Kevin pointed out that I didn't have a link showing where you can see the search term bids.
Here it is from Overture.
You might note the Human Input Validation on this page (the area where it asks you to type the letters in the image). This was put there - because people like me wrote programs (robots) to automatically gather the bid prices for long lists of words.
Human Input Validation makes it tough for scripts to access the bids - but in response to the demands of the high volume purchasers there was an API developed for programmers to access the listings (thus bypassing the form). I happened to be one of the firt people to give overture feedback on the API documentation. I am not 100% sure if Overture ever put the project into production - but I know they did work on it.
andre
I thought I would add another link to a Freebie search engine submission.
The site is called Gigablast. Its a one person search engine. Luckily that one person is a former employee of infoseek - and luckily he seems to know what he is doing because Gigablast actually generates decent results.
I'm going to bet that everyone hears more about this search engine in the future as its 'underdog' status gains it fame.
As with all rules there are exceptions - this will be the exception to the rule about not submitting to non top 10 search engines. I'm pretty sure this one is safe. (one good clue is that it doesn't ask for any information about you - just your URL if you are submitting - plus it is free to submit).
For more information about Gigablast check out http://gigablast.com/about.
To submit your URL http://gigablast.com/addurl.
andre
Hello everyone.
First of all thanks for the kind words after the talk last Thursday. I hope the information I provided was of some use to members in the group.
I just wanted to add a couple of notes to go along with the talk from the April 29th 2004 newpath discussion on SEO.
1) When choosing keywords and search phrases: Another tip - try plurals of your words. "Art Program" and "Art Programs" produce different results in search engines.
2) A general note: I'm not sure if I made it clear during the talk - but when you are optimizing for a search phrase or search terms - you are actually optimizing a single page on your site for the phrase or term. If you attempt to optimize your entire site for a single term or phrase all of your pages are going to look and sound an awful lot alike.
3) I didn't talk about Blogs much because they are typically personal sites (vs. your corporate site) - but I did include a few links to some Blog Search Engines you might consider adding your personal blog to (so more people can read your take on the world).
4) Feel free to add comments or ask questions on this site. Also post your own research or links of interest here (or on your own site and link to them from here). I will try and answer as many questions as I can.
5) A shameless personal plug: If you know of anyone that needs SEO work done - or would require a consultant on their SEO campaign - please pass along my name and contact information.
Andre Molnar
905-522-1648
andre@andremolnar.com
6) Attend the June Newpath meeting: I will be covering:
i) Google Specific SEO
ii) Meta Data (way beyond the meta tag)
iii) Covering FAQs from the first talk.
andre
General Search Engine and SEO Related Resources
SearchEngineWatch.com (Granddaddy of SEO News) - http://searchenginewatch.com/
1StSearchRanking.net (Lots of Free and Useful Information) - http://www.1stsearchranking.net/articles.htm
Submission Tips from Search Engine Watch - http://searchenginewatch.com/webmasters/index.php
Search Engine Landscape from Search Engine Watch (Who owns Who) - http://searchenginewatch.com/reports/article.php/2156401
Submit Your Site:
Free<br />
Google - http://www.google.com/addurl.html
All The Web (owned by Yahoo) - http://www.alltheweb.com/help/webmaster/submit_site
Yahoo/Altavista - http://submit.search.yahoo.com/free/request
LookSmart/Zeal (non commercial) - http://www.zeal.com/users/become_a_zealot.jhtml
DMOZ (ODP) Directory - http://dmoz.com/add.html
PAY
Teoma (Ask Jeeves) - http://www.alltheweb.com/help/webmaster/submit_site
Yahoo/Overture/Inktomi/Altavista - http://http://www.content.overture.com/d/USm/ays/sm.jhtml
Yahoo Directory - https://ecom.yahoo.com/dir/express/intro/
Pay Per Click
Overture - http://www.content.overture.com/d/about/advertisers/
Google Ad Words - https://adwords.google.com/select/
LookSmart - https://secure.findwhat.com/signup/signup.asp
BLOG Search Engines / Directories
BlogSearchEngine - http://www.blogsearchengine.com
BlogDex - http://www.blogdex.com
BlogORama - http://www.blogarama.com
BlogsCanada - http://www.blogscanada.com
Tools
Word Tracker (Pay - but has a free trial and other free resources) http://www.wordtracker.com
Overture (Free) Tools - http://www.content.overture.com/d/USm/ac/index.jhtml
Search Term Suggestions
DMOZ Resources
ODP Forum - Answers and Questions to DMOZ issues - Can also check submission status of your site http://resource-zone.com/