Search Engine Relationships

Keeping track of search engine relationships is another facet of this business. It can be confusing.

Here is an in-depth table that describes the relationships between the search engines, directories, and pay-per-clicks

Search Engine Provides primary search results to: Provides secondary search results to: Provides directory results to: Provides paid results to: none   none   none   none   altavista   none   none   none   none   none   none   none   askjeeves   none   none   none   dmoz   none   altavista aol dmoz google hotbot iwon lycos netscape teoma   none   aol google hotbot iwon netscape   none   none   aol askjeeves google hotbot iwon lycos netscape teoma   none   none   none   none   hotbot   looksmart   none   none   none   none   none   none   looksmart lycos   none   none   none   none   none   none   none   msn   none   none   none   none   none   none   none   none   none   none   alltheweb altavista msn overture yahoo   teoma   askjeeves   none   none   alltheweb altavista inktomi yahoo   lycos   yahoo   none