How do I submit my site to search engines?
We don't register your site on search engines for you, unless we designed your site, then we submitt it to Google, Bing, Yahoo, & Ask.
There are numerous other tools and services on the Internet that you can use. Some are free and many are not. However, the best way is still to submit your site manually to the top search engines and any search engines specifically for your type of website. This will allow you to customize your submission to the type of search engine and their individual requirements. Being listed on the top 10 engines is more important than being listed on a thousand engines no one has heard of.
Special note: Do NOT submit your site to a search engine until the site is actually completed and working. Some search engines like Yahoo will only give you one shot. Be prepared to wait. It may take up to a month for a search engine to get to you.
Google
By far the most important search engine. Google powers Yahoo!, AOL, Netscape, and several others. Add your URL here:
http://www.google.com/addurl.html
It's highly recommended that you read this:
http://www.google.com/webmasters/seo.html
Yahoo!
Non-commercial sites may be submitted for consideration for free. Commercial sites require an annual payment of $299 to be considered for inclusion.
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/suggest/
Inktomi
Inktomi provides SERPs to many high profile portals, including MSN. Add your URL here:
http://ink.ineedhits.com/
Dmoz
Directions on how to add your site to the Open Directory are here:
http://dmoz.org/add.html
You will need to find the most appropriate category in the directory, and click on the "Add URL" button in the upper right hand corner.
If you try to stuff the description with keywords an editor may leave your site in unreview, or delete it. Try to describe your site in a balanced manner.
Overture
The Overture SE is a pay per click search engine. Minimum click cost is 5 cents. Overture has a very wide distribution including MSN Search, Yahoo!, Lycos, AltaVista, and InfoSpace.
http://www.overture.com/d/USm/about/advertisers/
AltaVista
In December, 30.1 million unique users performed 505m queries on AltaVista.
Submit for free here:
http://addurl.altavista.com/addurl/new
LookSmart
The LookSmart Web Directory provides some SERPs for MSN Search. LookSmart uses a pay per click format, charging 15 cents per click. Submit here:
http://listings.looksmart.com/submit/
LookSmart also uses, and owns, Zeal web directory listings. Only non-commercial sites can submit to Zeal. Go to:
http://zeal.com/
Fast/ AllTheWeb
The FAST search engine provides SERPs in several high traffic portals, including Lycos. Submit your URL for free here:
www.alltheweb.com/add_url.php
Teoma/ Ask Jeeves
Popular search engine Ask Jeeves requires $30 per URL to guarantee inclusion. Submit here:
http://ask.ineedhits.com/
WebCrawler
https://secure.ah-ha.com/guaranteed_inclusion/teaser.aspx
JoeAnt
JoeAnt allows you to add your own site if you first become an editor. The application process is very easy and this directory is supported by a community of editors that will welcome you in warmly.
http://www.joeant.com/suggest.html
GoGuides
Also free to submit:
http://www.goguides.org/info/addurl.htm
Visit http://www.foundfirst.com/show.php for a larger list of manual submission sites.
