Search Engine Packages Offered

The following packages are offered to cater for various web site positioning needs:
(See Summary table with US$ rates for International Clients)

1. Make existing web site "Search Engine Ready".
The first step in successfully search engine listings is to ensure that the web site is "search engine ready".  We will modify your existing web site's meta-tags (information that is only used by search engines) and will make recommendations regarding changes required to the web site.  We will not change the wording or contents of the web site without consultation with our client.

The cost to make an existing web site "Search Engine Ready" is R30 per page.  (For web sites over 100 pages a discount of 10% will be given).

2.  Basic Web Site Submissions
The "Basic Web Site Submissions" entails the automated submission of the URL to 73000 web sites.  These submissions ensure that the web URL is "out there" and that a large number of directories, search engines and listings will link to you.  Although these submissions can also cater for the 14 most prominent international search engines and 6 directories, it is preferred to register to these important search engines in a more specialised way.

A submission report will be emailed to you.

The cost for the "Basic Web Site Submissions" is R500 once off with the option to take the "Ongoing Basic Web Site Submissions".

3. Ongoing Basic Web Site Submissions
This "Ongoing Basic Web Site Submissions" ensure that your web site's URL is "out there".  We recommend monthly re-submissions to all these search engines and directories.  It is important to note that most of these search engines and directories have rules to prevent "over submission" or spamming with the resulted penalty such as dropping from the search engine.  We use specialised software that keeps track of all submissions and evaluate the submission frequency limitations when submitting.  

Submission reports will be emailed to you.

The cost for the "Ongoing Basic Web Site Submissions" is R1000 per year which excludes the first month "Basic Web Site Submissions".  (This option can not be taken without the "Basic Web Site Submissions" package.)

4. Specialised Web Site Submissions
After ensuring that your web site's URL is "out there" the next step is to position your web site for certain search phrases in the most prominent international search engines.  This is achieved by building an "entry page" for each search phrase/keyword and search engine.  E.g. if you require 5 search phrases to be optimized for the 14 search engines, we build and optimize 70 "entry pages" for your web site.  These pages are additional to the original web pages of your web site. We require FTP access to your web site for uploading of the "entry pages".  (Alternatively we will email the "entry pages" to you/your web master to upload to the server. This option is not preferred because it complicate the submission process which can only be done once the "entry pages" are uploaded to the server.)

We research the relevancy and importance of the most prominent search engines to ensure that you get the best exposure.  As on 15 January 2001 the following search engines are part of this package: AltaVista, AOL Search, Direct Hit, Excite, Fast/All The Web, Google, Goto.com, HotBot, InfoSeek/Go Network, IWon, Lycos, MSN, WebCrawler and Yahoo Web Pages.

The once-off cost for the "Specialised Web Site Submissions" is R1000  per search phrase for the 14 search engines in total.   (Thus 5 keyword phrases cost R5000). 

5. Ongoing Specialised Web Site Submission
Once top positions on the prominent search engines are obtained, it is important to keep these positions.  This is done by re-optimizing and re-submitting the "entry pages" to these search engines when required. Search engines change their rules and algorithms and it is important to take note of these changes to ensure that top positions are being kept.  FTP access to your web site is required for this package.

The cost for "Ongoing Specialised Web Site Submissions" is R1000 per year per search phrase for the 14 search engines.

6. Onetime submission to Directories
We submit web sites by hand to the following directories.  LookSmart, NCBi, Netscape, Open Directory and Yahoo Web Sites.  (Remember that there is usually only one chance to submit to the directories and that this should be done carefully.)

The cost for "Onetime submission to Directories" is R300 per directory.  (Some directories also charges a "submission fee".  These fees will be added to the quotation for your perusal and acceptance prior to any work done by us.) 

7. Submission to South African Search Engines
South African web sites benefit from registering with some of the South African search engines as South Africans also use these engines to locate true South African web sites.  We recommend that the web site be submitted to the following search engines: Aardvark, Ananzi and Max.  Special arrangements can be made should submissions to some of the other South African search engines be required as provided.

The cost for "Submission to South African Search Engines" is R50 per search engine.

8. Ongoing submission to South African search engines
Re-submissions to the South African search engines are important after major changes to the web site.  

The re-submissions are done for R50 per search engine/re-submission.

Agreement Form
We require a completed agreement form and payment before any work commences.  

Summary Table of Packages offered (US$ rates for International Clients)

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