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Web marketing is a science of itself and is labor intensive to keep a URL at the 30 positions on any search engines. Many search engines are using a "favorite" algorithm in the placement of an URL. This algorithm looks for the popularity of a URL, that means how many outside URLs are linked to this URL.

The rules involved in submitting are stringent and sometimes complicated. The most popular search engines have some of the most difficult algorithms to appease to keep a URL in the top positions because of the spamming element of some submitters who have software that will auto-submit URLs to search engines with hundreds of URLs at a time overwhelming the search engine site reviewers.

All of this "education" is meant to help you understand the tremendous effort marketing agents do in helping website owners get top positions on search engines.

e-trap web development registers your URL (www.yourcompany.com) with search engines that allow site submittal with no fee.

If you wish to submit your URL to fee-based search engines, pre-arranged agreement must be signed at the time of website development.



Free Submission Search Engines

1. AllTheWeb.com (FAST Search)
http://www.alltheweb.com
Free --  http://www.alltheweb.com/add_url.php

2. AltaVista
http://www.altavista.com
http://addurl.altavista.com/sites/addurl/newurl

3. AOL Search
http://search.aol.com/
http://search.aol.com/add.adp

4. Google
http://www.google.com
http://dmoz.org/add.html

5. HotBot
http://www.hotbot.com
http://searchservices.lycos.com/searchservices/

6. Lycos
http://www.lycos.com
http://searchservices.lycos.com/searchservices/select_overview.asp

7. MSN Search
http://search.msn.com
http://listings.looksmart.com/?synd=zdd&chan=zddsearch
Uses LookSmart's site submission

8. Netscape Search
http://search.netscape.com
http://dmoz.org/add.html

9. Open Directory
http://dmoz.org/
http://dmoz.org/add.html

10. Yahoo
http://www.yahoo.com
Start Here --  http://docs.yahoo.com/info/suggest/
NOTE: If you want your site listed in the shopping category, you are required to pay $299.00 US dollars for your site submission.

 

Fee Based Site Submission Search Engines

11. LookSmart
http://www.looksmart.com
Fee Based --  http://listings.looksmart.com/?synd=none&chan=lshomeft
49.00 setup (0.15 per click through)

12. iWon
Fee Based -- http://www.iwon.com

13. Inktomi
http://www.inktomi.com
Fee Based --  http://www.inktomi.com/products/web_search/submit.html

14. Ask Jeeves
http://www.askjeeves.com
Fee Based --  http://static.an.ask.com/docs/addjeeves/submit.html

15. AllTheWeb.com (FAST Search)
http://www.alltheweb.com
Fee Based -- http://www.alltheweb.com/help/submit_site.html info