As an Intergrow Hosting or Design client your website will be optimized for search engines. Then, we will manually submit your website to all significant FREE search engines, major indexes, general indexes, business indexes, and shopping indexes (if applicable), that are listed in the LEFT column below, EXCEPT those marked with an asterisk (*). The ones marked with an asterisk require manual visits to the submission page of the engine's website and placing custom entries that require additional time. We can submit to ALL of the FREE sites in the LEFT column for a one-time charge of $150.00. The submission service will not guarantee your websites placement or ranking in search engines (no true professional could possibly guarantee that) but will significantly benefit your website traffic volumes.
There are also many search engine and indexes that require fees to be listed, such as Yahoo!. Many of these are very worthwhile. These engines and indexes are NOT included in our submission process, but may be added for a small administrative fee (as described below) beyond the submission fees charged by the index or search engine company. Many of these pay sites require in-depth manual submission procedures so our administrative fee may be worthwhile.
Below is a fairly complete list of the major search engine and index sites we cover.
| Major Search Engines | ||||
FREE Engines:
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Pay Engines: | Their Fee $19.00 for 1st URL $39.00 for 1st URL $50.00 plus pay-per-click Pay-per-click $30.00 |
Our Fee $10.00 $10.00 $10.00 $10.00 $10.00 |
Total Fee for Submission $29.00 $49.00 $60.00 $10.00 $40.00
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| Major Indexes | ||||
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Free Indexes: Zeal* |
Pay Indexes: |
Their Fee $30.00 $40.00 Pay-per-click $299.00 annually |
Our Fee $10.00 $10.00 $10.00 $30.00 |
Total Fee for Submission $40.00 $50.00 $10.00 $329.00
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| General Indexes | ||||
Free Indexes: Ditto (if applicable) *LinkMaster (up to you) *NetInsert (up to you)
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Pay Indexes:
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Their Fee $50.00 $29.00 $5-100 $49.95
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Our Fee $10.00 $10.00 $20.00 $10.00
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Total Fee for Submission $60.00 $39.00 $25-120.00 $59.95
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| Business Indexes | ||||
Free Bus. Indexes: *1st Global Directory (requires reciprocal link) |
Pay Indexes:
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Their Fee Pay-per-click
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Our Fee $10.00
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Total Fee for Submission $10.00
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| Shopping Indexes | ||||
Free Shopping Indexes: |
Pay Indexes: |
Their Fee Fee varies
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Our Fee $20.00
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Total Fee for Submission $20.00
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| Extra: We will submit to all FREE Search Engines and Indexes in the left column, including the asterisks ones, for a one-time $150.00 fee. These sites (asterisks) require manual submissions and time commitments beyond what is able to offered within your hosting account. | ||||
Search Engines – What are they?
Search Engines are software that searches for data based on some criteria. Although search engines have been around for decades, they have been brought to the forefront since the World Wide Web exploded onto the scene. Every Web search site uses a search engine that it has either developed itself or has purchased from a third party. Search engines can differ dramatically in the way they find and index the material on the Web, and the way they search the indexes from the user's query.The terms "search engine" and "Web search site" are used synonymously, although the former technically describes the software and methodology used, while the latter refers to the site itself.
There are various Websites that maintain databases about the contents of other Web sites. Most sites are free and are paid for by advertising banners, while others charge for the service. Yahoo! was the first search site to gain worldwide attention, and it differs from most other search sites because its content is indexed by people who create a hierarchical directory by subject. As a result, Yahoo! and similar sites are technically called "directories" rather than search engines.
Most other sites are highly automated, sending spider programs out on the Web around the clock to collect the text of Web pages. Spiders follow all the links on a page and put all the text into one gigantic database, which is what you search when you use the site. Sometimes, a Website will offer both search engine and directory capabilities.
Our search engine and index submission and website promotion feature, with resubmissions every 45 days, will continue for one-year free of charge. After the year has expired we will continue optimizing your search engine ranking for $50.00 a year.
Anatomy of Search Engine Submission
Included with every hosting account is submissions of your website to the above shown and additional website search engines (portals). Below is a general list of the process and the time frame for expected traffic volume increases.Day 1
A website not listed in the Major directories receives only a trickle of traffic from the occasional manual search engine submission.
Day 30
After being listed in the Major Indexes and Search Engines, a website begins to pick up a bit of traffic directly from the sites.
Day 90
Incoming traffic is now substantial once the search engines from all over the web gather their data from their respective directories and list the information within their own results. For example: MSN indexes the Overture directory, then a visitor queries MSN, and they are sent to your website via the data originally submitted to Overture. While the "major" search engines are listed, there are dozens of smaller engines not included in the diagram which send traffic as well.
