| URL to submit | Robot | How long index (weeks)? | Metatags | How to improve position? | Reasons for excluding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alta Vista | Scooter | 2-4 | Yes, all | No repeat word in the page over and over, use more words specific to your topic, use everyday language for questions. | spam the index,keywors unrelated to the real content | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Infoseek (Go.com) | Inktomi | 6 | Yes, all | Link popularity is important. They will be entertainment portal | Spamdexing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Web Crawler | ArchitextSpider | 12-16 | Not all(description) | Big attention to title, content is described full in static index page, if you use frames need "alt" with NOFRAMES. | Spam of index (no more than 9 URLs), no irrelevant words in your home page, no often repetition of keywords (not more than 7),RobotExclusion in /robot.txt. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AOL Netfind | No, project Open Directory | 2-4 | N/A | Carefully select category, use more words specific to your topic. | spam the index, keywors unrelated to the real content | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hot Bot | Inktomi and Open Directory | 8 | Yes, partially (description) | No repeat word in the page over and over, use more words specific to your topic. | spam the index, no mirror and redirect URLs, no "Under Construction", no keywors unrelated to the real content, no sites with too many affiliate links | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lycos | Lycos | 16-24 | No | Not so good for graphical sites , use more words in the your comments in top of the page. | spam the index, URL with "&" and "%", hidden text | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Light | Gulliver | 4-6 | No | use more words specific to your topic for your title, short description, submit more than one page, high priority on the text. | keywors unrelated to the real content | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Excite | ArchitextSpider | 2-4 | Not all (keywords) | Repeating word in the page is right, use more words specific to your topic, link popularity is important. | spam the index (more than 25 pages/week), /robot.txt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yahoo | No, use Google search engine | 2-8 | No | Short and exact description with keywords, include keywords in your title, use the comments in the application form, begin title from the first letters of ABC, submit more than one page (not in the 1 day). | No "Under Construction", no number and brand names in description, no spam |