There aren’t tons of major search engines any more. Since all of the consolidation in the industry, there are only a handful of really large search engines and directories, but there are hundreds of smaller ones that range from very general to very specific in nature. The following list covers the primary search engines. Secondary search engines are listed in the next tutorial below to help you submit your SEO website.
- Google: www.google.com
- Yahoo! Directory: http://dir.yahoo.com
- Yahoo! Search Engine: www.yahoo.com
- Open Directory Project: www.dmoz.org
- Microsoft: www.microsoft.com
- Ask: www.ask.com
Secondary Search Engines
The listings allowed in secondary search engines and directories can be general or specific. This list doesn’t differentiate the search engines from the directories, and they aren’t separated by types of listings, but there’s still a pretty comprehensive list here, so you should be able to find enough places to list your site to keep you busy for quite some time.
- AlltheWeb: www.alltheweb.com (same index as Yahoo)
- AltaVista: www.altavista.com (same index as Yahoo!)
- Simpli: www.simpli.com
- Slider: www.slider.com
- Miva: www.miva.com/us
- Search123: www.search123.com
- All the Internet: www.alltheinternet.com
- Windows Live Search: www.live.com
- MySearch: www.mysearch.com
- Alexa: www.alexa.com
- HotBot: www.hotbot.com
- Netscape: www.netscape.com
- Wisenut: www.wisenut.com
- Lycos: www.lycos.com
- Findtarget: www.findtarget.com
- Towersearch: www.towersearch.com
- Entireweb: www.entireweb.com
- LiveSearching.com: www.livesearching.com
- Scrub the Web: www.scrubtheweb.com
- SearchHippo: www.searchhippo.com
- ExactSeek.com: www.exactseek.com
- Information.com: www.information.com
- 123World: www.123world.com
- Jayde: www.jayde.com
- LinkMaster: www.linkmaster.com
- Qango: www.qango.com
- Xoron: http://xoron.com
- ZenSearch: www.zensearch.com
- 1800Miti.com: www.1800miti.com
- Aesop: www.aesop.com
- AXXASEARCH: www.axxasearch.com
- Claymont: www.claymont.com
- Cozy Cabin: www.cozycabin.com
- Infotiger: www.infotiger.com
- WhatUSeek: www.whatuseek.com
- Where2Go: www.where2go.com
- Genius Find: www.geniusfind.com
- 01 Web Directory: www.01webdirectory.com
- Yeandi: www.yeandi.com
- So Much: www.somuch.com
- Wow Directory: www.wowdirectory.com
- Business.com: www.business.com
- Gimpsy: www.gimpsy.com
- Go Guides: www.goguides.org
- JoeAnt: www.joeant.com
- Skaffe: www.skaffe.com
- Web-Beacon: www.web-beacon.com
- Beaucoup!: www.beaucoup.com
- Complete Planet: http://aip.completeplanet.com
- AlltheBizz.com: www.allthebizz.com
- Find Hound: www.findhound.com
- BizWeb: www.bizweb.com
- Directory Archives: www.directoryarchives.com
- Mavicanet: www.mavicanet.com
- Re-QUEST dot Net™: www.re-quest.net
- SuperSeek: www.superseek.org
- Web World Index: www.webworldindex.com
- Bigall.com: www.bigall.com
- International Business Directory: www.internationalbusinessdirectory.com
- Cipinet: http://directory.cipinet.com
- America’s Best: www.americasbest.com
- LCN2000.com: www.lcn2000.com
- At Home Business Portal: www.athomebusinessportal.com
- BizWeb.com: www.bizweb.com
- BamInfo.com: www.baminfo.com
- Christ Engine: http://christengine.com
- Among Stars: http://amongstars.com
- Family Friendly Sites: http://familyfriendlysites.com
- InCrawler: www.incrawler.com
- SplashDirectory: www.splashdirectory.com
- Kahuki: www.kahuki.com
- Greenstalk www.greenstalk.com
- Clush: www.clush.com
- ALS Links: www.alslinks.com
- Octopedia: www.octopedia.com
- InfoListings Direct www.info-listings.com
- Zorg-Directory: www.zorg-directory.com
- DMOZ Zilla Direc www.dmozzilla.com
- MostPopularSites.www.mostpopularsites.net
- World Site Index: www.worldsiteindex.com
- DataSpear: www.dataspear.com
- Top Web Director www.twd.in
Meta Search Engines
Meta search engines are those that search search engines. This listing of meta search engines will point you in the direction of the most frequently used ones. You can’t submit your site to most meta search engines. Instead, in order for your site to appear in these rankings, it must appear in the top listings in several other search engines.
- DogPile: www.dogpile.com
- MetaCrawler: www.metacrawler.com/info.metac
- Kanoodle: www.kanoodle.com
- 7MetaSearch: http://7metasearch.com
- Ixquick: www.ixquick.com
- iZito.com: www.izito.com
- Vivisimo: http://vivisimo.com
- kartOO: www.kartoo.com
- Mamma: www.mamma.com
- SurfWax: www.surfwax.com
- Clusty: http://clusty.com
- CurryGuide.com: http://web.curryguide.com
- Excite: www.excite.com
- Fazzle: www.fazzle.com
- Gimenei: http://gimenei.com
- IceRocket: www.icerocket.com
- Info.com: www.info.com
- InfoGrid: www.infogrid.com
- Jux2: www.jux2.com
- metaEureka: www.metaeureka.com
- Turbo10: http://turbo10.com
- WebCrawler: www.webcrawler.com
- Cuil: http://www.cuil.com
- Mahalo: www.mahalo.com
- Zuula Search: www.zuula.com
