Search
Engine Comparison
| Disclaimer:Comparisons are independent findings and should only be used for informational purposes | |||||
| Search Engine | Approx. Size | META Tags Support | Spider Support | directory/seach engin | Approx Listing Schedule |
| Altavista | 350 Million | Yes | Yes | search engine | 8 weeks |
| AOL | 560 Million | No | No | search engine | 3 to 8 weeks |
| Excite | 250 Million | Description Only | No | search engine | 10 weeks |
| 560 Million | Yes | Yes | search engine | 1 - 3 weeks | |
| GoTo | 110 Million | No | No | search engine | 2 weeks |
| HotBot | 110 Million | Yes | Yes | search engine | 2-4 weeks |
| Infoseek/Go | 50 Million | No | No | search engine | Bye, Bye |
| Lycos | Unknown | No | No | search engine | 3-4 weeks |
| NBCi | Unknown | No | No | directory | 1 week |
| Webcrawler | 50 Million | Yes | No | search engine | 3 to 6 months |
| Direct Hit | 50 Million | Yes | No | search engine | a few weeks |
| Fast/All the Web | 50 Million | Yes | No | search engine | 1-2 weeks |
| Yahoo! | Unknown | No | directory | 7days -20weeks | 7days -20weeks |
| All search engine sizes and submission times are approximations and may be inaccurate. | |||||
The above are the major search engines where 95% of all search engine traffic comes from. These are the search engines that we optimize for.
