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Google Yahoo Dmoz/Open Directory Project/ODP
LookSmart AllTheWeb AltaVista Lycos AOL
Webcrawler Askjeeves Teoma MSN Search

META Tag Support. Google supports the Robot META tag and uses your title while indexing your web site. It does not appear that Google makes use of the Keywords or Description META tag at this time.
Spidering. Will spider or follow all links it finds on your web site and index them into their database.
Link Popularity. If lots of web sites link to your site, then your site will be ranked higher in the search rankings.
Submission Time. Getting listed in Google can either be very quick (under 2 weeks) or very long (several months) depending on their crawl schedule and how many other web sites are in queue to be indexed before yours.

Listings. Since Yahoo! does not use robots, everything indexed into Yahoo! is done by people. The best chance on getting your site listed is to describe your web site as accurate as possible. The final decision rests up to the editor who reviews your web site so your content must impress them to be worthy of adding you to their database. Google now provides primary search listings for Yahoo and Yahoo's actual directory displays after Google's results are listed.
Paid Submissions. Yahoo offers an express submission service which will get you a guaranteed response.
Submission Time. Estimated 4-8 weeks.

Dmoz/Open Directory Project/ODP (www.dmoz.com)

Listings. Since ODP is powered completely on editors who are experts in their categories, everything indexed into ODP is done by people. No META tags, ALT image tags, HTML comments or image maps will help boost your ranking here. The final decision rests up to the editor who reviews your web site.
Submission Time. Estimated 4-8 weeks.

Listings. Looksmart does not use robots so everything indexed into Looksmart is done by people. Inktomi now provides secondary listings for Looksmart when no results are returned by Looksmart's primary index.
Submission Time. Estimated 1-8 weeks.

Powered By. AllTheWeb has been powered by Fast Search since its inception in 1999. Earlier this year AllTheWeb was acquired by Overture.
Popularity Technology. AllTheWeb offers full Boolean searching, no stop words, and other advanced features like the indexing of a full web page, PDF files, Microsoft Word files, and text within Flash files. Its database is also frequently refreshed.
Getting Listed. The only current way to get listed with AlltheWeb is through Lycos paid inclusion and several inclusion packages like Lycos InSite™ Select or Lycos InSite™ Pro. You can also submit your web site for free but there are no guarantees that your web site will be listed in AllTheWeb's database.
Submission Time. Estimated 48 to 72 hours.

META Tags. Altavista supports various META tags, with focus on the keywords and description META tags.
Spidering. Will spider or follow all links it finds on your web site and index them into their database.
Spam. Altavista will not tolerate web sites that try to "spam" their index with the same page over and over (ie: too many doorway pages will get you blacklisted). Additionally, repeating words often in your META tags may get your site demoted or removed from Altavista's index.
Link Popularity. If lots of web sites link to your site, then your site will be ranked higher in the search rankings.
Submission Time. Estimated 2-5 days.

Spidering. Will spider or follow all links it finds on your web site and index them into their database.
Spam. Lycos will not index web sites that try to "Spam" or abuse META tags into their database.
Link Popularity. If lots of web sites link to your site, then your site will be ranked higher in the search rankings.
Submission Time. Estimated 3 weeks.

America Online's Netfind. Very important resource to ensure that AOL users can find your site. AOL Netfind is a co-branded search engine powered by the Open Directory Project and now by Google.

META Tags. Webcrawler makes use of META Tags, particularly the Description META Tag and the Title of your web page.
Spidering. Will spider or follow all links it finds on your web site and index them into their database.
Spam. Abusing META Tags or spoofing their search robot may get your web site lower rankings or even blacklisted. Limit repeating keywords in your META tags.
Submission Time. Estimated 2-3 weeks.

Askjeeves (www.ask.com)

Listings. Human editors compile a large knowledge base of questions and answers from web sites which they find on the Internet. These editors have a strict guideline to adhere to when selecting which sites to add to their knowledge base.
Link Popularity. If lots of web sites link to your site, then your site will be ranked higher in the search rankings.
Getting Listed. Must get a human editor to review your site for inclusion.
Submission Time. Estimated 6-8 weeks.

Listings. Sites are sorted in order of perceived relevance.
Getting Listed. The only current way to get listed with Teoma is through IneedHits.com paid inclusion program. Teoma does not have a submit url location, but instead maintains a pay per page inclusion program in coordination with Ask Jeeves, Teoma's parent company.
Submission Time. Estimated 7 days.

MSN Search (search.msn.com)

Listings. MSN Search provides a blend of human-powered directory information and crawler coverage.
Getting Listed. You need to be listed with search providers LookSmart and Inktomi.

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