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Search Engine Submission Links

This list is updated periodically, with information on where to submit your site once it’s ready to launch.

LAST UPDATED OCTOBER 2008

Top Search Engines E-Commerce Search Engines Bloomington-Area Directories

TOP SEARCH ENGINESThe rankings below come from a Feb 2004 comscore Media Matrix report. While percentages have changed since then, the overall market shares are roughly the same.

Google is overall the top search engine. Yahoo and MSN are also “must haves,” while AskJeeves should be considered very important.Google 35% Uses its own crawler as well as the Open Directory project, which functions similarly to Yahoo. You’ll need to pick a category. Open Directory results are also used by other SEs. For pay-per-click (PPC) options, see Google AdWords Select .

Yahoo 28% After purchasing Inktomi in 2003, Yahoo changed their focus from being a directory (human-edited themed collection of links) to a search engine (automatic indexing of Web pages). They offer free site submission (Yahoo registration required) for automatic indexing. They offer Yahoo! Express for sites to be listed in their directory within 7 days (cost $299). You can also still submit sites to the human-edited directory (paid and free options). Yahoo! displays results at AltaVista, AllTheWeb, and Overture.

AOL 16% Utilizes Open Directory and Google crawler-based results and Google’s AdWords Select for paid (“sponsored”) results. Still lists AOL editors’ picks at top of results. Displays results for Netscape Search.

MSN.com 15% Free inclusion No guarantee you’ll actually be added to the index.$49/yr for paid inclusion for small businesses. Uses it's own program to display paid (“sponsored”) results.Ask Jeeves 3% No longer accepting site submissions to Ask.com directly. Offers paid submission to other search engines.

InfoSpace [formerly Webcrawler] 1.6% Metasearch engine returning results from Google, Teoma, and others. Owns or operates metasearch engines Dogpile, Excite, WebCrawler, and MetaCrawler. Does not have an independent index, so does not accept URLs for submission. Submit to Google and Yahoo! instead.

AltaVista .9% Displays results from Yahoo!, where you can sign up for free.Lycos .5% Offers paid inclusion. Displays results from Yahoo!, where you can sign up for free.OTHER SEARCH ENGINESOverture Paid inclusion, up to $199. The #1 PPC provider. Provides PPC results to Yahoo!

LookSmart LookListings for $29 set-up fee, plus 15 cents per-5,000-clicks. Minimum $15/month fee. Set a monthly budget so you don’t overspend.ExactSeek Not included in the NetRatings report, but offers free inclusion for up to 10 sites.

E-COMMERCE SEARCH ENGINESThe rankings below come from an April 2004 Hitwise report on SearchEngineWatch. We’ve pulled out general shopping sites only; see the complete report for specialized sites.

Yahoo Shopping 10.3%Includes all Yahoo! Stores. Not technically a shopping search engine (it’s a directory), it was considerable market clout through sheer breadth of offerings. You can upload a product feed to be included in their beta product database.

NexTag 4.4%Price comparisons and reviews. Offers a PPC self-serve program (selling 100 items or fewer) and merchant partner program for those selling more than 100 items.

Froogle 2.6%While not listed in the Hitwise survey, Froogle is Google’s entry into the price comparison market. Listings are free. Your site may already be listed; if not, you can submit a data feed. Epinions/Shopping.com 2.5%Previously known as Dealtime. Now owns Epinions. Largest shopping search engine (as opposed to Yahoo!’s directory). List your products on a PPC basis.

MSN Shopping 2.3%No submission program.PriceGrabber 2.1%“Storefront” program charges commisson of $1 if the purchase price is less than $15 or 7.5% if the purchase price is greater than $15. Merchants with "lots to sell" need to fill out a contact form and talk to a rep.

OTHER E-COMMERCE SEARCH ENGINESBizRateList your products on a PPC basis. CoolSavingsA rewards/coupon site. Accepts advertising but not product feeds.LowerMyBills Focuses on “bill-oriented” categories like insurance, loans, long distance, etc. Includes application form to become a partner vendor.

BLOOMINGTON-AREA DIRECTORIESHoosierNet Free listings—essential for all Bloomington-area sites
FindItBTown Free listings. Sponsored by the Herald-Times. Essential for Bloomington-area sites.
Bloomington Chamber of CommerceFree listings for members
Bloomington OnlineFree listings—free registration required to edit link later
Bloomington Area GuideUses Yellow Pages listings
Bloomington City GuideOffers listings through link exchanges
Bloomington Web GuideOwned by Talk-PC. Does not appear to be updated regularly
IndianaFindSearch engine specifically for Indiana organizations and businesses. Works like Yahoo: submit your link from within a category. Get higher rankings by adding a reciprocal link from your site.

Yahoo Search Submission

http://submit.search.yahoo.com/free/request

Google/AOL/ Netscape/iWon

http://www.google.com/addurl.html

Open Directory Project

http://dmoz.org/add.html

Search It
http://www.searchit.com/addurl.htm

Splat!

http://www.splatsearch.com/submit.html

SurfGopher

http://www.surfgopher.com/addurl.htm

WalHello

http://www.walhello.com/addlinkgl.html

Submit Expres submit your website URL to 20+ top search engines

http://www.submitexpress.com/submit.html

freeweb submission

http://www.freewebsubmission.com/

addme.com

http://www.addme.com/submission/free-submission-start.php

addpro.com

http://www.addpro.com/submit30.htm

Abakus-internet Marketing

http://www.abakus-internet-marketing.de/en/submission.htm

quick register.net

http://www.quickregister.net/freeseoservices/freesubmisssion.html

exact seek dot com

http://www.exactseek.com/add.html
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