SA Search Engines

[GavinMannion]

Hey do you guys have a list of SA search engines?

So far I have been able to find

www.funnel.co.za
www.ananzi.co.za
www.aardvark.co.za
and two others that I have forgotten the name of :-?

But I found one the other day that I think started with oc..... which was very nicely done but now I have lost the link....

How many do we have?

[daniel]

I would tend to stick with Ananzi, although they took the opposite route of google and decided to sell advertising for each and EVERY pixel on their website, they have lost a lot of credibility in doing this.

Oh, and of course, google.co.za

[GavinMannion]

Okay I was smoking my socks :)

The new search engine I found is www.jonga.co.za

Seems very very nice in my opinion

[Blazingpie]

there are a couple of other ones, I'll have to find their urls when i get the chance, including an SE that allows you to pay to improve your rankings, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Koz]

Here we go:


Findelio (http://za.findelio.com/)
ISeek (http://ww9.iseek.co.za/)


and MSN SA

[GavinMannion]

ISeek has my site but when I searched it came up first just under an ad for (Penis Enlargement & Sexual Enhancement)... Not cool....

And listed on Findelio as well...

I seem to be quite sorted at least on the listing side now, actually had someone find me through ananzi yesterday when they searched for "meeting people with kids" which I am chuffed about. That is what the boss wants to site for...

[daniel]

[QUOTE=GavinMannion]ISeek has my site but when I searched it came up first just under an ad for (Penis Enlargement & Sexual Enhancement)... Not cool....


Seems they have some work to do on their algo, he he

[Chatmaster]

Here is another one...
http://www.aha.co.za

[Blazingpie]

We should maybe compile a large list of SA search engines, it'd might make some decent linkbait for South African sites...

[GavinMannion]

Beaten to the post by the pieman :)

A full and detailed list of all SA search engines and directories would be very helpful. Also rate them.

ISeek 1/10
Funnel 7/10 ....

[Chatmaster]

Shall we put a poll live for each of them? In that way they will each get a seperate review? And then list them according to a point out of 10?

[Blazingpie]

Shall we put a poll live for each of them? In that way they will each get a seperate review? And then list them according to a point out of 10?

That could work :) But what criteria should we use in the ranking?

[GavinMannion]

Are the results appropriate to the search term... (Still upset about my results from ISeek for my website :) )

Speed, amount of results, relevance, ease of use, look of site, features?

[Paz]

I've found
http://www.sa23.com/
http://www.searchza.com/

When we have enough for a proper list we can make a critique!

[Chatmaster]

Here is what we have thus far:

www.funnel.co.za
www.ananzi.co.za
www.aardvark.co.za
www.google.co.za
www.jonga.co.za
http://za.findelio.com
www.ISeek.co.za
www.aha.co.za
www.sa23.com
www.searchza.com

I wonder if www.Easyinfo.co.za can qualify as a search engine8-)

[Chatmaster]

Here is another... http://www.searchengine.co.za/

[Blazingpie]

Here is another... http://www.searchengine.co.za/

lol, thought that'd be an obvious one :p

[Blazingpie]

Should we maybe include niche search engines in the list, maybe as a sublist?

[Chatmaster]

Wow, didn't know SA had niche SE's, lol

[Blazingpie]

Wow, didn't know SA had niche SE's, lol

Well, the one I was aware of was www.zebra.co.za, which was a travel site search engine, but it seems to not exist any more :(

[roxane]

Heres my whole list...added to yours, although some of mine are directories rather than engines

