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Major Search Engines - Submission Pages and Profiles

Below are listed the major US search engines in no particular order.
Search engines do not like automated submission, so think twice before buying search engine submission software. Following the links below and submitting takes only a few minutes. You have peace of mind and can see the confirmation pages yourself. Don't chance the main engines below to software.

Make sure you have read the search engine submission section of the ABAKUS search engine marketing tutorial before submitting.

Search Engine Profiles

Powered by...	Search: Google Directory: ODP
Submission / Add URL:	Add Url
Pay per Click?	Google Adwords
Pay for inclusion?	Not at this time.
Main optimization criteria	Title, Link popularity (PageRank), keyword density, meta description, keyword prominence, keyword proximity, <H1>-<H2>, alt altribute, title attribute, link anchor text, keyword in url, small pages,...

Powered by...	Search: Altavista / Directory: Looksmart
Submission / Add URL:	Add Url
Pay per Click?	Overture
Pay for inclusion?	Altavista Express Inclusion
Main optimization criteria	Title, theming, link popularity, keyword density, meta description, keyword prominence, alt attribute, keyword in domain / file name

Powered by...	Search: FAST
Submission / Add URL:	Add Url
Pay per Click?	Overture Lycos Insite Adbuyer
Pay for inclusion?	Lycos Insite Select
Main optimization criteria	Title, link popularity, keyword density, meta description, keyword prominence, <H1>-<H2>, alt attribute, keyword in domain / file name

Powered by...	Search: Inktomi / Looksmart
Submission / Add URL:	Add Url (somewhat unreliable)
Pay per Click?	Overture
Pay for inclusion?	Inktomi through Positiontech or Webwurld (UK / Europe)
Main optimization criteria	Title, link popularity, keyword density, meta keyword, meta description, <H1>-<H2>, keyword prominence, alt attribute, keyword in domain / file name

Powered by...	Search: FAST
Submission / Add URL:	Add Url
Pay per Click?	Free from pay per click or other sponsored listings.
Pay for inclusion?	FAST through Positiontech or Webwurld (UK / Europe)
Main optimization criteria	Title, link popularity, keyword density, meta keyword, meta description, <H1>-<H2>, keyword prominence, alt attribute, keyword in domain / file name

Legend:
Powered by... : The search results provider. Not always the search engine itself.
Pay per Click: Pay per click (aka PPC) results are normally shown as "sponsored listing" or similar and are essentially pay for placement schemes.
Pay For Inclusion: Pay For Inclusion (aka PFI) is the express submission service of a search engine. Normally guaranteeing inclusion within a much shorter time frame as free submission (Altavista eg. 48 hours).
Main optimization criteria: Just the main things to be checking when optimizing for the given searech engine. You will note most are the same.

Top meta search engines

Meta search engines combine results from main search engines and commonly add their own algorithm and/or filtering. Below are some of the main / better ones in no particular order.

• IxQuick
• Dogpile
• Profusion
• Metacrawler
• Vivisimo
• Mamma
• Excite