Major search engines and directories

Submitting your site to the search engines may take time but the process is easy. 
Locating the submission pages is often more difficult. Here's a list to help. 

Before you submit, see "Is your site ready for the search engines" and "How to get listed  in the directories"

Services such as Inktomi, DirectHit, LookSmart and Overture, ODP (Open Directory Project) have partner search engines sites
that use their listings. Submit to these sites only once. Their partner search engines will be updated after you are indexed. 
Note: This will take some time— think weeks. Be patient...

Search Engine

Submission Page

AlltheWeb,
AltaVista,
Overture

Search results on these are provided by Yahoo. Add your site URL to Yahoo below.

DirectHit,
AskJeeves

Send an email including your URL, title and description: url@askjeeves.com  

Google

http://www.google.com/addurl.html
Have your important keywords prepared and handy

AOL Search,
Hotbot,
Inktomi,
iWon,
LookSmart
Lycos/Fast

Search results on these are provided by the Open Directory Project. Add your site URL to Open Directory below.

ODP Project
(Open Directory)

http://www.dmoz.org/add.html
Find a category for your site

MSN http://search.msn.com/docs/submit.aspx?FORM=WSDD2
WhatYouSeek http://www.whatyouseek.com/addurl.shtml
(no longer FREE)

Yahoo!

http://www.Yahoo.com
Find a category for your site

* For more information read: Search Engine and Directory Alliances

Essentials of Search Engine Submission--Advice from Danny Sullivan

  1. Intro To Search Engine Submission
     
  2. Your Search Engine Submission Budget
     
  3. Submitting To Directories: Yahoo, LookSmart & The Open Directory
     
  4. Submitting To Crawlers: Google, Inktomi, AllTheWeb, Teoma & AltaVista
     
  5. Submitting Via Paid Listings: Overture (GoTo), FindWhat & Google

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