Uses META tags for indexing and keywords. Submit your URL using their form. AltaVista claims to index new sites within 24 hours. Excite Excite, formerly known as Architext, was founded in September 1993 by six Stanford University graduates. Excite uses proprietary technology called Intelligent Concept Extraction.
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Submit your URL using their form. Indexing appears to be within a couple of days. HotBot Uses the Inktomi search engine. It uses META tags for descriptions. Submit your URL using their form.