Useful list of Search Engines & Directories on Web
Search engines and Directories play major role in the success of webmasters.Even there are many companies running on tasks like Search engine & Directory submission for their clients.So,one can imagine how important and costly these are.Here are some of the old & new search engines and directories used by considerable amount of people on web.
Most of the people on the web knows only top 3 or 4 search engines,but there are some considerable amount of old search engines still having fans.As a planned Webmaster you should also consider them to market your blog.For that here is the consolidate simple list for you.
Search Engines:
- Google: Collaborative filtering, huge database. Excellent.
- Yahoo: One of the popular search engines in market
- Ask: Natural language search engine.
- Live: Another top search engine from Microsoft
- Cuil: Came from Ex-Googlers to compete with top 3 search engines
- Alltheweb: Large database, good results.
- Web Wombat: Search engine, vertical engines, directory.
- KartOO: Visual search tool.
- Alta Vista: Web, Usenet. Speedy. Large database.
- MSN Search: Search engine from Microsoft.
- HotBot: Web, Usenet. Directory. Large database.
- Go Network: Web, Usenet, news, maps, directory, yellow pages, company profiles.
- Zapmeta: Metasearch tool. Site previews.
- Excite: Search and directory, sports, news, weather, reviews.
- Turbo10: Deep Web metasearch tool.
- Lycos: Search and pictures, sound, news, software, rated sites.
- Dogpile: Performs metasearching on web, Usenet, FTP.
- Starting Point: Web search and directory.
- Clusty: Clustering metasearch tool.
- SearchEdu.com: Search engine for university sites.
- Zuula: Results from several engines, tabbed format.
Directories:
- Yahoo: Most popular directory, image searches.
- Dmoz: Most popular and free to submit directory.
- LookSmart: Nicely set up directory from Reader’s Digest.
- Google Directory: Google rankings applied to Open Directory. Very Good.
- Open Directory: Directory created by volunteer Editors.
- about.com: Directory of expert guides, including Web searching.
- 1UpInfo: Excellent, easy to use directory.
- Librarian’s Index: Very nice directory, dozens of categories
- Search.com: Directory plus links to search engines.
- Education Index: Directory by educational subject, with annotated entries.
- Webbrain: Really cool graphic directory with good reference links.
- UniXL: Directory of education related sites.
- 100Hot.com: 100 most popular web sites in many categories, including newspapers.
- PlanetSearch: Engine with links to companies and government pages.
Still there are many other paid directories out there,but we need to utilize free sources as much as possible 
Hope this helps bit for you.Happy Blogging!
Good list of sources intact, submitting to directories is headache when it comes to some directories.
Most of them i saw are paid and that too they will not say anything when you start filling the form.At the they will give the option to pay
@Dawn,
thats correct most of the times they will ask to pay.I don’t know still how useful is to submit directories
Nice one,
Web directories are easy ways to gain web links.
Thanks for sharing,
Thanks for the huge list. Will store all the links….
Thanks for the list Lex, gonna bookmark it.
Best regards,
The Moneyac
@James,
Thanks for your Comment here.
@Nihar,
Thats great dude..thanks
@Moneyac,
Thanks for your bookmark mate…keep visiting guys..
Great list yar..def will bookmark this..
You know what Lex, I have forgot about directories.. thanks for rep remind me.. one think I hate about free directories their need their own banner or tag at you blog when you want to submit your blog.. arr I hate that, It’s make my blog look ugly.. but I think maybe I still ahve one or two place for that.. huhu..
@TJG,
Thats thanks for guys Bookmarking it
@newbiesblogger,
True man i saw some of the directories like that asking something in return like banners.I just ignore those
Orey lax great list,definitely these will helpful for our newly born site.Keep rocking mama…we will follow you
Great list dude. May be this would help me a lot. Thanks a for the mention
@Stestuff,
Thanks ra.
@Harish,
Thats great to see man.Thanks for commenting and keep coming…
DMOZ is not exactly free. Getting into the DMOZ library is as difficult as getting into the White House and they say its free, argh!
@Fasblog,
Yes,DMOZ is not free really..But they will say its free
Not only that man so many sites are cheating people like this.
Nice list, thanks! Aside from SEO, another way to drive traffic to your website is through PPC. http://find.com, a newly-relaunched search engine late last year, offers keyword advertising starting at $0.05 bid. Worth checking out, what’d you think?
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My application in DMOZ was rejected and I don’t know why… I think I must check my application and apply again.
Thanks for the list. I am excited to submit my blog on some of your listed Directories and Search Engine.
I thought there were only 3 search engines… hahhaha what a noob…
I only have small amount of knowledge about php but thanks for the editor I encourage myself to search more information and references.
Thanks for the list..It increase my SEO skill when having more SE and directory list..
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Can you also compile a list of directories where we should submit our blogs?