Traffic Flow SEO

Alexa recently announced that they are implementing a new ranking system which will include more sources for better accuracy and normalizing traffic from their global panel to provide consistently accurate rankings for all countries.

I am happy to see this as I had stopped paying as much attention to Alexa and started using Compete.com (which I think is a great resource also). In addition, I have started to notice my Alexa rank getting better and better for one of my premium web directories which was at around 60K in the Alexa rankings, but dropped to around 350K all the while traffic was actually increasing. Now it has started to get back to normal and is sitting around 235K and getting better each week.

To read more on Alexa's new ranking system click here - The New Alexa Rankings

Aaron Wall over at SEO Book has done it again and released a great new free SEO resource. It is called Rank Checker and provides a quick keyword ranking tool across Google, Yahoo and MSN/Live that is actually a plug-in for Firefox.

I downloaded and installed it and have to say it is a very good "basic" program for keyword rank checking. I hope Aaron keeps updating over time as it has a great foundation.

Click here to visit - Rank Checker

It had to happen sooner or later. See it here - Google Me Baby

I found this site on the forums and thought I might share. The name of it is - WebVitals (great name and URL). It seems to produce good and updated site information (many of these types of sites get outdated and forgotten by their owners quickly as they lose interest) for those interested including:

- Google PageRank
- Google Backlinks
- MSN Backlinks
- Yahoo! Backlinks
- Google Pages Indexed
- Yahoo! Pages Indexed
- MSN Pages Indexed
- Alexa Traffic Rank
- Alexa Reach Rank
- Alexa Links In
- Yahoo! Directory Listings
- DMOZ Directory Listings

Check it out here - WebVitals

I had rounded up a list of almost every search engine on the Web including top tier, second tier and some really out there search engines that allow you to submit your site for free as many of them have limited crawlers and may or may not ever find your site. Below is that list with the engine name and a direct link to the submission page:


Guaranteed Inclusion in 10 Search Engine Databases
and 10 Associated Web Directories!
Click Here - Rapid Inclusion in The Search Engine Network


Automated free search engine submission resources (includes some web directories and niche search engines):

350 Search Engine Submissions - Link
300 Search Engine and Web Directory Submissions - Link
170 Search Engine and Web Directory Submissions - Link
150 Search Engine Submissions - Link
140 Search Engine Submissions - Link
140 Search Engine and Web Directory Submissions - Link
130 Search Engine Submissions - Link
100 Search Engine and Web Directory Submissions - Link
50 Search Engine Submissions - Link
40 Search Engine and Web Directory Submissions - Link
21 Search Engines and Web Directory Submissions - Link
20 Search Engine Submissions (at bottom of page) - Link
12 Search Engine Submissions - Link

Individual free search engine submission links:

Burf - Submission Page
Exalead - Submission Page
guruji - Submission Page
Gigablast - Submission Page
Entireweb - Submission Page
FyberSearch - Submission Page
MixCat - Submission Page
OneSeek - Submission Page
WhatUseek - Submission Page
Scrub The Web - Submission Page
Search Site - Submission Page
Infotiger - Submission Page
SonicRun - Submission Page
Abacho - Submission Page
Acoon.com - Submission Page
Amfibi - Submission Page
homerweb - Submission Page
JGDO - Submission Page
Myahint - Submission Page
Walhello - Submission Page

Just Added 3/20/08!

Big Finder - Submission Page
Search Hippo (requires free registration) - Submission Page
Web Squash - Submission Page
W8 Search - Submission Page
Tower Search (requires registration) - Submission Page

Just Added 3/21/08 - Decided to add in some of the major players after many requests.

Baidu (in Chinese, but pretty easy to figure out) - Submission Page
Google - Submission Page
Yahoo - (reguires free registration) - Submission Page
Search-O-Rama - Submission Page
Igwanna - Submission Page
Cipinet - Submission Page

Just Added 3/25/08

Navisso - Submission Page
AxxaSearch - Submission Page
Dino Search (for kids sites only) - Submission Page
Boitho - Submission Page
Gheto Search - Submission Page
Intel Seek - Submission Page
Search Ramp - Site Submission
Ultimate Web Search - Site Submission

Just added 3/29/08

Find Once - Submission Page
Net Search - Submission Page
Susy Search - Submission Page

Just added additional Chinese search engines 4/2/08

iASK - Submission Page
ZhongSou.com - Submission Page

Just added 4/7/08

Famhoo (family friendly search) - Submission Page
ExactSeek (requires registration) - Submission Page
AcrossCan (Canadian sites only) - Submission Page
Megaglobe - Submission Page

Just added 4/14/08

AnooX - Submission Page

Just added 4/20/08

Alexa - Submission Page
Aesop - Submission Page
Shoula! Search - Submission Page
NetSearch - Submission Page

Just added 4/22/08

SearchIt - Submission Page

Just added 4/24/08

Biveroo - (in German) Submission Page
Official Search - Submission Page
Iconnic - Submission Page
Coolfishy - Submission Page
CorrectSearch (requires registration) - Submission Page

Just added 4/27/08

Enter UK (UK sites only) - Submission Page
seeknet - Submission Page

Just added 4/30/08

hakia (requires registration) - Submission Page
gogo - (Russian site) - Submission Page

Just added 5/4/08

43N39E - Submission Page

Just added 5/6/08

Antya (click on Submit URL) - Submission Page
VROOSH! (requires reciprocal link) - Submission Page

Just added 5/17/08

Claymont Search - Submission Page
Really Big Search (requires registration) - Submission Page
Search Engine XXX (not adult - requires registration) - Submission Page
shazee (requires registration) - Submission Page

Just added 5/30/08

amidalla - Submit Page
Wedoo.com (requires registration) - Submit Page
Stopdog - Submission Page
searchengine.com - Submission Page
eXactBot - Submission Page

Just added 6/13/08

Vmgo.com - Submission Page

Just added 6/16/08

Blue.lu - Submission Page

Just added 6/29/08

eBingBong - Submission Page

Just added 7/1/08

Jungle Spider (German Sites Only) - Submission Page
NIGMA.RU (Russian) - Submission Page

Just added 7/3/08

Swoogle - Submission Page
Knoole - Submission Page

Just added 7/6/08

XavierSeek - Submission Page

Just added 7/13/08

Lexxe - Submission Page

Just added 7/16/08

Xoole - Submission Page

Just added 7/20/08

eTracking (have to click on 'Add URL') - Submission Page

Just added 7/27/08

Zoohoo (Slovakia)- Submission Page

Just added 7/31/08

Foovey Search (requires registration) - Submission Page

Just added 8/6/08

Cavarzano (Italian) - Submission Page

Just added 8/8/08

Yandex (Russian) - Submission Page

Just added 8/12/08

Yoozila - Submission Page

Just added 9/15/08

(They are all part of the same network, so submitting to one WILL most likely provide data to all of them)

