Top 50 Soldiers of the Search Engine Submission World
Search engine submission is a widely misunderstood topic in Internet marketing. Some people believe submission is necessary for your site to even be indexed by Google. Still others believe it is completely unnecessary. Both are right … if you just take the extremist edge off the opinions! The truth about search engine submission is:
* Eventually, the ‘bots’ or ’spiders’ of major search engines will find your site on their own. This may take up to a month.
* Not all search engines have the ability to automatically discover other websites.
* If you have an ‘orphan’ page, which is linked to from no other place on the web and must be accessed by typing in the URL directly, it may never be indexed by the search engines.
There are still benefits to search engine submission, and these are most apparent for businesses that are either just starting up, or have made major changes to their websites. If you don’t want to wait a possible thirty days for the search engines to find you (and being listed for longer does help bump up your rankings), manual submission is a good idea. Similarly, if your site is well established and you have made a major change, you should submit the updated version of the website to the search engines so they don’t show an out-of-date cached copy of your page to querents, and you don’t get a bunch of visitors searching for things on your site that aren’t there.
Today we are looking at the top fifty search engines that a good search engine submission service will include your site on. If the ‘big four’ have automated link discovery, good for them … there are still more than fifty others that do not!
1. Google
2. Yahoo! Search
3. Bing
4. Open Directory
5. ScrubTheWeb
6. ExactSeek
7. EntireWeb
8. SearchSight
9. Cuil
10. Web World
11. Skoobe
12. A1 Web Directory
13. VieSearch
14. Link Centre
15. LinkSite
16. IllumiRate
17. Dramba
18. Directory Storm
19. Arakne Links
20. Info Listings
21. Amfibi
22. Info Tiger
23. AMRAY
24. Wikidweb
25. My Directory Live
26. IS
27. SurfSafely
28. What U Seek
29. BusinessSeek
30. Ablaze Directory
31. NewWebDirectory
32. Domaining
33. SonicRun
34. Pedsters Planet
35. ASR
36. Gimpsy
37. AbiLogic
38. CyberWebSearch
39. OneMillionDirectory
40. Amidalla
41. Triple W Directory
42. Finest 4
43. Submit
44. Wondex
45. NetInsert
46. The Living Link
47. 01WebDirectory
48. Clock Tower Studio
49. Search Web World
50. Cipinet
Search engine submissions are one of the first steps that should be taken in an SEO campaign … don’t let misguided information stop your business thriving on the net!
