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Web site builders come in different flavors and at different prices. We have collected a list of favorites for you, but of course your personal choice will be dictated by your specific needs.

Search Engine: Processing Time: Use <META> How it works:
AltaVista 1-3 days Yes AltaVista will look for page titles and description in <META> to match search keywords. About a month after your submission, it will revisit your site to find other pages to be added.
Excite 4-6 weeks No Excite will look at the words in your pages. Make sure that your pages contain keywords that visitors will use to search for your page.Excite follow the links on your pages to find other pages on your site to be added. It will also follow frames links and may index the pages inside your frames.
HotBot 3-5 weeks Yes Pages that has keywords in <META> will be rated higher than pages that do not have <META>. It will looks in both META tags and page titles, so make sure keywords are in both places. Some common word such as "the," "Web," "A," or even "HTML," are ignored. If your page has a specific word, it will be ranked higher.
Infoseek immediately Yes Infoseek will look for page titles that match keywords (typed by visitors). If you think most of your visitors will type "CGI" as a keyword, so title your page with this word. You can frequently update your record on more than 1 time in 24 hour.
Lycos 4-6 weeks Yes Lycos will indexes the popular words in your page, so make sure that contents of your page contains keywords. It also looks in <META>, so make sure that your keywords is there. Like Excite, it will index frames pages.
WebCrawler 4-6 weeks Yes WebCrawler lists page titles, so it's a good idea to name your titles relevant to keywords. WebCrawler will not spider all your site. Submit each page separately.
Yahoo 4-6 weeks No Yahoo will keep your site in its categories. You may be listed in one or more categories depending on your contents. Searching process will match your page title with description you give to them. You may need to submit your site several times before getting listed.