Web Site Ranking Tips --> WebCrawler

Webcrawler says they have only 2 million pages in their database. This makes them the smallest of the major search engines as far as the number of pages they have indexed. On the NetRatings charts Webcrawler has dropped to number 11 and we think that the only reason they have not dropped into the class of a minor search engine, is its ownership by Excite.

Excites ownership and the fact that you can do a search on Webcrawler directly off the bottom of the Excite pages makes this search engine still worth spending a little time thinking about. They have their own database that is much smaller than Excites but they run algorithms that are quite similar.

Here are some ranking and submission tips for WebCrawler.

Key #1
We recommend that you design your pages with Excite in mind. Have a look at our tips for getting a better ranking on Excite. Use these same pages to list with Webcrawler and you will do ok. Even though they run a different set of algorithms than Excite, they are quite similar. We have found that Webcrawler is less tolerant to overuse of key words and phrases than Excite. If you find that you have good rankings with Excite and mediocre results with Webcrawler you may want to design some pages specifically for them. In that case use your Excite pages and remove some of the occurrences of your keywords and phrases and resubmit. Experiment with this and you will have good results in no time.

Key #2
Webcrawler takes anywhere from 3 to 6 weeks to add a page to their database. They only want one page from a site and that is the index page from a root domain. What this means is you should have your own domain name if you don't already. Their "roving spider" will pick up some of your other pages over a period of time. This is a slow process and there is nothing you can really do to hurry it up.

Because Webcrawler is so small we do not recommend spending too much time or energy on this search engine. However after saying this, a high ranking on this search engine can bring some unexpected traffic, so do not ignore them altogether.

Click here to go directly to the WebCrawler submission page.
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