Web Portal Guide - Submission Page
Search Blast - Submission Page
The Seek Portal - Submission Page
Find That Website - Submission Page
Search It Guide - Submission Page
Find Similar Pages - Submission Page
Smart Search Guide - Submission Page
Klik Point - Submission Page
Hi Seek - Submission Page
Hot Site Search - Submission Page
More Web Search - Submission Page
Peak Search - Submission Page
Prime Search Results - Submission Page
Search Box - Submission Page
Ifernatix Solutions - Submission Page
The Original Search Engine - Submission Page
amele - Submission Page
AZ to ZA - Submission Page
Dr. Search - Submission Page
Help You Search - Submission Page
My Search Pilot - Submission Page
Therbo Search - Submission Page
Search Engine Tool - Submission Page
Your Reply - Submission Page
Mouse Click - Submission Page
Dash Launch - Submission Page
All Best Search - Submission Page
Better Internet Search - Submission Page
I Need Search - Submission Page
Local Search Engine - Submission Page
Ask the Search Guru - Submission Page
Searching Portal - Submission Page
Home Business Data Center - Submission Page
Go Find Here - Submission Page
Webmaster Tools - Submission Page
Sitefind - Submission Page
Gokoole - Submission Page
BruneiFM - Submission Page
AcuSearch - Submission Page
My Coco Land - Submission Page
All Can Seek - Submission Page
All U Search - Submission Page
All We Seek - Submission Page
And Search - Submission Page
AskSearch - Submission page
Beat Bop - Submission Page
Best City Search - Submission Page
Best Net Search - Submission Page
Big Splash - Submission Page
Computer Seek - Submission Page
DigiCrawl - Submission Page
Dot Search - Submission Page
Easy To Search - Submission Page
Final Search - Submission Page
Find This - Submission Page
Find Path - Submission Page
Find Your Search - Submission Page
FindZilla - Submission Page
Fitter Bitter - Submission Page
Search Network - Submission Page
Hip Flip - Submission Page
Hypno Search - Submission Page
Lightning Search - Submission Page
Meta Search Live - Submission Page
MicroSeek - Submission Page
Mota Crawler - Submission Page
One Search Nation - Submission Page
Querybit - Submission Page
Rapid Crawl - Submission Page
Refresh Line - Submission Page
Remote Search - Submission Page
Search Mind - Submission Page
Search Quick - Submission Page
Search Bell - Submission Page
Sly Seek - Submission Page
SparkleBerry - Submission Page
Surfer Search - Submission Page
Sweet Search - Submission Page
Teeter Totter - Submission Page
Text Billboards - Submission Page
Think Seek - Submission Page
Thunder Seek - Submission Page
World Seek - Submission Page
Wow Seek - Submission Page
Yuppy Search - Submission Page
Maddog's Profiles - Submission Page
WaWiz - Submission Page
More Web Search - Submission Page
Find Portal - Submission Page
exopple - Submission Page

Just added 9/22

iDoFind.com - Submission Page

Just added 9/25

DeepIndex (in French, but indexes English pages also) - Submission Page
SpongeLink (currently only US and UK sites) - Submission Page

Just added 9/26

ubExact - Submission Page

Just added 10/9

TROPICA (in German, but appears to accept English sites) - Submission Page
www.search.ch (Swiss, but offers multiple languages) - Submission Page

Just added 10/10

XOLA (Vietnamese, but appears to accept English sites) - Submission Page

Just added 10/18

Thorseek (UK only sites - URL must end in suffix '.uk') - Submission Page

Just added 10/21

WEBoFANT (Swiss only sites - URL must end in suffix '.il' or '.ch') - Submission Page
Oriango - Submission Page
Find Once - Submission Page

Just added 11/9/08

Harmony Search (text mostly in Japanese) - Submission Page
WASALive! - Submission Page
Anopt (in Russian) - Submission Page
Rambler (in Russian) - Submission Page

Just added 11/16/08

META (Ukranian - requires registration) - Submission Page

Just added 12/01/08

Seznam (Czech) - Submission Page
acoon.de (German) - Submission Page

Just added 12/8/08

fastbot (German) - Submission Page
Semager (German) - Submission Page
KOBALA (Dutch) - Submission Page

Just added 12/18/08

Super.Info - Submission Page
Zatka (only Indian sites) - Submission Page
Abraham Search - Submission Page

Just added 12/19/08

Insitor (German) - Submission Page
Pogodak! (Croatian) - Submission Page

Just added 12/26/08
4-everY-1 - Submission Page

Just added 1/6/09
Searchers (UK) - Submission Page

Just added 1/13/09
onkosh (in Arabic) - Submission Page

Just added 1/23/09
Redzee - Submission Page (please note that is says that submissions are to only update the image used in visual portion of the engine results, it will add new sites in this way also)

