Welcome to our comprehensive search engine and web directory index.
We have divided the engines and directories into different sections
such as, major search engines, major directories, global engines and
directories, as well as country specific engines and directories.
It is common to use the Alexa
Rankings to determine the importance of a web directory, but we
are sorting them by their Google
Page Rank (PR), since high PR is what most webmasters are looking
for when adding a site to a directory. Alexa rankings are also very
easy to manipulate, to have a site look like it's much more important
than it really is.
We measure the importance of a search engine based on the size of their
index and the number of users they reach, including searchers of other
search engines that uses their index. Google PR is not as important
as it is for web directories, but it will still give you a rough indication
of the popularity of a search engine.
The difference between a web directory and a search engine is that
a search engine spiders (scan) the web for sites to include in their
database, and they do not provide an indexable link back to your site.
Directories however, are mostly human edited, and sites are usually
reviewed before they are entered into their index. They also provide,
in most cases anyway, indexable links back to your site, and this is
what most search engine marketers are looking for in a directory, static
indexable links that passes on Google PR.
Our first section covers the "Three Most Important" search
engines in todays search engine market.
Sections:
