Search Engine and Directory Submission: Automated, Manual, or Not at All? - What is CozyCabin.com?
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Beware of claims such as, "We'll submit your website to 1000+ major search engines”. At best this statement is misleading. There aren't a thousand major search engines out there.
You should check out some of the engines listed for automated submission especially if the software does not provide a link directly to an engine's site. It was with this in mind that I tried to locate a search engine called “Pete's Internet Links”. A search on Google turns up over ten pages of sites with references to this “engine” but the engine itself is nowhere to be found. Perhaps it once existed but there's no reason for it to appear in current versions of autosubmission software other than to bloat numbers and mislead buyers. Where extravagant claims are made about the number of engines submitted to, further investigation will doubtless turn up other “vapour engines”.
For this reason an active link to the home page of an engine is a must-have feature of any submission software. Clicking the link should open the search engine page in your default browser or within the software itself. This will help verify the nature and existence of the site.
Another way of assessing the engines you are submitting to is by checking their popularity. To form some idea of the ranking of different search engines go to http://www.freewebsubmission.com. You'll find a listing of search engines and directories ranked by their popularity on Alexa's engine.
Alternately, you can go to the Alexa site itself and check out their ranking of different sites. You will have to sort out the information for yourself though. For instance, directories and engines are not listed together.
And, yes, cozycabin.com does exist, but have a look at the site before you decide to make a submission.
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