Search Engine List

Step 4 : Promote your web site by submiting it to the top search engines.

OK so you have built your web site and now you want some visitors.
Up to 80% of your visitors will eventually find you by using a search engine.However to get listed you need to submit your site to the search engines first.
There a thousands of search engines to chose from but the good news is that most of us only use the top few.

We have listed the most popular search engines.To submit your site just click on the link and follow the instructions.

Things to consider before submiting your site :

Have you completed the META TAGS for your site ?If you are not sure what to do then look at the source code for any site and use them.
You may also use the create META TAGS tool on the HTML Tag Guide page
Make sure that your Meta Tags are relevant for your sites content.
Don't forget to use the KEYWORDS and DESCRIPTION correctly.
Have a look at your competitors Meta Tags and use them as a guide.
There are programs that you can use to create Meta Tags,your free web site provider will also provide a tool to do this.
There are lots of programs that will submit your site to the search engines,feel free to use these if you wish.
The best way is to submit your site manually to the top search engines.This way you know it's been done !
Re-submit your site every couple of months.
Be patient , it can take a few weeks before your site is listed.

7Search -Pay for position SE.
Acclaim Search -by ValueCom.
AOL -
AllCrawl -"Why Choose, When You Can Have It All?"
All The Web -Claims alot of pages.
AltaVista -THE KING of search engines! Also offers translation.
Amnesi -Search internet server names (DNS names). 
Ask Jeeves -Uses natual language input. Mediocre.
DejaNews -UseNet newsgroups, here's their power search page. 
Deoji -Includes tools for WebTV.
Dewa - 
DevSearch -The web developer's SE. 
DirectHit -One of the biggies, owned by Ask Jeeves.
Excite -Rated as one of the best SEs.
Findit2000 -
FindWhat -Pay for position. 
Frequent Finders -Search for words in the actual URLs. 
Funkycat -International search engine with a broad index.
Google -Huge and accurate, a favorite. Weighs popularity.
Go2Net -
GoTo -#1 pay for position SE, high commercial relevance.
HotBot -Scalable. Search a domain, eg. [.edu]. 
iBound -
Info Hiway - 
Infomak - 
InfoSeek -Owned by Disney.
IXQuick -
Jump City - 
Kanoodle -Pay for position SE.
Link Centre - 
Link Master - 
Links2Go -Most-referenced pages by topics; it's also personalizable.
Look Up - 
Lost Link/ Web Links -Great site, adds links instantly... with banners! 
Lycos -"Wolf spider" (Latin). Another SE biggie.
MSN -Compulsory listing.
TheNet1 - 
Nexor Aliweb -
NorthernLight -Recommended, plus a special pay collection. 
Pathfinder/ Time-Warner -Time, People, Money, Fortune, etc...
Reference.Com -UseNet resources
Rocket Links -Pay for position SE.
Scrub The Web -Robot SE claims to have indexed 80 MM pages. Search.Com -CNET. Infoseek SE, own db for subjects. 
Search4Info -
Search Hound -Pay for position.
Search King -Indexes instantly. Surfers votes determine ranking. 
Snap -Advanced setting allows excluding words, eg. xxx, porn, etc..
Splat Search -
Subjex -
Super Cyber Search -Pay for position.
ToggleBot -10MM URLs. MetaSearch, Directory, Auction Search, etc..
TopClick
WebCrawler
Web Direct -
WebSearch2K -New SE, pay for position, no adult. 
WebVentureHotlist - 
What-U-Seek-
Where2Go -TOP 20 search engine, directory of URLs. 
WWWHunter -
Yahoo!
Zen Search -
Z Search-The Last Name In Searching! Search their huge database, get free email or use their Java Chat interface.

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