Useful Links
The Grandfather of all Links
http://ecki.com/links/sedir.shtml
The Grandfather of All Links - lists over 10,000++
classifieds, free for alls, search engines, and
directories where you can promote your site.
Beaucoup!
http://www.beaucoup.com/
2,000+ search engines, indices and directories organized into categories:
Geographical; Software; Computer; etc.
Search Engine Guide
http://www.searchengineguide.com/
The guide to search engines, portals, directories and online databases.
Webmasters Tips
What are Search Engines?
Search Engines are websites that automatically document
information available on the web in form of a updatable
database. We search through this database.
Why submit to Search
Engines?
We know that internet users search for websites or
information on the web mainly through enquiring on a
search engine or directory. The Search Engine responds
to this by looking through its database and displaying
all the matching sites - all in a jiffy. That is why it
is important that your website is listed in the database
of major search engines and directories. This way it
will be possible for others to locate/find your site.
Examples of major search engines are Excite, Google and
Altavista.
Why learn about
Search Engines?
Understanding how search engines work can help you design your website
such that they are suitable for better Search Engine listing.
Why different
Search Engines give different results?
Search Engines slightly differ in the way they collect, store and
display information. The number of websites indexed in its database can
also vary. In addition, the search engines have different criteria for
sequencing/ranking the websites. All these add on to give different
results on different search engines.
What are
Directories?
Directories are a list of websites compiled by human effort. Editors
review websites and add only the ones they think relevant, to the
database of the directory. The websites are sometimes rated, reviewed
and commented by these editors. And in addition to keyword search,
information can be located in a directory by going through subject
categories to its sub categories that follow a branchlike structure. The
references to websites are included in relevant categories.
Major directory such as Yahoo has over 22,000 subject categories to list
websites.
Why submit to
Directories?
We know that directories are as much used by internet users to search
for websites or information on the web as that of enquiring on a search
engine. That is why it is important that your website is also listed in
the database of major directories (in addition to getting it listed in
search engines).
The directory responds to keyword search by looking through its database
and displaying all the matching sites - all in a jiffy just like a
search engine. Alternatively in a directory, users could go through
categories into subcategories and find the relevant information.
Examples of major directories are Yahoo, Open Directory and Lycos.
Why Directories
give better results?
Since only the relevant sites are listed in a directory, it give results
that are much more focused than that of search engine results. Its also
helpful sometimes when the reviewers rate and comment on websites. At
the same time, there is a chance that it might have missed listing of an
important website because it did not come to its notice.
What
are Award sites?
Award sites give an award for
your website. The awards are given for different aspects - content,
design, concepts, usefulness, and so on. There are over a thousand sites
that give awards. Some are awards given by a panel of experts and some
are awards given by individual experts. All of them have a look at your
site and decide if it is worth their award. If your site qualifies for
an award, your site is mentioned on their awards page, with a link is
provided for your site, sometimes with comments. And you can display an
image of the award in your site. Some of these award sites are also
known as cool sites and they have awards like cool site of the day.
Why submit
to Award sites?
First of all, it really
feels good to get an award. In addition, your site gets listed as an
award winner in these award-giving sites with links to your website.
This can generate traffic for your website. If you feel that your site
has some unique feature, then submit to these award sites and take a
chance.
What are Announcement sites?
Announcement sites put up a list
of new sites for a certain temporary period of time. These sites are
useful for announcing new websites or new additions in your website as
web pages or articles. Many of these sites do archive reference to these
sites after the announcement period.
Why submit to Announcement sites?
Being listed on announcement sites can get some traffic on your website.
Many search engines keep a track of announcement sites to get to know of
new sites. That makes it a good idea to submit to some of these.
What are FFA sites?
Free For All sites display a
rotating list of links to websites. The list is constantly modified as
new ones are added. You are on top of the list as soon as you submit and
as others get added you keep going down the list until you roll off the
list. The time period depends on how many new ones are being added to
the list. It could be from a day to a week or more. There are tens of
thousands of FFA sites.
Why submit to Free For All sites
FFA sites gets your website an
initial exposure. Your site also remain linked from many of these sites.
Having external links point at your website is a good criteria for
getting ranked well on search engines.
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