Search Engines Submissions List

November 23, 2009 Filed under SEO Posted by Karen Banting 184 Views

There are literally hundreds, if not thousands of Search Engines on the Internet today.

However, you do not need to submit your website to all of them in order for your site to be listed on them, as many of the smaller Search Engines (and Web Directories) actually use the data collected by the major Search Engines and Web Directories, and so if you submit your site to those major Engines (& Directories) you should eventually find that your site is listed in the majority of them.

Some of the major Search Engines are listed in the table below, along with prices and other details if applicable – (we’ve tried to include mainly free services…). Any priced provided here were correct at time of publishing and do not include costs for ie premium paid search advertisements or other services that may be available.

NB: Before submitting to any of the major search engines or directories, many directories request that you do a URL search to see whether your site is already in their database. To do this, simply go to the engine’s home page and type in your website address into the search box to see if you are listed. – If your site is already listed, there is no point to doing further submissions (you will only annoy them….).

(PS: I will be adding more search engines to the list in the future, and probably re-styling the table / page design etc when time permits – in the meantime however, if there are any which you feel deserve to be added please contact me via our “Contact Us” page and I will include them … – Admin).

Search Engines Submissions List
(Last updated & inks checked – 15th Feb. 2012)
Name	Cost	Details / Information	Links
Google	Free	The worlds most popular search engine. Also powers many other smaller engines & larger ones too, including “enhancing” others such as Netscape, AOL Search…etc. For Newbies:This means that if you list your site with Google (and perhaps Yahoo! and some other major ones), most other search engines will find you eventually.	Submit your site: http://www.google.com/addurlSubmit your (entire) site map to Google via Google Webmaster (you will need a Google Account): http://www.google.com/webmasters/
Bing	Free	Bing is the Search Engine for MSN.	Submit your site to Bing:http://www.bing.com/webmaster/SubmitSitePage.aspxSubmit your (entire) Site Map: http://www.bing.com/toolbox/posts/archive/2009/10/09/submit-a-sitemap-to-bing.aspx
Yahoo!	Free or paid	Yahoo! search technology powers many of the internet’s other search engines and directories, so it’s a good idea to submit your site to Yahoo!, even if only the basic (free) submission..	For Free submissions (plus also Paid & others – including Product listings, featured listings etc) – go to this page:Submission info & links: http://search.yahoo.com/info/submit.html
AllTheWeb	Free	Search results on AlltheWeb are provided by Yahoo!. If you are interested in submitting your site to be considered for free inclusion in the Yahoo! Search index, please submit site to Yahoo! (Yahoo! registration required).	Does not accept direct submissions anymore – Submit site to Yahoo! only (link is listed above). Submission information: http://www.alltheweb.com/help/webmaster/submit_site
AltaVista	Free	Powered by Yahoo! Search Technology…Note: The AltaVista *Express* Inclusion program has now been discontinued (visited site on 2009-11-23).	You must submit / sign up for this submission service via Yahoo!’s submission service now.
Cuil	Free	According to their website, “Cuil is the biggest search engine in the world & searches more pages on the Web than anyone else—three times as many as Google and ten times as many as Microsoft”.	To submit your site on Cuil: For more information on Cuil: To search using Cuil:
GigaBlast	Free	GigaBlast provide search results for a number of other Search Engines, including Mamma, Clusky, etc.Note: When your web page contains a link to gigablast.com it will receive “a Gigaboost in the search results” – see products & services page for more details.	Products & Services Page (includes the *Add Your URL* link) http://www.gigablast.com/gigaboost.html GigaBlast Search / Home page: http://www.gigablast.com/
MozDex	Free	mozDex is a new search engine that uses open source search technologies to create an open and fair index. Service is free however submitting your url does not guarantee inclusion into their index. Please only submit your url once. Multiple submissions can be excluded and or banned	Important!!! For information on Rules, how to submit etc: http://www.mozdex.com/support/addurl.htmlTo submit your site to MozDex: you need to email your details to: submissions@mozdex.com (Read Rules before submitting….)
Ask.com	Paid	Website states”Ask connects you with 75 million unique users, including many that you won’t find on Google, Yahoo or MSN.” – (PPC type advertising).	Information: (link no longer working – 15th Feb 2012)
A9OpenSearch	Free?	OpenSearch is a set of simple formats for the sharing of search results. Any website that has a search feature can make their results available in OpenSearch format. Other tools (such as aggregators) can then read those search results (such as A9.com’s own OpenSearch Client, which incorporates search results from many websites & aggregates results to provide a custom selection of results based on the recipients interests. )	More Information: http://a9.com/-/company/opensearch.jsp Submit Your Search (results) here: http://a9.com/-/opensearch/ Note: A9.com invented the OpenSearch technology for search aggregation in 2004. A9.com is a subsidiary of Amazon.com
Abacho	Free	Very popular European Search Engine. At the beginning of 2000, Abacho replaced the company’s previous online search engines (Aladin, Eule, Spider)	Search (English Language): http://www.abacho.co.uk/ German Language: http://www.abacho.de/ Currently only accept submissions from Google Germany: http://www.google.de/addurl/
Alexa	Free	Whilst it may not be what most people think of when they think of a search engine, if you own an online business / e-commerce website you should list it on Alexa – it is one of the main places that tech-savy people go to find out info on other websites….Also has a directory of “top sites”	http://www.alexa.com/
ExactSeek	Free or paid	Active search engine, requires you to register as a member, however it is FREE and you are allowed to register up to 10 websites per membership.Also offer a very inexpensive featured listing service, Placement within 12 Hours, where you pay a flat fee for an ad box that will appear in the right column of their search results – billed every 3 months or 1 year (depending on the term you selected at time of purchase)..	Free Listings: http://www.exactseek.com/add.html Note: Your site will not be added if it lacks proper Title and Meta Description tags or if you fail to respond to the verification email sent following your Membership Signup. Featured Listings – info & Submissions: http://exactseek.com/featured_listings.html
AOL Search (formerly NetscapeSearch)	???? Appears to offer only paid	Netscape is now is powered by AOL Search & “enhanced by Google”… it would appear you must now purchase paid advertisements from AOL Advertising…AOL Advertising Network URL is: http://advertising.aol.com/	AOL Search: ~~http://aim.search.aol.com/aol/webhome~~ (link no longer working – 15th Feb. 2012)
LookSmart	Paid	LookSmart is a veteran of the online search advertising industry. In 2002 LookSmart changed it’s (business) model from a search /directory model toa business which “focuses on serving advertisers via a syndicated network”.	http://search.looksmart.comLearn More about their paid search service: http://www.looksmart.com/why-looksmart
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Blogs / Article Search Engines
Name	Cost	Details / Information	Links
Blog-Search.com	Free	Blog-Search.com, a quality, human-edited blog directory and search engine that offfers both RSS and Javascript blog feeds. Note: ONLY for Blog sites. Anyone submitting a site that is not blog related, will have their membership suspended, and will have their site removed from Blog-Search as well as ALL other Search Engines operated by JaydeOnline Inc.	Submission / sign up link: http://www.blog-search.com/
GoArticles.com	Free	If your blog posts are article length and quality, give them greater exposure by submitting them to GoArticles.com, the Web’s largest free content article search engine and directory.	Submission / sign up Link: http://www.goarticles.com/

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