Alta Vista

Is a search engine that uses many sources to produce its results. These sources include Looksmart, the Open Directory, Real Names, and its own web-crawling spider. After submitting a search phase to Alta Vista, the user, by default, is given Alta Vista's web page matches, which are produced by Alta Vista's web page index.

Alta Vista does not provide a directory option, but does offer a Looksmart search from the bottom of each page.

Paid Submission
Alta Vista offers a paid submission program. One specific page is spidered (no crawling from there) and indexed, commonly within a week. This service is mandatory and is commonly provided as part of a Search Engine Optimization project. Alta Vista is example of a full-text search engine, meaning that it will read all text that appears on your page.

The use of keywords in the title and in the first lines of text is critical to getting well ranked on AltaVista. Alta Vista also considers link relevancy in determine rankings. Alta Vista will also consider the use of keyword phrases in the Meta Tags, Comments, and Headers. Only submit 3 to 5 pages per day and be VERY careful not to spam by submitting too often.

AltaVista is a crawling spider technology and thus any submission will lead to a full site being indexed. Note that while there is not a known limit to the pages that can be indexed, Alta Vista will not index pages that are substantially duplicated. Allow 3 to 4 week Add cycles with subsequent monthly spidering.


The following search engines or directories provide content to AltaVista:
Looksmart
Overture

The following search engines receive content from AltaVista:
None