Major Search Engines :
The Major Targetted Search Engines and Directories
Netscape Search
http://search.netscape.com
Netscape Search's results come primarily
from the Open Directory and Netscape's own "Smart Browsing" database,
which does an excellent job of listing "official" web sites. Secondary
results come from Google.
*Submission Fee: Free
Open Directory
http://dmoz.org/
The Open Directory uses volunteer editors
to catalog the web. Formerly known as NewHoo, it was launched in June
1998. It was acquired by Netscape in November 1998, and the company
pledged that anyone would be able to use information from the directory
through an open license arrangement. Netscape itself was the first
licensee. Netscape-owner AOL also uses Open Directory information, as does
Google and Lycos.
*Submission Fee:
Free
Yahoo
http://www.yahoo.com
Yahoo is the web's most popular search
service and has a well-deserved reputation for helping people find
information easily. The secret to Yahoo's success is human beings. It is
the largest human-compiled guide to the web, employing about 150 editors
in an effort to categorize the web. Yahoo has well over 1 million sites
listed. Yahoo also supplements its results with those from Google. If a
search fails to find a match within Yahoo's own listings, then matches
from Google are displayed. Google matches also appear after all Yahoo
matches have first been shown. Yahoo is the oldest major web site
directory, having launched in late 1994.
*Submission Fee: USD 300 per Annum
* Rates are Subject to Change
N.B. More Search Engines & Directories will be added
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