Click here for more information . Search Engines Search Engines vs. Directories Search engines, such as AltaVista, create their listings automatically.
Search engines crawl through the web.
Search engines eventually find your site and index the pages they find. Page titles, body text, META tags and other elements all play a role in what gets indexed. People then search the index of what was found. A directory such as Yahoo depends on human editors to create its listings. You submit a description of your site to the directory for editors to review.