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search engines & directories - international and UK submissions

submitting to directories is more important than submitting to search engines
most search engines prefer to index new pages by following links from sites already indexed
** = very easy to submit to     * = fairly easy to submit to

Abacho - add site** -- European multi-lingual directory
AbiLogic UK - [add site*] -- new family-friendly and spam-free directory (Oct 09)
Add Link - add Site* -- small UK directory (human edited)
AdmCity - add site* - UK directory + links to Chinese databases
AllTheWeb - results from Yahoo (Jan 05)
All The UK - UK directory, submission by email (Aug 08)
AltaVista (Raging Search) - results from Yahoo - fast and clean - good image search
Anglosearch - [add site] - small (new?) UK directory (Aug 08)
Ask Alix - [add site] - UK business directory (shares info with Dunn & Bradstreet)
Ask Jeeves - major directory - no free submissions
Beaucoup! - 1000+ list of directories and search facilities (mainly US)
BigFinder - add site** - small search engine - indexes page within 1 hour of URL submission
Biolinks - [add site] - directory of academic commercial & scientific biological links
Brit Index - add site - UK directory - Uk hosted domains only (submit site not working Aug 08)
Brit Quest - [add site**] - English search engine, geographical filter (by county)
Business.com - US-based business directory - paid submissions - (its domain name cost $7.5M)
Click For Choice - [add site*] - UK directory - need to register to submit site (Aug 08)
CompletePlanet - invisible/deep web - (Jul 02)
Country Based Search Engines - 2000+ search engines from 200+ countries, territories and regions
Cuil - add site** - largest(?) search index, ranks pages according to content and relevance (Feb 09)
Daypop - current events search engine - 2700 News Sites and Weblogs
Discover Ireland Directory - add site - small directory, just started (May 06)
dmoz - [add site*] - (aka ODP) - submissions rarely accepted (allegations of corrupt editors) - losing credibility (Mar 09)
DuckDuckGo - no submission, but this is my current search engine of choice
EEVL - add site* - list of engineering, maths & computing directory
Enter UK - add site** - UK search directory specialising in .co.uk domains
Entireweb - add site** - international search engine based in Sweden - confirm by email
EuroPages - multi-lingual European business directory - not web orientated
ExactSeek - add site* - free membership reqd - results to Aesop & Best-SearchEngine, confirm by email
Exalead - add site** - French based search engine - with thumbs
EYP - Electronic Yellow Pages - UK business (commercial) - not web orientated
Feedster - RSS search engine + image search
Figator - indexes public computer (file sharing) networks (75M+ entries) (Mar 09)
FindTheFile - add site** - media search - PDFs, documents, audio, video, rar, zip, fonts etc
FindArticles.com - articles dating back to 1998 from 300+ mags & periodicals 1998
FindSounds.com - add site (email submission) - s/engine for sound effects and sample sounds only
FindWhat - ppc s/engine, owns UK ppc s/engine Espotting (supplies Momma & EuroSeek) (Jul 03)
fossick.com - 3000 specialist search engines and resource guides + meta-search
Froogle - Google's US shoppping search engine (beta) (Jul 03)
GB Guide
Gigablast - fast & clean - no submissions page (Aug 05)
GlobalSpec - add site** - search engine for engineering & technical information, companies & and products
Go Net-Wide - large list of s/engines, submission sites & promotion services (last updated July 01)
Google - add site** - biggest, but now has default personalised results... which are CRAP!
Gotartans - add site - small directory, need to register, can add articles (Feb 09)
GoTo.com - became Overture
GuideStar - add site - large US directory of non-profit orgs
Gimpsy - add site - new directory of interactive sites, top level addresses only (Jan 03)
Infomine - well organised international database search (+ archives/journals etc)
Information.com - add site* - US search engine using tabs to organise sources (Aug 08)
Inktomi - major database provider to other s/engines - owned by Yahoo (Jan 05)
Jayde Online - add site* - long established Canadian directory - confirm by email
KartOO - meta-search - results displayed graphically - cool but confusing - French/English (Jul 04)
Kelkoo - European shopping search engine (beta) (Jul 03)
L3xicon - add site* - search engine / lexicon
Librarians' Index to the Internet - add site* - a searchable directory of selected high quality sites
Link Centre - [add site*] - UK directory (Aug '08)
LookSmart - major directory - non-commercial submissions via Zeal (Jan 03)
Lycos - no URL submissions
MavicaNET - [add site] - m/lingual central European directory
MixCat Interactive - add site** - US based search engine and directory
Navisso - add site** - index based on content relevancy - still in beta (Jan 06)
NetInsert - [add site*] - small directory, needs custom meta tag (or text tag on page) (Feb 09)
NetSearch - add site** - US-based search engine
Newsgroups Archives - now hosted by Google - posting enabled (Sep 01)
One Mission - [add site*] - small international directory, need to register as an editor
Open Directory Project - [add site*] - (aka dmoz) - submissions rarely accepted (allegations of corrupt editors) - losing credibility (Mar 09)
OpenHere Network - [add site] - need submitter's email on web page
Qango - [add site*] - dmoz-like directory - charges for commercial sites (Feb '06)
Regional Search Engines and Directories - worldwide, by region - part of about.com
Scirus - add site* - comprehensive science-specific search engine
Scrub The Web - add site* - one sub per day - confirm by email - link to STW improves ranking
Search Engine Colossus - large international directory of s/engines arranged by country
Search Engine Guide - comprehensive directory of search engines
Search Engine Watch - directory of search engines and search utilities
SearchAbility - list of specialized search engines + descripitions
SearchEzee - choice of 200 s/engines & specialised directories
SearchEdu - over 20 million univ/edu pages indexed (+ mil, gov & book searches)
SearchSight - add site** - small searchable web directory, results not sorted for relevance
Singing Fish - add site* - audio/video search only
somewhere near - UK location based dir for pubs, curry houses, cinemas, schools etc
Splur.net - [add site*] - mall (US?) directory, submissions manually reviewed (Feb 09)
Splut - add site* - UK specific directory (including postcode link to multimap) (free submissions n/a Aug '08)
Teoma - major search engine, part of Ask Jeeves - no free submissions
The Free Website Directory - add site* - medium size UK directory, submissions manually reviewed (Feb 09)
The-Search-Site - add site* - search engine + business directory
TTRA2008 - add site** - small searchable web directory, results not sorted for relevance
UK Yellow Web - yellow pages
Ultimate Search Engine Links - links to international search engines
Voice of the Shuttle - [add site*] - directory for humanities research (academic)
Webscot - [add site] - small Scottish business directory
WorldPages.com - business yellow pages - yellow pages, mainly US, can locate businesses using maps
WWW Virtual Library - the original directory of directories
Xoron - [add site] - small US directory (new?) (Sep 08)
Yahoo Directory - [add site] - major directory - new search interface (Apr 03)
Yahoo Web Search - add site** - major search engine

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