Free secondary SE submission

Which are the best?

[spikedo55]

I know its wise to submit your site to Google, etc. But which secondary search engines are a must? Do any of these have free submission?

[jlr1001]

Fast:All the Web is a good second S.E.

I still submit to AltaVista, though it's not what it used to be. GigaBlast rounds out my free S.E.'s . . . At this time GB isn't that big, but who knows how it will be in a year or two's time.

Don't forget the ODP, and other, industry specific, directories.

-jlr1001

[Robert Charlton]

I think that Inktomi is a very important engine. It's also possible to get into Inktomi free, but it takes time. Free submission at:

[submitit.bcentral.com...]

I usually wait until the site is fairly well linked (ie, with inbound links), preferably with an ODP listing (but that can take a while), before submitting.

If you're patient, an ODP listing, in fact, makes it unnecessary to submit to just about everything else... except maybe AltaVista.

[spikedo55]

Robert,

Great link. You have any others? Most of these recommendations, though, are still major search engines in my mind. I'm looking for the next tier below. Anyone else have suggestions?

[EliteWeb]

AltaVista Submit [addurl.altavista.com]

ViscaOnline Submit [viscaonline.com]

FAST Submit [alltheweb.com]

Ah-Ha Submit [ah-ha.com]

HotBot Submit [hotbot.lycos.co.uk]

Lycos Submit [ldbreg.lycos.com]

GoGuides Submit [goguides.org]

[Travel]

One of the best suggestions I heard was to help find lower directories specific to your niche.

Search for your niche - eg "red gnomes"
now search those pages for the following
"add your URL"
"submit a site"

Secondary engines tend to do little traffic- but this will actually target the small amount of traffic a bit better

[spikedo55]

Elite,

Thanks. You had some real winners in that list.