[ How Do Search Engines Work? ]

Puzzled as to why your web pages are not ranked in the top in search engines? Do check out some of the following sites to learn more about how they work. For more search engines, please see http://www.ntu.edu.sg/lib/search/tools.htm

All about Google
Google uses PageRank (a proprietary measure of a page's importance). Google's technology with a twist of humour- PigeonRank
AOL Search
AOL Search is a hierarchical Web directory, organized by subject. All user-submitted Web content is maintained by the Open Directory Project (http://www.dmoz.org). The Open Directory Project is run by a staff of volunteer editors who choose to evaluate and classify Web sites in one or more categories. The editor exercises the option of choosing to add a site, moving sites between categories and creating new sites.
How AltaVista works
Lycos InSite ^TM Select
Guaranteed inclusion in the Lycos web index within 48 hours of submission at a charge.
Yahoo!
The Yahoo! directory is organized by subject. Most sites in it are suggested to them by users. Sites are placed in categories by Yahoo! Surfers, who visit and evaluate your suggestions and decide where they best belong. This to ensure that Yahoo! is organized in the best possible way, making the directory easy to use, intuitive, helpful, and fair to everyone.