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Since search engines (SE) and directories account for over 80% of the traffic that a website receives, your top priority would be to make sure that your site is listed with them. However, it doesn't help to be listed if your link shows up on the 20th page of search results. Before submitting make sure that your site is optimized for the best possible search ranking.
While there are tens of thousands of search engines on the web, over 90% of the search engine referrals come from the top four search engines (see figure below). They include Google, Yahoo, MSN, and AOL Search. Needless to say, it is absolutely crucial that your site is listed with these giants. Although you really don't need to submit your site to them (their spiders will eventually find and index your site), it does not hurt to make sure that your site gets queued for indexing.
Although there are many online services and software packages that can quickly mass-submit your site to large number of search engines and directories for you, you should submit your site manually to the major search engines. Automated methods are susceptible to errors and glitches that may prevent your site from being accepted. If you're opting for mass submission, be wary of companies offering to submit your site to "50,000 search engines and directories". Chances are you'll be paying an exorbitant fee this service, and most of the advertised "50,000 search engines and directories" will be useless free-for-all link pages and spammers masquerading as search engines.
*Source: SearchEngineWatch.com
Manual Submission to Search Engines
Here are the links to submit
your site manually to many search engines:
Major Search Engines
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Google URL Submission - FREE - You don't need to submit your
site to
Google (they prefer that you don't). Eventually,
Google will find your
site and index it on its own. At this time, it takes up to eight weeks or
longer to get a new site listed on Google. If you need to get on Google
faster, consider running an AdWords pay-per-click program.
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Yahoo! URL
Submission - FREE - Yahoo! will
index your site in as little as 2 to 5 days.
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MSN URL
Submission - FREE
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AOL Search URL Submission - FREE -All AOL user-submitted Web
content is maintained by the Open Directory Project (http://www.dmoz.org), which is
run by a staff of volunteer editors who will accept or reject sites
at their discretion.
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Excite.com Paid Inclusion - Charges a fee ($49.95 for one url) for guaranteed inclusion within
72 hours.
Smaller Search Engines
Listed in descending order of traffic.* Some of these SE's accept
automated submissions; others require manual submissions. All
submissions are FREE.
Entireweb URL
Submission
Scrub the web URL
Submission
What U Seek
Gimpsy
WebSquash
AeiwiSearchIt
Starting Point
intelSeek
Web World
SearchSight
SplatSearch
SearchEngine.com
NerdWorld
Qango
Buzzle
MavicaNet
TryAmerica
WWWRIOT
Walhello
Go4.it
CanLinks
TrueSearch
Info Tiger
TurnPike
Subjex
Cipinet
ClickForChoice
MixCat
WebbieWorld
SurfSafely
Amray
NetNose
Noago
* Traffic
rankings change continually, so the above order may not be accurate.
Mass Search Engine Submission
Although we suggest that you submit your site to the major
search engines manually, you may wish to to use an automatic
submission tool or
paid service to submit to the many smaller search engines and
directories.
Web
Launch URL Submission Service - Submit your
site to top 34 search engines for FREE. There
is no obligation whatsoever for this free
service (however, we appreciate your linking to us if you find this service
useful). If you need more exposure, we can
submit your site to over 300 search engines for just $4.95.
After Submitting
After submitting your site to the search engines, check them
periodically to make sure that it's listed. Your site may not
appear in the search results because the crawler has not gotten to
it, yet. Resubmit if you wish. Resubmitting a site that
has been submitted already won't help your site get listed faster,
but it won't hurt, either. If your site is listed but is
poorly ranked in the search results, check its html to make sure
it's properly optimized for the
keywords that you are targeting. Even well-optimized,
content-rich sites
may not get ranked highly at first because of poor link popularity. In
that case, keep promoting it til the word gets around.
Speaking of link popularity, we would greatly appreciate your
linking to this site if you find it useful. Just copy and
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