Should I???

[joseph909]

I have pretty good rankings on google but have not submitted to Inktomi/All the Web and/or Altavista yet. Is it still worth it? Should I submit to any other search engines? I want to be well-rounded but also don't want to waste my time or money on something that is going to bring me zero return, or traffic for that matter.

[markymark]

If you don't want to spend money, then just sit and wait - alltheweb, MSN and AV will pick you up eventually. MSN drives a fair amount of traffic though, so it is probably worth the money to pay for Inktomi inclusion if you can get the ranks.

[joseph909]

I think I will pay for the inktomi listing, at least. The only problem I have with them is that my keywrod is very competitive and even if I am number 1 I will be number 60 after the Look$mart PPC listings.

[dvduval]

Keep in mind that even Inktomi will still list you for free. The only advantage to paying is being spidered every 48 hours.

[MakeMeTop]

>number 60 after the Look$mart PPC listings.

Check keywords if you are going into INK. Although 'major keyword' may be in L$ - 'buy major keyword online' or other 3 or 4 word phrases may not be! Those are the honey that INK can give you ;)

Although many posting here are right to say you will be picked up in time - I have to get my clients visible results fast and INK/MSN still does it every time (through paying PT).

I can get a site 100 unique visits a day through INK within 7 days of being given a contract, when the site gets picked up by ATW - that adds another 25 or so. This does me well (adding in other smaller engines - like AV) until the Great Google God kicks in - but the client is usually so happy by the results I have from other SEs - that I then look like a Super-Hero :)

However, MSN/INK can give you well focussed traffic - whichever way you want to play it!