Which are the most important search engines?

There’s lots of search engine marketing services that make dramatic claims about submitting your website to multiple number of search engines but the overall picture has become much simpler in recent times.

The main search engines in the UK are Google, Yahoo, MSN and AOL as shown in this chart (source: http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=4):



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Not surprisingly Google (‘To Google’ is now a verb in the Oxford English Dictionary: http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/060629-105413) is the dominant search engine, with Yahoo and MSN being significant but used much less.

This recent shake out of search engines means that it now more important than ever to concentrate on these main search engines by following their guidelines in submitting your website, telling them which are your most important pages through an xml sitemap and adjusting the keywords and technical structure of your website where appropriate. See search engine submission service for more information on our cost effective range of services and either buy online or get in touch for more information: contact form.