Free Inktomi Inclusion

Where can we submit?

[Canton]

Since Hotbot (U.S.) isn't currently taking submissions and Hotbot (UK) notes that their search index comes from FAST, is there anywhere left to submit to Ink. for free?

[AkanDian rain]

I've always used HotBot UK www.hotbot.lycos.co.uk/submit.html. I hadn't heard anything about them switching to Fast.

[lazerzubb]

I remember Inktomi Employee said 90% of submission is SPAM, so i would just collect some inbound links and Inktomi will probably index you.

They said that they update their index every second week.

I have had new sites in within a month, in the last 2 months.

[Rumbas]

>switching to Fast

What about right here [webmasterworld.com]? ;)

[AkanDian rain]

There it is...

Fresh off the presses, HotBot UK is switching to AllTheWeb/Fast. And if Lazerzubb is correct and Inktomi is going to rely on their spiders, they better hope they can compete with Google.

[Nick_W]

Yep, inbound links.

I've always found inclusion a long drawn out process... but I always get there in the end ;)

Nick

[quiet_man]

To submit to Ink for free you can always try [submitit.bcentral.com...] . Be prepared for a long wait though.

[coconutz]

I submitted to bCentral [submitit.bcentral.com] about a month ago and saw this yesterday:

2002-09-12 11:25:30 63.104.216.48 HEAD /index.htm - 200 bCentral+Submit-it+Crawler

Hope it's a good sign...