Net Tools Security Seminars Our Services Search . There are many businesses that advertise that they will submit the URL, or address, of your web site, to hundreds of Internet search engines and directories. It is probably not smart to use such services. These services expose you to unsolicited commercial e-mail, which is very annoying.
Many search engines give lower priority to submissions via e-mail.
While there are hundreds, probably thousands of search engines in existence, a small number attracts nearly all the traffic. It is much more important to try to optimize your position on the top 15 or 20 search engines than it is to be listed in every obscure search engine in the world. Search engine and directory sites don't all request the same information or have the same options. For example, at Yahoo, you can suggest particular categories in which your site should be listed. If you want your web site to be well publicized, there is no substitute for going to the search engines and directories one at a time and submitting the information.