Below is a list of all the major search engines. These engines are considered to be major engines because they are either well-known or well-used. All of the engines below get literally millions of users to them daily, this is why it is important to get your site listed in all of them.
MAJOR SEARCH ENGINES
These are the places that you need to get your site listed into because of there potential to generate traffic to your site.
TOP SEARCH ENGINES FREE LIST:
Google - has rapidly become one of the top search engines, mainly as a result of providing relevant results quickly, by using a system called Page Rank, Google filters a large portion of the irrelevant results. Google currently lists over 4.5 billion pages in its database. Today, through its partnerships with major players, including Yahoo and AOL, Google powers over 80% of all searches performed internationally. 2400 Bayshore Parkway, Mountain View, CA USA 94043, Phone: (650) 330-0100 Fax: (650) 618-1499
Ask Jeeves - human-powered search service that aims to direct you to the exact page that answers your plain language question. If it fails to find a match within its own database, it will provide matching web pages from various search engines. Ask Jeeves owns Teoma. 5858 Horton Street, Suite 350, Emeryville, CA USA 94608, Tel: 510-555-1212
DIRECTORIES:
Yahoo - one of the oldest directory services on the net, Yahoo went live online in August of 1994. Yahoo was at one time THE favorite of everyone on the net. It is extremely difficult to obtain a listing however, with only around 4% of all submitted sites entering the database, the company was one of the first (along with LookSmart) to introduce paid submissions. 3420 Central Expressway Santa Clara, CA USA 95051 Phone (408) 731-3300 Fax (408) 731-3301
Open Directory Project - The ODP is a web site directory built by volunteers which holds approximately 1,800,000 sites. The ODP is used by Netscape, Lycos, Hotbot, Altavista, AOL Netfind, Google and a large number of smaller sites. 501 East Middlefield Rd Mountain View, CA USA 94043, Tel: 650 937 3216
SOUTH AFRICAN SEARCH ENGINES:
Ananzi - first created it in early 1996, making it the first South African search engine. In June 2000 it was re-engineered to make it one of the fastest search engines on the Internet. Ananzi currently indexes over 200 000 web pages within Southern Africa. Alongside the search engine, Ananzi's SA Site Directory is a hand-picked category-based list of the best sites South Africa has to offer. 7 Sturdee Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg, South Africa 2196, Tel: 011 280-0860, Fax: 011 280-0880
Aardvark - named after the uniquely African search animal known for its ability to sniff out tiny ants in large ant heaps? Aardvark was brought on-line by Intekom in February 1997 and uses Google technology for its global search facility, unfortunately the results are not always reliable, with a large number of irrelevant results being returned. 159 Proes Street, Annex Building, Pretoria, 0001, Phone: 082 569-1357, Fax: 012 323-4470
Search Cape Town - recently established search engine for the Cape Town and Western Cape region. Quick response and relevant results make this a most useful local search facility. 10 Sable Street, Goedemoed, Durbanville, Cape Town South Africa
Search Gauteng - another recently established search engine for the Gauteng (Johannesburg - Pretoria ) region. A user friendly, uncluttered search page hides a powerful regional search engine. Suite 109, Newlands Plaza, Newlands, Pretoria, South Africa Phone: 012 348 5320, Fax: 012 361 5576
