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SEARCH ENGINE SUBMISSION

If we create your site, we will optimize it for search engines, add appropriate meta tags and keywords, then when the site is complete and launched we submit it to several major search engines and the Open Directory Project for you (see list below).

You can help us drive visitors to your site by suggesting key words and phrases which you think people will use to find your site in the search engines. Ask us for our Site Submission Form. 

For best results, we highly recommed the Internet Marketing services of Paris Roussos, owner of Info Cream LLC.  Click here for his bio and contact information.

Guide to Search Engine Submission Pricing and Relationships

More and more search engines are requiring a fee for commercial site submissions (see chart below). If you wish your site to be submitted to these resources, an additional fee is required. We do not charge extra beyond the amount charged by each search resource to which you request us to submit your site. These fees guarantee that they will review site submission; they generally do not guarantee placement. Only YOU can decide if it is worth the cost to submit your site to any or all of the Paid Submission search resources.

We have no control or influence over search engines/directories and can offer no warranty, express or implied, that payment of a submission fee will result in listing on any particular search engine, nor that your site will achieve and maintain any particular ranked listing.  Generally speaking, once your site's submission has been received by the search engines/directories, it will take from several days to several months before your site begins to show up in the search engine listings.

The following chart indicates how search engines and directories inter-communicate their database results. It is subject to change without notice. Due to the volatile nature of search engine algorithms and relationships, we can make no guarantee that this chart is accurate on the day you view it.

For more information, please visit each search resource's Web site.

Search Engine or Directory

Receives Search Results from

Supplies Search Results to

*Alexa    
AlltheWeb - Search results now provided by Yahoo or Overture® Pay-for-Performance™ DMOZ, Fast, Overture, Yahoo  
Altavista - Search results now provided by Yahoo or Overture Site Match™ Overture, Looksmart, Yahoo  
AOL Search Google  
Ask Jeeves Google, Teoma Netscape
*DMOZ Open Directory Project
NOTE: Submit your site ONLY ONCE to the DMOZ.  Further submissions are considered spam and reduce your chances of being listed.
  Alltheweb, Google, Hotbot, Lycos, Teoma
Excite Inktomi , Overture  
Fast   Alltheweb, Lycos
Go (Now Infoseek, submit through Google) Overture  
*Google  DMOZ AOL Search, Ask Jeeves, Iwon, Netscape, Teoma
HotBot (Submit through Lycos) DMOZ,  Inktomi, Overture  
Inktomi (now owned by Yahoo, paid inclusion prices set by their authorized resellers)   Excite, HotBot, Looksmart, MSN, Overture
Iwon (Submit through Google) Google, Overture  

Looksmart:

Inktomi Altavista, MSN
Lycos/Insite no longer offers free submission Fast, DMOZ, Overture  
MSN Inktomi , Looksmart, Overture  
Netscape Ask Jeeves, Google  
Overture: Inktomi Alltheweb, Altavista, Excite, Go, Hotbot, Iwon, Lycos, MSN
Teoma DMOZ, Google Ask Jeeves
Yahoo Overture  
*Yahoo Search Free Submit Altavista  
Yahoo Site Match    

*By default, we submit our clients' sites to the search engines/directories marked with an asterisk*

More useful information including links to each directory's submission page may be found at:
http://www.pheedster.com/directories.php

Please note: Should you choose to submit your site yourself, we HIGHLY recommend setting up an email account with one of the free email providers such as Yahoo! or Hotmail etc., just to use as the reply address for your submissions.  Better yet, contact Paris Roussos!

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