Aardvark (http://www.aardvark.co.za/)
Aha (http://www.aha.co.za/)
Ananzi (http://www.ananzi.co.za/)
Arzike (http://www.arzike.com/)
Bizcommunity (http://www.biz-community.com/)
Braby's (http://www.brabys.com/)
Clipps (http://clipps.co.za/)
Deal SA (http://www.dealsa.co.za/)
EasyInfo (http://www.easyinfo.co.za/)
Findelio (http://za.findelio.com/)
Funnel (http://www.funnel.co.za/)
Google SA (http://google.co.za/)
HotLink (http://www.hotlink.co.za/)
Iseek (http://za.iseek.co.za/)
Jonga (http://www.jonga.co.za/)
Lost (http://www.lost.co.za/)
Orange Pages (http://www.orangepages.co.za/)
Rainbow Nation (http://www.rainbownation.com/)
SA23 (http://www.sa23.com/)
SA Online (http://www.saonline.co.za/)
SA Web Search (http://www.sawebsearch.co.za/)
Search Engine (http://www.searchengine.co.za/)
SearchZa (http://www.searchza.com/)
SA Web Sites (http://www.southafricanwebsites.com/)
SA Yellow (http://www.sayellow.com/)
South Africa Online (http://www.southafrica.co.za/)
The Black Africa Internet Directory (http://www.afriqueindex.com/)
Web Design South Africa Directory (http://www.web-design.co.za/web-design-companies.htm)
Woyaa! (http://www.woyaa.com)
Yellow Online (http://www.yellowonline.co.za/)

[Chatmaster]

Nice, thanks roxane good list!

[Blazingpie]

does anyone know what sort of traffic they generate? An old SA anime forum I used to post on got a trickle of traffic from Google, anazani and aardvark, but then anime is not that big in SA yet....

[daniel]

Thankls Roxanne,

I havent seen anyone post a SA based list here

Cheers

Daniel

[Neo]

Hi Guys,

I noticed that www.iseek.co.za removed ads from their search results. Maybe the "penis enlargement" :oops: thing turned out to be a good thing (for us) I hate results tainted with adverts.

One thing I don't see on iseek.co.za is an Add URL link ? How do I go about listing on there ?

[Blazingpie]

Welcome to the forum Neo. well, i wouldnt be suprised if they had to removes ads like taht, lol

[Paz]

One thing I don't see on iseek.co.za is an Add URL link ? How do I go about listing on there ?

Hi Neo,

Welcome to the forum!

I can't find a submit link either. I would try posting a link in one of their classified sections; they must spider their own links. I wouldn't spam them. I'm sure you can find somewhere you can join and advertise your services without being spammy.

Cheers,
Paz.

[Chatmaster]

Hi Neo!

Great having you here, from Pretoria! I loooove that city! Will hopefully move back there soon. :)

Well, they must have their own spider. They even have pages from this forum spidered. http://za.iseek.co.za/index.php?REQ=digital-m.co.za&Submit=Submit
Go to page 2.

[GChoi]

One more - search.24.com

[Paz]

Hi G. long time no see....:grin:

Keep those SA search engines and directories coming guys....

[megri]

We are also coming with South Africa Web Directory

http://www.sawebdirectory.com/

[Blazingpie]

Hey megri, the site looks like it's coming along fine :) I see it's not a pay site too.

It got me thinking about what currencies to charge on an SA site. I mean, most SEO firms, even SA ones, will have dollar budgets and expect to see dollar prices, but if the directory was focused on SA sites, surely you should offer Rand prices? You probably wouldn't get the same amount of money per link ($5 is more than 50 Rands, for example) but it would help brand the site as "South African"...

[Paz]

We are also coming with South Africa Web Directory

Hi Megir,

Looks pretty good. There aren't that many SEO friendly SA directories so you've fond a nice little niche there.

I'd add an inexpensive paypal option for people who can't do recips. You can reinvest the money buying higher PR links.

[Paz]

And we have a recent addition; Saywhere (http://www.saywhere.co.za/) a South African Search Engine

[newbie2010]

I find the following, a batter one

www.ananzi.co.za

[terrymole]

I tend to stick Anancy, but took the opposite route and decided to Google to sell advertising for each pixel of your site, who have lost their credibility, so that way.

[Corrinla]

although they took the opposite route of google and decided to sell advertising for each and EVERY pixel on their website, they have lost a lot of credibility in doing this.

[brettgeeves]

I am inclined to stick Ananzi, even if they have taken the opposite route and decided to Google to sell advertising for each pixel of their site, they have lost credibility, so that way. There are a couple of other self, I need to find the URL when I can, including the SE, which allows you to pay to improve the ranking.