How Long Does It Take?

Please bear in mind that once you apply to be indexed by the search engines, this time may vary drastically from one search engine to another. The reason is that each search engine has different criteria when deciding whether or not to list a website in its index. A search engine spider may visit your website, but may find that your site is not worth listing. The general rule is that, the better your website marketing efforts (SEO and link building), the better your chance of getting listed quickly.

Here's the length of time it currently takes to get listed at each of the major search engines once you have submitted your web page.

Remember, this is only a guideline on how long it takes to get listed.

Remember to use all of our webmaster tools in your promotional efforts.

Google Up to 4 weeks MSN Up to 2 months AltaVista Showing Yahoo results Inktomi/FAST Up to 2 weeks Yahoo Search Up to 2 weeks Alltheweb Showing Yahoo results AskJeeves Up to 2 weeks Excite Up to 6 weeks Northern Light Up to 4 weeks AOL Up to 2 months HotBot Up to 2 months iWon Up to 2 months

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