All About Search Engines

Where are the best places to submit your websites? All About Search Engines provides a list of the top 25 search engines and web directories. These search engines have high traffic rankings at Alexa and are used the most often by people to search for information. Many of these sites have high page ranks or PR from Google.

If you want to promote your website add your domain names to the top 25 search engines and web directories first. You will receive the most visitors from the top search engines and web directories.

Before adding your website to search engines check to see if it is listed. Many search engines crawl the web and may have found your site. To see if your site is listed type in the name of your website and search for it. Do not resubmit your website if it is already listed.

Many search engines and directories require a valid email address to submit your site. Consider using a gmail or yahoo account to avoid offers and mailings. Some require you to confirm your listings so make sure you have acesss to the account.

Clicking on a link to the search engine will open a new page where you can submit your URLs to the search engine. Links go to the submission page when possible.

1. Google - Submit your website to the Google Search Engine. Google is the most used search engine. Google allows users to search the Web for images, news, products, video, and other content.

2. Yahoo! Search - A Yahoo registration is required to submit your site to Yahoo! Search.

3. Bing - MSN's search engine. Bing and Yahoo search are soon to be the same.

4. Zeal - Free listings. Register for an account to submit your site to the Zeal Directory. Sites are reviewed by an editor.

5. dmoz Open Directory - You must first identify the single best category for your site. Open Directory submissions are reviewed by an editor. Open Directory has a Google Pagerank of 8 and is the best directory to have your sites listed at.

6. SearchMe - Currently SearchMe is currently for English language pages but expanding into other languages.

7. Cuil - New domains are added to Cuil’s index each week. However, it could take up to two weeks before your site is indexed at the Cuil search engine.

8. ScrubTheWeb - Email confimation is required to add your domain to the ScubTheWeb search engine.

9. EntireWeb - Email confimation is required to add your domain to the EnitreWeb search engine.

10. SearchSight - Optional categories can be selected when submitting your site to this search engine. Submissions are reviewed.

11. ExactSeek - Registering is required to submit your sites. Once you register you can easily submit up to 10 sites for free and check your search engine rankings by keywords from your account. Free or paid inclusions.

12. LII - Librarians' Internet Index. Does not accept sites that are strictly commercial.

13. MavicaNet - Multilingual Search Catalog. Submissions are reviewed by an editor.

14. What U Seek - Free and paid submissions.

15. Wikidweb - Before you can add a listing, you must first create and login to your Wikidweb directory account.

16. Web World - To add your site find the category for your site at the Web World directory and suggest a free iisting.

17. A1 Web Directory - Submit your web sites to the most relevant category. Does not accept adult or gambling sites.

18. Exalead - Exalead automatically adds new websites to its search engine database.

19. Link Centre - Choose a category and subcategory to receive more visitors.

20. Dramba - Browse through the categories to suggest a site.

21. 01WebDirectory - Submissions must relevant to the category you select.

22. IllumiRate - Submissions must relevant to the category you select.

23. BusinessSeek- Select the correct category where you would like your site listed.

24. Domaining - SEasy to submit your sites to this directory.

25. Arakne Links - Links submitted with a reciprocal link are reviewed faster then regular free links.