paynt - 10:36 pm on Oct 18, 2001 (gmt 0)

Hi daveman and welcome to Webmaster World.

It's good to ask for help before you jump in and you've come to the right place for that.

I always start with the directories. Those are basically a one-time submission. Get a good listing then in Yahoo, ODP and Looksmart. From there Google will pick the site up so you don’t need to submit there. I do pay for inclusion in Inktomi, which filters, into many of the back-ups for engines I don’t get a lot of traffic from. I submit to FAST and Alta Vista. There are a few alternative search engines and portals that you can submit to.

From there I look for vortal/portal/hubs that are within my themes. These are very good for posting your link pop and will sometimes bring traffic. Do a bit of looking around here because you’ll find a tremendous amount of specific and helpful tips for each engine and directory as well as ideas for boosting your sites link popularity.