The Other Search Engines

**gregory** · 02-19-2005, 10:26 PM

There are som many companies selling search engine submission/registration, designers selling the same as part of their work, but I want to know if this is even legit or not?

I continue to build and launch websites, never once submitted or registering them with anyone or anything, and they invariable end up in the indexes of google and any other search engine I come across.

So if these SEs crawl the internet and find sites and index them automatically, what's the point of submitting or registering a site? Just to get it on sooner? (I've noticed google can take up to 2 or 3 weeks).

Also, Yahoo is supposedly a paid registration deal (at least for businesses), but all of my sites and my clients sites come up on it (often ranked extremely well), without them or me ever have registered with Yahoo.

Will someone please give me the final word on this? I tell my clients that registration is a waste of time and money, and I believe it, but I'd like to have some back up.

Thanks.

**leadegroot** · 02-25-2005, 07:38 AM

Yes, you do not need to submit to or register with the engines - complete waste of time.
The engines will find you with their bots, if you have decent links, and they don't want to know you if you don't!

As for Yahoo - I think you are confusing the directory and the search engine. The directory allows paid submissions but the search engine is a free entry, if their bots can find you.

HIH
Lea

**ParasHaria** · 02-25-2005, 06:55 PM

SEOs' do some good work - but there are fair few of them about who know how to really get you to the top of the rankings!! most are just touting for business in a sector which is calling out to be exploited.

by doing some research you can help you sites climb the rankings at no cost!!