Excite results also appear on WebCrawler and Magellan. Auto submitters don't work too well for excite because they ask for language, location, and category. I recommend hand-submission. It is not related to GoTo. Submit 1 page per day and only your main url.
Companies can pay money to be placed higher in the search results.
Non-paid results come from Inktomi. Searchengineforums Search the Web. Google's spider usually visits your site 2 times per month. During the mid, and at the end of a month. Submit the home page, then the spider will follow out.