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Submitting to Inktomi
By Dan Thies
Contributing Writer
Article Date: 12.12.02
Dear Dan,
The cost for submitting the first URL to the Inktomi database for one year
is $39 and the cost for a second is $25. Once a URL is submitted to the
Inktomi database for the first year is there any need to submit the URL for
subsequent years? Could you review the pros and cons of submitting for the
second year versus not submitting?
Thank you.
Harold Nash
www.lanierfishingguide.com
Dear Harold,
The pros and cons are the same in the second year as they were the first
year.
Pro: The pages you pay for are guaranteed to
be included, and revisited often.
Con: It costs money, and there's no guarantee
of good rankings.
Paying Inktomi guarantees that a page will be included, as long
as you keep paying.
If you stop paying, well, they no longer guarantee that your page will be
included.
Inktomi provides search results to MSN, but Inktomi results are secondary to
Looksmart results. So while Inktomi is an important search engine, it's not
the most
important by any means. Any site that has a good number of quality incoming
links
shouldn't have to worry about being included by Inktomi, without paying.
I wish you success.
About Dan:
Dan Thies has been helping his clients (and friends) promote
their web sites since 1996, and operates a successful online
publishing business. His latest book, 'Search Engine Optimization
Fast Start,' is available now at http://www.cannedbooks.com |
