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Search Engines with Free Listings

As of February 2003, the following companies were all offering free listings in their search engines.

AltaVista

Website: http://www.altavista.com

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Fast

Website: http://www.alltheweb.com

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Google

Website: http://www.google.com

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Open Directory

Website: http://www.dmoz.org

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Search Engines with Paid Listings

As of February 2003, the following companies were all offering paid listings in their search engines.

Excite

Website: http://www.excite.com

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Inktomi

Website: http://www.inktomi.com

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LookSmart UK

Website: http://www.looksmart.co.uk

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Yahoo!

Website: http://www.yahoo.com

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Pay-per-click Search Engines

Information accurate as of January 1, 2003.

Overture
Minimum bid: .10
Initial deposit: $50
Monthly minimum spend: $20
Partner sites: Yahoo!, Lycos, Alta Vista, Netscape, Ask Jeeves, MSN, Excite

Join this Pay-per-click Search Engine
Search Term Suggestion Tool

Google AdWords Select
Minimum bid: .05 (varies by keyword)
Initial deposit: $5 setup fee
Monthly minimum spend: $0
Partner sites: America Online, Earthlink

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Ah-Ha
Minimum bid: .01
Initial deposit: $50
Monthly minimum spend: $0
Partner sites: Earthlink, Altavista, Looksmart among others.

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Looksmart
Minimum bid: .15 (fixed amount for all click-throughs)
Initial deposit: $45
Monthly minimum spend: $0
Partner sites: MSN, About, Altavista, Netscape, Road Runner, InfoSpace, c|net

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Kanoodle
Minimum bid: .01
Initial Deposit: $25
Monthly minimum spend: Not Known
Partner sites: AskJeeves, NetZero, Metacrawler.com, Mamma.com, Dogpile.com, CNET.com and TurboFind.com among others.

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Sprinks
Minimum bid: .05
Initial deposit: $100
Monthly minimum spend: $0
Partner sites: About.com

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Banner Exchanges

Microsoft bCentral
Home Page: http://www.bcentral.com/
Signup: Click here

Banner Swap
Home Page: http://www.bannerswap.com
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NEObanners
Home Page: http://www.neobanners.com
Signup: Click here