| Engine |
Time To Listing
|
AltaVista
(11.29.01) |
Usually lists within
4-6 weeks. Also offers a paid Express service |
AOL, MSN,
Hot Bot (Inktomi)
(11.29.01)
|
Usually lists
within 6-8 weeks, but you may have to resubmit.
Hot Bot drops pages if you do not get a significant
amount of click-throughs after they list you. The
best way into HotBot is through the paid process
with Verisign; just follow our link here.
If you pay the fee expect to be listed within about
48 hours. It's a highly recommended buy. But be
aware that the engines Inktomi services will update
their listings at differing times. |
Excite
(11.29.01) |
10-12 weeks or
possibly never. This is one of the slower engines
on the Internet. |
Google
(11.29.01) |
Expect to be
listed within 3 -4 weeks. The Google spider is very
active, and this is an excellent search engine.
If you want immediate listings, don't forget about
their AdWords program. You can get started for a
minimal fee. |
Northern
Light
(11.29.01)
|
Your listing
will usually appear in 3 to 6 weeks. It's a fairly
good engine, and they are very responsive. |
Direct
Hit
(11.29.01)
|
Having a fairly
good response rate, you should show up in Direct
Hit within two weeks. Rankings will suffer, however,
without click-throughs. |
Webcrawler
(11.29.01) |
Don't hold your
breath. While WebCrawler is still a good engine,
they hardly every update their index. |
Overture
(formerly GoTo.com)
(11.29.01)
|
A paid service.
You can expect a turn around time of 1-3 days. Excellent!
Also, if you pay for the top three rankings you
can expect to show up on many other cooperating
engines. |
Lycos
(11.29.01)
|
Takes anywhere
from 6 - 9 weeks. Check back frequently. They have
a reputation for being slow to update. |