a majority of websites are accepted in this category, note that, paid submission also doesn’t guarantee acceptance of your website. It only ensures an answer whether your site was accepted or not. For non-commercial websites there is a one-time fee of $299.
The Add URL page for Fast Search: http://www.alltheweb.com/add_url.php With this it might take up to six weeks until your web pages show up.
Fast Search’s paid submission service cannot be accessed directly by you. It can be used through its partner Lycos. The fee for this service is $30 for one year. Additional pages can be submitted at $12 per page.
Paid submission service – http://search.lycos.com/searchservices/ Fast Search also provides Bulk Program wherein you can add thousands of web pages at a time. A small fee is charged every time someone clicks on your web page listing.
This is owned by Ask Jeeves (Ask.com), one of the popular search engines.
Like other engines, it has a paid submission program for a fee of $30 a year.
Additional pages can be submitted at $18 per page. Paid service can be accessed at:
Ask.com/Ask.com Site Submit - http://ask.ineedhits.com/ Fortunately, there are ways to verify and whether your site has been listed or not. This is described in the section on “verify and monitor listing”.
Directories are very popular and are widely used by people as a source of information. Web crawler search engines may also have better chances of finding your website if it is listed with any of these directories. Most of the directories charge a fee for listing your website. Some sites such as Yahoo offer free submission as well.
An important aspect of submitting your website to a directory is to have a 25 word or less description of the website. This allows the web crawler search engines to efficiently find and include your website.
Yahoo and the Open Directory Project (DMOZ) are some of the most popular directory services on the World Wide Web.
Yahoo provides two submission options: Free submission known as “Standard” and paid submission known as “Yahoo Express”. The free submission cannot be used for commercial websites. Also, with free submission there is no guarantee that your website will be approved for submission.
Submission of commercial websites can be done with Yahoo Express that has a fee of $299 per year. Although a majority of websites are accepted in this category, note that, paid submission also doesn’t guarantee acceptance of your website. It only ensures an answer whether your site was accepted or not. For non-commercial websites there is a one-time fee of $299.
For submission of free non-commercial websites you will have to fill up a submission form that is displayed once you click the “Suggest a Site” link at the bottom of each category. In case of paid commercial websites you would have to fill up the submission form that can be accessed at http://add.yahoo.com/fast/add?+Business Once your website is approved for submission, you can submit your website by using the “Manage” link at the top of each of the categories.
Having your website listed with Open Directory Project (DMOZ) is essential. It provides results to Google, AOL, Lycos and Netscape Search. Open Directory doesn’t have a paid submission service. Commercial as well as non-commercial websites can be submitted to Open Directory absolutely free of cost. This, however, has its drawbacks.
There is no guarantee if and when your website will be approved for submission. Having mentioned that, Open Directory does generate high traffic for your website, once approved. Thus, submission to this directory is worth the uncertainty involved.
Submission can be done by using the “Add URL” link at the top of each of the categories. Generally, if your website is accepted, it would appear within the directory in about three weeks’ time. If rejected, there is no limit to how many times you can resubmit your website.
These are three most important Directories on the World Wide Web. Getting your site listed on each of these is a must as it can lead to a significantly large audience for your website.
Having your website listed with Open Directory Project (DMOZ) is essential. It provides results to Google, AOL, Lycos and Netscape Search. Open Directory doesn’t have a paid submission service. Commercial as well as non-commercial websites can be submitted to Open Directory absolutely free of cost. This, however, has its drawbacks.
There is no guarantee if and when your website will be approved for submission. Having mentioned that, Open Directory does generate high traffic for your website, once approved. Thus, submission to this directory is worth the uncertainty involved.
Submission can be done by using the “Add URL” link at the top of each of the categories. Generally, if your website is accepted, it would appear within the directory in about three weeks’ time. If rejected, there is no limit to how many times you can resubmit your website.
These are three most important Directories on the World Wide Web. Getting your site listed on each of these is a must as it can lead to a significantly large audience for your website.
Yahoo requires that you submit the Title, Description, Your name and Email for website submission, whereas Open Directory only require the Title and Description of the website.
Yahoo allows a maximum submission for one category per website; Open Directory allows a maximum submission for one category per URL.
Yahoo allows a maximum submission for one category per website; Open Directory allows a maximum submission for one category per URL.