Just added 1/28/09
Majestic-12 - Submission Page

Just added 2/11/09
SearchWiz - Submission Page

Just added 3/4/09
Sagoon (requires registration) - Submission Page

Just added 4/5/09
ODCN.org (Chinese) - Submission Page
NetSprint (Polish) - Submission Page

Just added 4/19/09
Nepal Search (Nepal sites only) - Submission Page
YAAL.DE (German) - Submission Page

Just added 4/20/09
All Xplore - Submission Page

Just added 4/29/09
Mardox - Submission Page

Just added 5/4/09
AnazitisiS - Submission Page

Just added 5/5/09
Yasmos - Submission Page

Just added 5/11/09
Najdi.si - Submission Page

Just added 5/13/09
HopHunt - Submission Page

Just added 5/21/09
STSEEK - Submission Page

Just added 5/25/09
Cnous.ch (French sites only) - Submission Page
Thagodz - Submission Page

Just added 5/28/09
ilse (Israeli) - Submission Page

Just added 6/21/09
Buscan.com (Canary Islands) - Submission Page

Just added 7/16/09
hengine - Submission Page

Just added - 7/21/09
Watta Search - Submission Page

Just added - 7/27/09
iSTOP.in - Submission Page

Just added 8/10/09
Jabse (Bulgarian) - Submission Page

Just added 8/11/09
Liggs - Submission Page

Just added 8/16/09
IWannaSearch - Submission Page

Just added 8/23/09
Wirtualna Polska (Polish) - Submission Page
Szukacz (Polish Sites Only) - Submission Page

Just added 8/25/09
Portelo (Israel) - Submission Page

Just added 9/3/09
Active Search Results - Submission Page

Just added 9/14/09
Ara.com.tr (Turkish) - Submission Page

Just added 9/24/09
SitiDi.net - Submission Page

Just added 10/21/09
Coyote Search - Submission Page
Spider Monkey - Submission Page
Logical Cities - Submission Page

Just added 11/1/09
ExploreWWW (requires registration) - Submission Page

Just added 11/18/09
Bing - Submission Page

Just added 11/26/09
Geona - Submission Page
LookClick - Submission Page

Just added 11/28/09
Secret Search Engine Labs - Submission Page

Just added 12/2/09
Gooru - Submission Page
Semager - Submission Page
Sujada! - Submission Page

Just added 12/17/09
Duck Duck Go - Submission Page
Search Sight - Submission Page

Just added 12/28/09
Ulysseek - Submission Page

Just added 12/29/09
Active Search Results(ASR) - Submission Page

Just added 1/4/10 (first one of the new year!)
Feedeep - Submission Page
UNAMOO - Submission Page

Just added 2/13/10
cruiser (Serbian) - Submission Page

Just added 2/25/10
SitiDi.net - Submission Page

Just added 3/15/10
Secret Search Engine Labs - Submission Page

Sorry about the delay....:-)
Just added 5/17/10
SoSo (China) - Submission Page
Information - Submission Page

Just added 6/4/10
Slider - Submission Page

Just added 8/13/10
U2Search - Submission Page
Uzoekt (Dutch) - Submission Page

Just added 9/10/10
Gocome - Submission Page

Just added 12/28/10
Ultimate Web Search - Submission Page
Secret Search Engine Labs - Submission Page

On of my favorite SEO news and information site, Search Engine Roundtable has been hard at work on this. They first reported on seeing this factor within their account after opening a landing page best practices pop-up - see it here - Search Engine Rountable initial post.

Then, the next day they reported that Google has confirmed that page load time will affect AdWords quality scores - see it here - Search Engine Roundtable follow-up post.

