Directory Submit
"The Fastest and Most Effective Way To Submit Your Site To the Top Search Engines and Directories"
There are now only these three best places to submit your URL for free:
Google by entering your URL on their submission site.
Yahoo by entering your URL on their submission site.
MSN by entering your URL on their submission site.
These were big search engines once. They are now part of Yahoo or MSN:
AltaVista by entering a submission code on their submission site.
AlltheWeb by entering a submission code on their submission site.
Overture
HotBot
(No need to submit to them if you already submitted to Yahoo and MSN.)
(Follow their "submit a site" links.)
Use this to determine your keywords:
"How many searches can your business get?"
Web Analytics Free of Charge, Courtesy of Google:
Google Analytics
Everything that follows is history...
| You can use the Automatic Submission Page to quickly submit URLs, but the most effective way is to submit manually using the links below. We strongly recommend that you read the Submission Tips first before submitting. Prices may have changed since last update. |
| Major Search Engines | Most used | Submit your site here |
| Yahoo! | Yahoo/Google 44.4% | submit $199 |
| Yahoo/Google 44.4% | submit FREE | |
| AOL | 11.6% | submit FREE, Uses Google & Open Directory* |
| MSN | 10.1% | submit Uses LookSmart, Paid Only |
| AltaVista | 9.3% | submit FREE Basic Submit option |
| Overture Formerly Goto | 3.8% | submit Bid for hits*** |
| Excite | 3.3% | submit Paid Only |
| Lycos | 3.2% | submit Paid Only |
| Netscape | 3.1% | submit Defaults to Overture (Bid) or specify Ask Jeeves, LookSmart, Lycos, Google |
| Dogpile | 2.5% | submit FREE, Metasearch that accepts submissions |
| HotBot | 2.2% | submit Paid only using Inktomi or specify FAST, Google, Teona |
| LookSmart | 1.5% | submit $79 |
| MetaCrawler | 1.4% | Cannot submit - uses: DirectHit, GoTo, FindWhat, Infoseek, Lycos |
| Direct Hit (Ask Jeeves) | 0.7% | submit Paid Only |
| Fast - AllTheWeb.com | 0.6% | submit FREE but no guarantees |
| CNET Search.com | 0.6% | Cannot submit - uses: FindWhat, Direct Hit, Open Directory, Goto, Yahoo! |
| Open Directory | 0.5% | submit FREE but good luck. Appears at AOL, AltaVista, HotBot, Google, Lycos, Netscape* |
| Mamma | 0.5% | Cannot submit - uses: FindWhat, Direct Hit, NBCi, Goto, 7search, Bay9, Infoseek, Lycos, Yahoo! (New - see below) |
| Search Hound | 0.4% | submit Discontinued |
| Northern Light | 0.4% | submit FREE |
| Webcrawler | % | submit $99 - $199 |
| Magellan | % | submit $199 |
| I Won | % | no submit Uses Google |
| NBCi Formerly Snap | % | submit $99 |
| WhatUSeek | % | submit FREE, good luck |
| Bay9 | % | submit Pay per click |
| Find What | % Appears in Dogpile | submit Bid for hits |
| Sprinks | % Appears in Dogpile | submit Bid for hits |
| Ah-Ha | % Appears in Dogpile | submit FREE & Bid for hits - no adult sites |
| Valley Alley | % Appears in Dogpile | submit Bid for hits |
| MSN Night Surf | (10.1%) | submit Free - adults only |
| Metasearch Engines | That accept submissions for their own directories | |
| Mamma | 0.5% | submit 2 day review: $59.99 and $19.99/year or 8 week review: $29.99 and $19.99/year |
| Find What | % | submit Bid for hits |
| Kanoodle | % | submit Bid for hits |
| 7 Search | % | submit Bid for hits |
| IqSeek | % | submit |
| Voyager | % | submit |
| CurryGuide | % | submit |
