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Major Engines - Make sure you get listed here.
AltaVista
GoTo.com Over 300 million pages indexed. Pay per click engine. Very fast. Canada.com Hot Bot Best entrance to Inktomi Powered by Inktomi Direct Hit Infoseek/Go Measures click-throughs General engine - Tough on spam Excite Lycos Slow to update. Uses LookSmart A little slow. Ignores most metas FAST - All The Web Northern Light True to it's name and growing Well organized and responsive Scrub The Web Great results and active spider. You just have to love the mascot Submit 3-5 pages per day to each engine.
Major Directories - Make sure you get listed here.
1st Spot
Open Directory Project Just a baby, but up and coming. The directory started by Netscape About.com Snap / NBCi.com Find category then contact Guide. A fantastic and speedy directory AOL Search Yahoo Powered by Open Directory Project Toughest search source on the net LookSmart The Yellow Pages You must pay. Very strong player. Lots of categories here Only submit one page to each directory.
Because some engines and directories support other engines, you might have noticed some of your favorite search sources missing from the above links. However, you need not worry. By submitting to the above search engines and directories, you will wind up being listed with all the majors.Still, you need to consider the smaller engines and directories also. We know that at least 90% of all searches done on the Internet are conducted on the above named engines and directories. But what about that other 10%? If you have a low profit margin being listed with the smaller sites can often mean the difference between making money or losing it.