This is my list of search engines and the URL that is used to submit your web site. In some cases, the submission has a fee. Some submissions are entered via another service; for example, to submit your site to AOL, you must register with DMOZ. I have tried to list as many as possible here, but I know that there may be some missing. Please send me an email if you know of one that I should include on my list.

Search Engine

Submission

Comments

Ah-Ha
http://www.ah-ha.com

http://www.ah-ha.com/list/list_addurl.asp

Sign up for the "LogoLink" program and be a top-three bidder

AllTheWeb.com (Fast)
http://www.alltheweb.com/

http://www.alltheweb.com/add_url.php

Optimize each page of your site for one keyword phrase.  Submit multiple pages, but over a period of months.

AltaVista
http://www.altavista.com

http://addurl.altavista.com/addurl/new

Optimize each page of your site for one keyword phrase.  Submit your site to Alta Vista's search engine, and put easy-to-follow links from your home page to all your sub-pages. 

AOL Netfind
http://search.aol.com/

http://dmoz.org

Google paid listings appear at the top with just titles under a heading called "Sponsored Links" with a disclaimer "Provided by a third party and not endorsed by AOL."

Ask Jeeves
http://www.askjeeves.com/
http://www.ask.com/

None

Pay them

Dog Pile
http://www.dogpile.com/

none

Dog Pile has no directory

Excite
http://www.excite.com/

http://dmoz.org

Search results are paid Overture listings interspersed with results from a variety of other search engines.

Google
http://www.google.com/

http://www.google.com/addurl.html

Optimize each page of your site for one keyword phrase and get other sites to link to yours. Google has its own spider which builds its own database of web sites.  Google, will index almost any kind of file, including Adobe PDF files, text files, and database generated files (like asp pages).

Froogle
http://froogle.google.com/

http://www.google.com/addurl.html.

If your url is already listed in Google but your products are not showing up in Froogle, email Google at feeds-support@google.com. Include in the email your name, title, phone number, email address, the name of your store, the URL of your store's website, and a brief description of the types of products you sell. Google will send you instructions on how to submit your feed. The first step is to create, in Froogle's feed format, a tab-delimited text file, which you can upload to Froogle daily, weekly, or monthly.

HotBot
http://www.hotbot.com/

http://www.hotbot.lycos.co.uk/submit.html

Open Directory

Inktomi
http://www.inktomi.com/

none

Let them find you, or submit manually through each of the sites they have relationships with.  Inktomi is everywhere. It provides its search technology to About.com, America Online, HotBot, iWon, LookSmart, MSN, Overture, and many, many more. 

IWon
http://www.iwon.com/

none

Get listed on LookSmart

JoeAnt
http://www.joeant.com/

http://www.joeant.com/

The JoeAnt Directory is a human-edited directory.  As an editor, you can submit commercial and non-commercial sites for free.

LookSmart
http://www.looksmart.com/

http://www.zeal.com/users/become_a_zealot.jhtml

Non-profit websites only

Lycos
http://www.lycos.com/

http://searchservices.lycos.com/searchservices/select_overview.asp

Get listed on Fast/AllTheWeb

MSN
http://search.msn.com/

http://submitit.bcentral.com/msnsubmit.htm

Get listed on LookSmart

Netscape
http://search.netscape.com/

http://dmoz.org

Open Directory

Open Directory (DMOZ)
http://dmoz.org/

http://dmoz.org

The Open Directory is a human-edited directory.  All submissions are free, and commercial sites are welcome.

Overture
http://www.overture.com/

none

Overture does not maintain a directory

Teoma
http://www.teoma.com/

ineedhits.com

Pay them

WebCrawler
http://www.webcrawler.com/

http://dmoz.org

Open Directory

Yahoo!
http://www.yahoo.com/

http://www.yahoo.com/

Find the best subdirectory on Yahoo, and pay. Non-profit is free.

Zeal
http://www.zeal.com/

http://www.zeal.com/users/become_a_zealot.jhtml

Non-profit websites and individual subpages of for-profit sites which have not paid LookSmart for participation in another program.