Search Engine Submission

Search engine submissions are an important part of website marketing and should follow a schedule for maximum effectiveness. Each search engine is unique in its submission policies and requires research to get to the best positions possible.

The most used search engines are:

• Google search engine
• MSN search engine
• Yahoo directory search
• AOL search engine
• Netscape search engine
• Excite search engine
• Lycos search network

These search engines and directories account for about 80% of Internet traffic.

Search engine Submission definition:

A web-based program that allows users to search and retrieve specific information from the World wide web. The search engine may search the full text of web documents or a list of keywords.

Applying to a search requesting that a site be accepted (indexed) in its inventory of results.