Free Search Engines
Google
>> AOL, Netscape, Infospace, HotBot, iWon
:: GoogSpy - tells you which companies are paying for particular search phrases on Google
:: SpyFu - 20 times more data
:: Twingine - a side-by-side comparison of Yahoo and Google
:: How I Got My Website A Top Position In Google (pdf)
Lycos
>> Lycos, Inktomi, Fast
MSN (Rumor: Submission doesn't work)
>> Inktomi
Search Hippo
>> DogPile
All The Web / Fast
>> Lycos, HotBot, Excite, Infospace
AltaVista
whatUseek
AEIWI
Lycos InSite Lite
Walhello
NationalDirectory
Jayde
NerdWorld
2K City
Claymont
ScrubTheWeb
Aesop
SearchIt
Yahoo! - non-commercial submission is free
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Free Directories
DMOZ
>> AOL Search, All the Web, AltaVista, Dog Pile, Lycos, HotBot, iWon, Google, Infospace, Netscape, Excite, Teoma
Zeal - Looksmart's SE for non-commercial sites
AllBusiness
ZenSearch
Buyer's Index
GoGuides
Qango
Gimpsey
Shopping Spot
Click4Choice
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Paid Inclusion
Where you pay a fee to have your site included in editorial listings. The fee ensures that your site will get listed within a day or two and it will be revisited on a regular basis. This fee does not provide any boost in ranking.
Lycos InSite or Lycos $78 + $32/year
>> Inclusion into both Fast, Inktomi
Mamma $30, then $20/year
Ask Jeeves / ineedhits.com $30/year
>> Ask Jeeves, Excite, Hot Bot, Teoma, iLor, Ixquick, Search123, Metacrawler, MySearch, Mamma
Infospace $50/year + $25/year for Search Partner Network
>> DogPile, Excite, NBCi, Metacrawler, WebCrawler
Paid Submission
A form of Paid Inclusion, but these sites are basically directories that charge for submission.
Yahoo! $299/year
Galaxy - $30
:: StarGazer Voyeur Search
JoeAnt - $40
:: Check your catagory to see it's worth it.
WhatUSeek $50 + $16/year
>> Mamma
Paid Placement
Where paid listings are usually segregated from editorial results and labeled to highlight that they are ads.
-- AKA: Pay for Placement, Pay for Performance
Google AdWords | Tips | FAQs $5 fee
:: How to Cheat Google AdWords Select
>> Ask Jeeves, AOL, Netscape, CompuServe, ATT Worldnet, Earthlink, Excite
Yahoo! $25-300/month
Paid Listing
Where you're guaranteed a high ranking in relation to your desired words and how much you're willing to spend.
-- AKA: KeyWord Advertising, Cost-Per-Click (CPC), Pay-Per-Click (PPC), Pay-For-Performance (PFP)
Overture
>> Yahoo!, MSN, Altavista, CNN, InfoSpace
Infospider / Overture $49/year + $50 deposit for CPC
>> Yahoo, AltaVista, Alltheweb, Excite, Overture
Enhance Interactive $50 deposit for CPC
>> DogPile
LookSmart LookListings $15 min + .15 click-through
>> Lycos, InfoSpace, RoadRunner, CNET, Inktomi, Looksmart
FindWhat Usually cheap enough to buy #1 slot
>> Excite, WebCrawler
AskJeeves
>> AskJeeves, DirectHit, MSN, SearchAlot, Bomis, ePilot
ePilot
>> DogPile, Infospace, Mamma & more no-name SEs.
Godado
:: Europe
Espotting.com
:: United Kingdom & Europe, UK search engines like Lycos, Netscape & Ask Jeeves.
Kanoodle Free trial account
Paid Listing with minor distribution in Meta Search sites:
Bay9
Valley Alley
Web Sites
Search Engine Watch
Marketing Sherpa
Pay Per Click Search Engines (Great site, but with annoying pop-ups)
Tools
Dr. Watson - Page Analyzer, Spell Checker, etc.
Marketleap's Link Popularity | Saturation | KW Verifier
Lynx Viewer | Search Engine Simulator - A search engine's perspective
Keywords
Google Suggest
Shopping.com - also has good "Search Suggestions"
mySimon Top 1000 Searches
Google Zeitgeist
Overture's Keyword Suggestion Tool
GoodKeywords.com - Keyword Selection Tool
Backbone's Keyword Research Guide
Altavista's Prisma - Do a search, then analyze their suggestions on right side
Keyword Density - See how often you are using your keywords
Northern Web's Keyword Density Tool
Commonly Misspelled Words
Your Dictionary
ESL Desk
Last Update: February 2007
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