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Lycos

To get listed, you submit your url. You will probably be listed within a few weeks.

How do they get my site title and description?

The title is taken from your title tag. Your description is whatever the spider decides it should be. This tends to be the first words of text the spider finds on the page. The spider does not index meta tags.

Ratings

Scale (1-10) : 1=Poor; 10=Excellent

Quality of Search Engine: 8

The search engine will do the job, and then offer to let you search for sounds, images and other things related to your search phrase.

Quality of Directory: 7

Uses a directory called Community Guides, and the sites are ordered on the basis of votes from people who view the sites, so there are uaually some good things to be found.

Ease of Submission Process (Search Listings): 8

Easy to submit, but you may have to wait some time for your listing to appear.

Ease of Submission Process (Directory): 2

You cannot suggest a site for a listing in the Community Guides, because sites are found for this directory using a special web spider.

To Submit

Go to Lycos, and look for the link "Add Your Site to Lycos". Read the instructions, and use the form to submit your site.

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