Artashes
10-20-2003, 01:58 PM
When someone asks me about search engine optimization or any of those "submit to 250,000 engines for $15" schemes, I usually reply that there are just a few search engines out there that they should really concentrate on and forget all the smaller ones because they are simply ineffective.
These search engines, according to my experience, are responsible for most of your site's traffic and should be a must to submit your new site to:
Google.com (beautiful results)
DMOZ.com (you get in there - you get into big ones like AOL or Netscape search engines, as well as thousands of alike-wannabes)
AltaVista.com - they have recently reengineered their whole search business that started to look better
AlltheWeb.com
I also think that its good to use a paid service offered by companies like Lycos or FastSearch that allows you to be included into tens of most traffic-busy search engines fast. If you don't care about time, then its absolutely best to spend a few months, because your site will get indexed by them eventually, if you do have at least some link-popularity level going on.
I find these engines totally useless:
Yahoo! - waste of money. I mean come on, $300 a year?
Excite - does it even search anymore?
If I'm forgetting any search engine, please remind me. :rolleyes:
Best,
These search engines, according to my experience, are responsible for most of your site's traffic and should be a must to submit your new site to:
Google.com (beautiful results)
DMOZ.com (you get in there - you get into big ones like AOL or Netscape search engines, as well as thousands of alike-wannabes)
AltaVista.com - they have recently reengineered their whole search business that started to look better
AlltheWeb.com
I also think that its good to use a paid service offered by companies like Lycos or FastSearch that allows you to be included into tens of most traffic-busy search engines fast. If you don't care about time, then its absolutely best to spend a few months, because your site will get indexed by them eventually, if you do have at least some link-popularity level going on.
I find these engines totally useless:
Yahoo! - waste of money. I mean come on, $300 a year?
Excite - does it even search anymore?
If I'm forgetting any search engine, please remind me. :rolleyes:
Best,