Below are some useful tool to help check and compare your site load time:

- Alexa
- Web Page Analyzer (by WebsiteOptimization.com)

If you have been looking for a free online article spinner as Google starts to increase its efforts to crack down on duplicate content, then you may want to give Jetspinner a spin (pun intended). You can check it out here - Jetspinner, but you will have to register to use this service and they will try to get you to upgrade to their Jetsubmitter (I assume article submission) program. It may or may not be worth it, just an FYI.

Guruji claims to be the first crawler based search engine for India and Indian related sites. Here is what their site proclaims about their new search engine:

India, known for being the spiritual Guru of the world, is now seeking to become the technology Guru with Indians spearheading the IT revolution. With Guruji.com, a totally indigenous product, we aspire to become a world-class search engine and showcase the "Indian" content to the world.

Guruji, a respectful way to call one's teacher, is the person one seeks help from in times of need. Likewise, Guruji.com is built to help provide easy access to information in every walk of life.

Guruji.com is the first crawler based search engine for India and India related content. Our proprietary algorithm automatically identifies India related content on the web and organizes it in such a way that you get the most relevant results fast. Our team of young, dynamic and passionate engineers from India's premier institutes like the IITs,IISc and other top engineering colleges, is working arduously to make this product better each day.

Quick links:

- Search Engine Homepage
- Search Engine Blog
- Site Submission

I tried to submit a site that was not an Indian or based in India site to see what would happen and I got this email back from them, but nothing else and I am still (a week later) not in the index - so much for trying...:-)

Thank you for submitting your website.

It typically takes us 3-4 days to crawl the submitted websites and
include the content in our index. Our algorithm may not accept the submitted website under one or more of the following conditions .

. The website is non Indian
. The website is a spam
. During the crawl the website could not be accessed by our crawler

We will send you an automated mail once your website is included in our
index.In the meanwhile, you can also check for the inclusion of your
website by searching for your domain name on www.guruji.com.

We once again thank you for submitting your website.

You can use Guruji.com . the Indian Search Engine - to search for
anything related to India including your favorite restaurants, theaters,
hotels, dentists and more, in more than 20 cities across India.

Keep exploring India on Guruji.com

Have a great day.

Team Guruji

Google Maps Mania has this great post on 100 fun things to do with Google maps mashups that will keep you entertained for hours. Check it out here: 100 Google Map Mashups

Exalead is a French search engine involved in the Quaero project.

Background about the search engine as per Wikipedia:

The company is a société anonyme based in Paris and founded in 2000 by François Bourdoncle. Its name comes from the association between

- the prefix exa which means 1018 (used as a generic term for size, to imply large coverage of pages)
- and the verb lead (as the customer is led through the search options)

Exalead tries to integrate research functions in one piece of software, combining Internet, desktop and enterprise functionality.

Exalead employs approximately 100 people in 6 countries (Paris in France, Milano in Italy, Weinheim in Germany, Glasgow in UK and New York in the United States).

What is interesting about this small engine is that it seems to be popping up everywhere as of late. First, I noticed that my Web CEO SEO software now incorporates Exalead within many of its ranking, backlink and saturation functionality. Then I noticed that Wikipedia has even included it as one of its search engines - click here to see (click drop down menu). What is interesting to me is that Ask (which is a bigger engine with more marketshare) is not included.

Finally, seeing an opportunity to get some additional exposure and possibly some new customers on the enterprise search side, Exalead has decided to take on Microsoft. The recent announcement of Microsoft's intent to purchase the enterprise search company FAST has opened an opportunity to grab some of FAST's potentially upset or concerned customers. Exalead announced a new migration program called Accelerate With Exalead that's designed specifically to help OEMs that tailor FAST for enterprise customers migrate to Exalead. The funny thing to me is that Exalead just announced (12/28/2007) that they had become a Microsoft Partner.

I would love to see Exalead become a major player, especially with Microsoft potentially taking over Yahoo and the pool of major search engines dwindling, but they still have a long way to go. I hope that Exalead keeps up its aggressive tactics, increases the size of its index and works on its search results relevancy which could ultimately make it the little engine that did.