• I sell services to UK residents therefore I would like to ensure that my promotion efforts are targeted at search engines and directories that have a significant UK audience. I think that even if I managed to rank well in MSN.com I may not necessarily benefit significantly in way of sales, as I would imagine that the users are predominantly Americans searching for products in the US. Therefore my question is: - Could you please list the top ten search engines/directories to target in the UK and the most effective way to get listed in each. I have no challenge with paying for listings if this results in faster inclusion or the site being re-indexed more frequently.


  • Thanks Leader GA, where the initial results listed are overture or espotting is useful. However what i am really looking for is how to get in the unpaid listings. IE MSN UK apparently gets some of its listings from looksmart and i can pay looksmart for a review. I know i can use adwords to get listed on Google.co.uk and the rest is down to the Googlebot finding a link to your site and liking your site. I suppose what i am looking for is a listing of the various methods whether its PPC,paid review, or straightforward submission to get into the UKS major search engines and directories. Hopefully this would include URL,s and any other info you thought appropriate. Re


  • Hello anonymous2-ga: Here is a possible answer to your first part. Please let me know if I am on the right track. I will also like to know how should I go with the second part of the question. I am providing you a possible solution for a review. Let me know if that's how you want it. I will complete the answer and post it, if you are satisfied. Meanwhile, I will keep the question open to other researchers as they might have a better solution. ANSWER IST PART Let me assume that the bottomline to your question is that you need to get more targeted traffic. I agree with you that your listing in certain search engines might not drive a lot of traffic or might not drive targeted traffic, because you need a website which specifically target UK web searchers. There are two types of search engines and directories that we need to review in compiling an answer to your question. First, there are local versions of famous search engines such as Yahoo (UK & Ireland), Google UK, Altavista UK etc. Secondly, there are reigonal search engines that specifically target the reigonal audience of a perticular country. The problem that arises here is that the local versions of famous search engines might get a lot of traffic from around the world but they are not tailroad to meet the requirement of the local markets. On the other hand, most reigonal search engines do drive a targeted traffic but they are not well known to web searchers. It was exactly this kind of problem that I encountered while compiling a useful list for you. Therefore I had to rely on some hard statistics in order to come with the best list possible. How did I do that? First, I gathered the names of some well known UK search engines and directories that are known to be famous among the local population. I did that by getting the statistcs from their individual websites and by relying on articles that compared the UK based search engines. Infact, each article had different views but I included only those search engines and directories that were listed more frequently and got reviews from most of them. Whereas, the other famous search engines were concerned, I tried to look for the reputable studies by a firm to track the search engines that get the most amount of traffic from the UK. Hence, the top search engines used by just the UK population. Good that I was able to get such a study conducted by Neilson/ Net Ratings in 2002. It simply made my job easier. I will provide you the relevant sources but here is my top 10 search engines and directories for UK. The list takes into account the famous UK search engines and directories and other popular reigonal versions of 'big shot' search engines that get a lot of traffic from UK audience. I will than answer the second part of your question on how to get an effective listings. MY TOP 10 Reigonal Splut UK Plus Mirago UK Index Abacho UK Search UK msn.co.uk yahoo.co.uk google.co.uk freeserve.com Now here is why did I choose these. It is well known that Mirago, Splut and Abacho are top reigonal UK search engines whike UK Plus, UK Index and Search UK are top Uk directories. The reason for choosing Yahoo.co.uk and msn.co.uk is becuase they were rated 3rd and 4th respectively for the amount of traffic in Neilson/ Net Ratings. Similarly, Google/Google.co.uk was simply rated the best website. Definitely, we cannot argue about the traffic that Google gets. Lastly,Freeserve is thaught to be one of the most popular in UK. A recent Kellysearch study revealed it to be the top search engine for the amount of traffic. Although I doubt that but in Neilson/Net Ratings it is number 10, which isn't bad. ANSWER SECOND PART (NOT TO SURE ABOUT HTIS PART. PLEASE REVIEW AND SUGGEST). SPLUT The best way to put your website upfront is pay per click. Although, all of listings are free but the results are sorted in the following order. 1. Pay per click websites 2. Websites that have links to Splut (you just need to place a link on your website to Splut) 3. Alphabatically. More Information: http://www.splut.com/improve.htm UK PLUS The best way to put your website on top is by paying its partner espotting.com through their pay per click program. This way your website will be in the featured listing that shows above the rest. More Information: http://www.ukplus.com/html/help.asp?page_name=help Mirago Again, the paid inclusion program can bebefit your website by putting it on the featured list. More Information: http://www.mirago.com/com/inclusion.asp UK Index Like UK plus, the featured listings on this website are drived through espotting.com. Otherwise the listings are free of cost. AND SO ON............................................. RESOURCES NEILSON RATINGS OF UK SEARCH ENGINES http://www.nielsen-netratings.com/pr/pr_021223_uk.pdf VERY USEFUL DISCUSSION FORUM ON UK SEARCH ENGINES http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum7/ TOP UK SEARCH ENGINES & DIRECTORIES http://www.websearchworkshop.co.uk/uksearch.htm PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN TOP UK SEARCH ENGINES & DIRECTORIES http://www.websearchworkshop.co.uk/ukpartners.htm UK Search Engines http://www.philb.com/ukengine.htm EUROPEAN SEARCH ENGINES http://www.ala.org/Content/NavigationMenu/LITA/LITA_Resources_and_Services/Tool_Kit_for_the_Expert_Web_Searcher/Tool_Kit_for_the_Expert_Web_Searcher.htm AND http://www.netmasters.co.uk/european_search_engines/page52.shtml SEARCH ENGINE WATCH http://www.searchenginewatch.com/sereport/article.php/2164931 SEARCH ENGINE RATINGS FRIM REVIEWERS http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/internet/internet_site_features_discussion/_selected/19580/ INTERNATIONAL SEARCH ENGINES http://www.allsearchengines.com/foreign.html UK SEARCH ENGINES http://www.cf.ac.uk/infos/information/electronic/search/searching.html#uk ONE OF THE BEST WEBSITES FOR UK PROMOTION http://www.websearchworkshop.co.uk/


  • Hello anonymous2, In addition to the excellent information given by leader-ga, you might find the following options useful : 1) Espotting UK : They power over 1 billion searches each month. You pay per click, and your site will be listed in top positions across UK websites in their network. http://www.espotting.com/ 2) Overture UK : The same company that dominates the U.S. market has a UK offering as well. It is also pay per click, and their listings appear on AskJeeves UK, Yahoo UK and other large, local (UK) search engines. http://www.content.overture.com/d/home/?mkt=uk These two alone are probably the best way to get instant (few days), and large amounts of traffic to your site, while gaining more targeted UK visitors. SgtCory







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