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Search Engine Submission Guide
Article by Dan Grossman

Below is a quick mini-guide to submitting your site to the search engines. Outlined are submission URLs, guidelines and tips for getting listed in each of them, along with the average time it takes for a site to become listed.

AltaVista
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Submission URL(s):
http://doc.altavista.com/addurl/
http://add-url.altavista.com/cgi-bin/newurl? (Free)

Submission Guidelines and Tips:
Submit up to 5 pages a day at most.

Indexing Time:
Often less than one week.

Lycos
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Submission URL(s):
http://home.lycos.com/addasite.html (Free)

Submission Guidelines and Tips:
ALT tags can increase your ranking.

Indexing Time:
Often within 3 weeks.

Excite
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Submission URL(s):
http://www.excite.com/info/add_url
http://www.excite.com/info/add_url_form (Free)

Submission Guidelines and Tips:
Submit only your main URL and your entire site should be spidered automatically.

Indexing Time:
2 weeks.

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