BatchSubmit

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BatchSubmit is an easy, cheap way to automatically submit bulk URLs to search engines. If you run a large website, or even if you run multiple small websites, you know what a hassle it is to get yourself submitted... And despite what they say, many search engines never go further than your index page if that's all you tell them about. Maximize your exposure by submitting your entire site in bulk!

Note: BatchSubmit has not been maintained since late 2002. It is likely outdated and may not be effective. Registration fees have been lifted.

Requirements:

• PHP 4.0 or newer
• PHP must be compiled with sockets support (this is the default in 4.x)

Features

BatchSubmit will automatically submit your list of URLs - as many as you want - to the following six major search engines:

• AllTheWeb - alltheweb.com
• Direct Hit - directhit.com
• Google - google.com
• Lycos - lycos.com
• Northern Light - northernlight.com
• Splat Search - splatsearch.com

In turn, your URLs will wind up being passed along to numerous other search engines. As an example, the Direct Hit engine syndicates their results to other major search engines and portals like ATT Worldnet, AOL, ICQ, MSN, etc.

Using BatchSubmit is simple. All you have to do is create a list of the URLs you'd like to submit. Put this list in a file called urls.txt in the same directory as the installed script, then access the script through your web browser. Choose the search engines you'd like to submit to, and click Submit URLs. It's that easy! The script handles the rest, providing real-time statistics about your submissions. When the submission is complete, BatchSubmit prints out an easy to read graph displaying successes and failures. You can view a sample output page.

Update History:

• 3/31/02: Removed Excite and HotBot since they are no longer accepting free submissions; added Google and SplatSearch. I am looking for suggestions for more search engines to add, since the big players seem to be moving toward paid submission.
• 10/30/01: First public release

TODO:

• Monitor search engine submission schemes, and accomodate any changes made by search engines.