Ask Uk/.com

advice for submitting url

[bobo7]

Hi
I'd just like some advice on the best approach to submitting a site to Ask.co.uk & Ask.com. If anybody has any previous experience or pointers I'd be most grateful.

Thanks in advance
B

[Rusky]

[e-mail]

with a short description

[bobo7]

That fine thanks, but are you aware of their house style? How many suggestions should I make etc?
Thanks again

[Rusky]

I am afraid that is all of the info I can give you as I do not have any definitive answers about your other queries.

Any new sites that I market get sent to that email address, I couldn't tell you if it is effective but we do get referrals from them, but I think that is from the other sites that they reference.

Sorry I could not have been more help, I am sure someone else out there can give you a better answer.

Cheers

Rusky

[jeremy goodrich]

If you submit to Direct hit, you get into the Ask.com db as well. As for the British version, I'm sorry, I don't know anything...perhaps another Brit, or somebody with a more international focus can be more specific.

[bobo7]

Cheers guys
thanks for the words of wisdom anyway :)

Bobby

[sugarkane]

Rusky,

Do you submit just the root domain or specific pages? I was wondering if it might be worth presenting them with tightly focussed 'answers' rather than hoping they actually explore the site...

[Rusky]

I have only ever sent the root domain, however I do not see why you cannot send them other pages, it doesn't hurt to try :)

To be honest AskJeeves is of secondary importance to me as I mentioned above the referrals are usually from the other search engines that AskJeeves reference, Altavista etc.

[sugarkane]

I've never really paid much attention to Ask UK either, but last week they found one of my sites and have given about a dozen sections of it their own 'question' - ranked highly for my main keyword.

The traffic has been surprising - jostling with AV for fourth place in my referrals, plenty enough to get my future attention ;)

[Rusky]

Interesting....any idea how this happened was it through Direct Hit ?

[sugarkane]

To be honest, I've no idea. The site in question has been around in one form or another for years, and has been well ranked in DH for over a year.

Why they should suddenly pick up on it now...?

Does anyone know how deep the relationship between DH and Ask is?

[gethan]

Relationship between DH and Ask =

"Direct Hit and Ask Jeeves
In February 2000, Direct Hit was acquired by Ask Jeeves, Inc."

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