Search
Engine and Directory Submissions
Overview
This overview
is a comparison of submission
costs and time to list (if
public information).
Altavista - Now a
part of Overture, which is
part of Yahoo. Altavista no
longer has it's own paid
submission. It is being
replaced by Yahoo Site Match.
The free submit is currently
turned off.
Altavista receives
directory content from The
Open Directory Project (ODP)
and paid search results from
Overture.
AskJeeves -Teoma provides
search results for AskJeeves.
The ODP provides the directory
and Google provides paid
results. As of August, 2004,
AskJeeves no longer accepts
paid submissions.
Google
- Google does have paid
advertising options (Adwords) but the
search engine submission is
still free. Their
directory listings come from
the Open Directory Project (ODP) which is
also a free listing. A
relatively fast way to get in
Google, is to obtain an ODP
listing. Another method is to
obtain links from other
visible sites on the internet.
More information on
obtaining good google listings.
Looksmart
- Looksmart has a pay per
click model. Non-profit
organizations are eligible for
free listings through Zeal.
MSN - MSN currently
gets search data from
Overture, Inktomi, and
Looksmart (in the process of
moving away from Looksmart).
Microsoft has promised to
compete head to head with
google. Speculation is that
they will have their own
search capability in late
2004.
The Open
Directory Project - The
Open Directory is a free
category directory listing.
It feeds the directory listings in
Altavista, AOL, Askjeeves, Google,
Hotbot, Netscape, Teoma, and many
other sites. The directory categories
are edited by volunteer human
editors and listing times vary
accordingly. More information
on The Open
Directory Project.
Yahoo!
- Yahoo Express charges
$299/year to be listed in the
category directory. Overture
text advertisements are
available as PPC (Pay Per
Clicks). Overture Site Match is a
combination of PFI (Pay for
Inclusion) and PPC. Site Match
is $49 for the first URL and
clicks are $.15 or $.30/click.
Site Match only provides
frequent spidering, it does
not improve search results. More information on
Yahoo!
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