The Major Search Engines - Submit Manually

While there are literally thousands of smaller search engines and directories on the Internet, only a fraction of them really make a difference. Studies have shown that 98% or more of all engine/directory traffic is generated by the "Major Search Engines". The engines and directories we have listed below are the most popular and the most frequently used. A good listing here can potentially generate a large amount of traffic to your Web site. While there are always "up and comers", we listed what we feel are the most important.

If you're considering buying some type of automated submission software that submits to "hundreds or thousands" of engines DON'T DO IT! Not only will you waste your time worrying about all these "smaller" outfits but you'll also be risking you're placement within many of these "major" engines. In general, automated submission is becoming increasingly more frowned upon. Oh yes, and let's not forget to mention the fact that you'll be BOMBARDED with auto responders thanking you for your submission or worse yet, trying to sell you some "Get Rich Quick" scheme or the latest hands-free butt scratcher. The bottom line: Submit your home page URL to these engines and submit it manually.

The Major Engines:

All the Web: http://www.alltheweb.com 
AltaVista: http://www.altavista.com
Ask Jeeves: http://www.askjeeves.com
Direct Hit: http://www.directhit.com
Excite: http://www.excite.com
Google: http://www.google.com
HotBot: http://www.hotbot.com
LookSmart: http://www.looksmart.com
Lycos: http://www.lycos.com
MSN Search: http://search.msn.com
Northern Light: http://www.northernlight.com
Open Directory: http://dmoz.org
WebCrawler: http://www.webcrawler.com
Yahoo: http://www.yahoo.com