[Savannah-hackers] Getting Listed in Meta Search Engines

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GETTING LISTED IN META SEARCH ENGINES

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Meta search engines such as Ask Jeeves and Hotbot have become popular search 
tools. This week's newsletter will talk about how meta search engines differ 
from regular search engines and how to get listed in them.

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A META SEARCH ENGINE AND A REGULAR SEARCH ENGINE?
Meta search engines are very different from regular search engines. The main 
distinction is that meta search engines do not have their own databases. They 
do not review Websites and they do not index them. Instead a meta search engine 
will perform a query on many different search engines simultaneously. Your 
search terms are automatically sent to the databases of other search engines 
like Alta Vista, Fast, Look Smart, MSN, Open Directory, Overture, or Yahoo. The 
results pulled from those search engines are merged together and presented as 
one unified set of results.

ARE META SEARCH ENGINES BETTER THAN INDIVIDUAL SEARCH ENGINES?
This is a difficult question to answer. If you perform your search on a single 
search engine you will get a large number of results, but only Websites in that 
engine's database will appear. Since meta search engines give you access to 
multiple databases they often produce more varied results. Unfortunately, those 
results are also limited since often only the top hits from each of the 
databases appear in the meta search engine results.

The success of your Meta search query will depend on several factors. The 
status of each individual search engine will affect your query. Busy servers, 
timeouts and slow responses can all contribute to poor results on your search. 
Also, you cannot refine a search on a meta search engines since they do not 
handle complex search queries intelligently. They do not recognize search terms 
such as "and", "or", and "not". Finally, not all major engines are accessible 
by meta search engines. Google, for instance, says they do not allow their 
database to be searched by meta engines because they claim that it would drain 
their resources.

HOW DO I GET LISTED IN META SEARCH ENGINES?
To get your site listed in a meta search engine your site needs to have been 
indexed by the other search engines it pulls its results from. A good ranking 
in one search engine can thus do double duty by getting you good ranking on 
meta search engines too.

Below are links to some popular meta search engines:
http://www.ask.com
http://www.hotbot.com
http://www.dogpile.com
http://www.metacrawler.com
http://www.mamma.com
http://www.ixquick.com
http://www.highway61.com

OUR SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION PROGRAM
The best way to get noticed by the search engines is to use a professional 
search engine placement service like ours. We use expertise and technological 
know-how to get you top search engine placement:

1. Our professionally trained technicians help you to choose the 20 keyword 
phrases that best reflect the main focus of your site.

2. We use those keywords to optimize your meta tags and build over 100 HTML 
advertising pages designed to conform to the ranking criteria of the top search 
engines.

3. Since many search engines now use link popularity in their rankings, we 
employ link building strategies such as reciprocal link relationships with 
related businesses.

4. We manually submit your site to Web directories like the Open Directory 
Project. (We do not submit to spider-based search engine because research 
indicates that these types of search engines give preference to sites that 
their spiders find through links.)

5. Our online client reporting system puts tracking information at your 
fingertips so that you can monitor your site's progress.

6. Free customer support is always available for active clients through our 
toll free customer support hotline. Active clients can check their search 
engine keyword rankings with our online reporting system.

If you are not an active client and would like information on our Power Click 
Network, search engine optimization services, or a free keyword analysis of 
your Web site please respond to this email and include your name, phone number, 
and site URL.

SEARCH ENGINE NEWS FROM AROUND THE WEB

Google Launches Internet Coding Battle
http://www.silicon.com/news/500019/1/6062.html

IBM Unveils New Advanced Search Engine
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/corporatenews/view/49350/1html

Overture Enters Spain
http://boston.internet.com/news/article.php/3078771

Five Common Search Engine Mistakes
http://www.computerweekly.com/articles/article.asp?liArticleID=124936

LookSmart Class Action Lawsuit Settlement Proposed
http://www.searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3077341

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