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Anybody knows how to get into the Inktomi index? I was there before but I can’t find my site anymore (OptimalGambling.com).
I f I remember correctly I paid to index my homepage about a year and a half ago, and my whole site got listed.I thought it wasn’t really necessary to pay, so I didn’t renew.
BTW I used this link: http://search.positiontech.com/InktomiSearch/PositionTechSearch.jsp when searching on Inktomi.
I think I read in search engine news that if you don’t pay they don’t relist you.
Inktomi also does free listings. From SearchEngineWatch.com
(http://www.searchenginewatch.com/webmasters/article.php/2167871)Inktomi is an important crawler-based search engine because it provides “backup” results to the popular MSN Search (see the Search Engine Results Chart for what “backup” results are). It was also recently purchased by Yahoo and so may be providing results to Yahoo in the near future.
As covered with Google, building links is the best way to get listed for free. Unlike Google, Inktomi has no free Add URL page. This doesn’t mean that you can’t get listed, however. Inktomi crawls the web, so if you have links pointing at your web site, you may get included naturally.
What if you aren’t picked up for free? Inktomi has a “paid inclusion” program that will guarantee to add the pages you submit within two days and keep revisiting it on a regular basis for a year. Because of this, for a brand new site, it’s well recommended to use the program. You can quickly get yourself represented in Inktomi for a modest amount.
But there’s no guarantee. My site was indexed (all pages) before but I only paid for inclusion of the homepage. I might try that again.
And last but not least, also PFI doesn’t guarantee you get listed, as some people are experiencing problems with their PFI listings,
read f.e. here http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum1/2356.htmNo, I’m not saying that. Giving that Inktomi
– seems to index some sites for free;
– and doesn’t index some sites that pay for it;my question really is “How do I get in Inktomi”. I don’t like to pay if I don’t have a guarantee to get listed, and I don’t like to pay if I can get into Inktomi for free.
I’m looking for experiences from other webmasters. Did you pay for all your pages. Did you pay for just your homepage. Did you not pay and are you listed for free. Did you pay and didn’t get listed. Which service is the best guarantee to get listed (positiontech?) etc.
I need to get into Inktomi before Yahoo drops Google
I paid for inclusion of many of my sites. Perhaps it was short sighted, but I figured that was the quickest way to get listed.
They state they are a paid inclusion service and the fees are not exhorbitant so I thought it was a reasonable investment. I am not aware of any free ways of getting listed that are reliable, but if anyone is I wouldnt mind hearing about it either.
I pay happily for Inktomi, and will be even more happy to do so from now on, given the shift in importance.
Yes, I have seen some secondary pages included for free, but never homepages.
Every page I ever paid for was listed.
I think you have to have something really awful for them not to list it when you pay for inclusion.
Everything I’ve read about search engines and search engine optimization said that if you’re serious about Inktomi you’ll pay.
Doesn’t mean it’s necessarily so. But it sounds like it might be so.
I paid for inclusion last year. For my $39,- I received exactly 3 (that’s THREE) visitors in one year.
Even if the inclusion is not a big amount… $13,- per visitor is too much for me.
:rolleyes:
