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The search engines and directories listed below are some of the better known search engines.

Top Site Listings-Search Engine Optimization and Promotion Search engine optimization and promotion services, also an informational resource for search engine optimization.

Targeted Traffic From Search Engines

BruceClay.com
Search engine tactics and tips as well as common-sense answers that most people neglect to mention in search engine optimization sites. Bruce insists on having good content on your site and preparing it thoroughly before submitting to search engines. This is a top ranking site on most search engines. Bruce knows what he's talking about.

SearchEngines.com
SearchEngines.com is a comprehensive resource center for both web searchers and webmasters. It provides tools and techniques for search engine optimization, submission and maintenance. It also has an extensive list of search engines and directories as well as tips for effective searching. It constantly refreshes its content to keep up with the latest trends and technologies.

Fantomaster.com
Fantomaster.com is a site dedicated to helping people with all things search engine. There is heaps of information regarding search engine positioning and cloaking.

SearchEngineWatch.com
Essential tips and insider information about search engines and directories from Danny Sullivan. 'Spotlight' section on news from search engines and directories. Reviews, ratings and tests section - tests search engines for various abilities, advantages, common factors and compares them to each other. This site is definitely worth a look. There's a helpful page of links to search engine resources.

SelfPromotion.com
Robert Woodhead's site SelfPromotion is loaded with helpful tips on getting good search engine rankings. There are links to Robert's articles that are packed with information on keywords and useful tags. There's a great section on getting listed in Yahoo! and a submission tutorial you can take. If you decide you want to purchase tools, you pay what you think they're worth.

VirtualPROMOTE
This site is the ultimate resource for webmasters. Jim Wilson's VirtualPROMOTE will expand your knowledge with simple tools and articles. It's full of links to other great resources on the Internet. Take a look at the JimTools section for linking, positioning, keyword tools and more. Jim's guest tutorials are written by industry leaders to give you the edge in your field. Jim has a great weekly Gazette that's full of information about Internet marketing and promotion.

Magic-City.net
Bob Massa of Magic-City offers you his insider tips on search engine optimization. His hints are down-to-earth and he encourages ethical search engine submission. He doesn't promise to get a top ten listing for you just by following his suggestions, his aim is to help you get a higher ranking. Bob profiles the major search engines and directories, giving indexing times for each (both reported and confirmed times), and tricks for specific search engines.

Submit-It.com
Heaps of helpful information about what search engines are, what they do, what differentiates them from directories. All the information about different search engines has been collected for you. You can compare the different indexing of the top search engines. Large amounts information on submitting to Yahoo!.

Deadlock.com
It's unashamedly full of promotional links but this site is packed full of great information that covers all the aspects of search engine submission and optimization. Jim Rhodes gives the insider tips of the professionals, clear instructions and easy to understand information that can take you step-by-step through the process of preparing and optimizing for search engines. He covers all the things you need to know before submitting, how to optimize your site and how the search engines work. Jim has a FAQ page for quick reference and a good spam-free message board for your questions.

Globalserve.net
Globalserve.net has a search engine submission tutorial and lots of good resources for optimizing your site for the search engines and directories. There are many good links to articles and sites.

IBiz ImproveRanking
12 pages of helpful information about creating an optimized website. You'll find the content and links to tools useful. There are good hints on keyword choices and density, advice on how not to spam the search engines and improving your ranking through links.

Bizweb2000
Learn from Jim Daniels' experience with search engines and Internet promotion. Jim addresses search engine optimization by link popularity, as well as other aspects of promotion that include search engines. Freeware downloads and trial versions of software.

Webdigger.com
Several short pages of information about how to gain top rankings by employing some tactics and avoiding others. The basic dos and don'ts of the search engines. If you're having trouble getting the right keywords, meta tags and density of these, you'll find this information helpful.

Supersoft-Solutions.com
Supersoft-solutions offers you an effective position checker, URL submission, meta tag generator. There's a source of marketing news and information where you can find tips and secrets that have helped others to succeed. Their Web Based Articles On Search Engines page is full of good content from some search engine optimization industry leaders. This news page links to helpful information, some of which is up-to-the-minute with the latest news from search engines.

Globalnet
Offers a free promotion tips newsletter as well as free downloads to help you drive traffic to your website. The Globalnet Web Position Analyzer will optimize your keywords and improve your search engine ranking. The Globalnet Promotion Spider will list your web pages and keywords on all of the major search engines and popular links pages.

Brian Coryat
Brian Coryat gives a guest tutorial at virtualpromote.com, on one of the valuable pages of this site. Here are his tips for optimizing for search engines. Brian has been working in search engine optimization longer than anyone on the Internet, he claims to have the first such business, so you can be assured he knows his stuff.

SearchEngineWorld.com
SearchEngineWorld is a great source of articles and information about all things related to search engines. It has tips, tricks, news, meta tag information and more.

Search Engine Forums, Mailing Lists and Ezines

SearchEngineForums at JimWORLD
Learn more about specific search engines, ask questions of others and contribute your knowledge to Jim Wilson's SearchEngineForums.com. You'll find focused discussions and information on individual search engines as well as on general search engine topics. Learn from the wisdom of those who have submitted before you.

SearchEngines.com Newsletter
The SearchEngines.com biweekely newsletter reports on events in the world of search engines and practical optimization strategies to improve your site's search engine rankings.

Rank Write Roundtable
The Rank Write Roundtable is an email forum for your questions about successful online writing and high search engine rankings. It features expert answers from Jill Whalen and Heather Lloyd-Martin.

FantomNews
The Fantomaster newsletter, FantomNews publishes the latest information on its products, services and all the tricks of the search engine trade and more. It is a low frequency ezine.

Jim Rhodes' Message Board
Jim has a great spam-free message board where you can see other people's questions and ask your own.

Babblebot Ezine
Twice a month you can receive this free ezine, packed with Internet advertising and business ideas, with a section dedicated to the latest search engine news and tips.

WebmasterWorld.com
Webmaster World has a large range of forums where you can post questions or answers about webmaster and website tools. There are also various search engine related topics available.

AssociatePrograms.com Message Board
How good are these pay per click search engines? Tell us on the AssociatePrograms.com message board. Look for the topic: Pay Per Click Search Engines.