Note: This software is no longer supported by us but is fully functional. We make no guarantees that it will have the intended results that are stated below when it was originally released and supported. We continue to make the software available for other Perl developers to use as a model for software development of their own.

The Search Engines Solution is the ultimate doorway pages management tool for any webmaster! Are you tired of tracking your site's position in the major search engines ? Are you constantly having to re-submit your doorway pages to the major search engines after they have dropped in ranking or have been updated? Are you constantly worrying about how many webpages you can submit to each search engine each day or how often you should submit them? Well the solution is here!

The Search Engines Solution is an application that you run from your server that knows all about the search engines and handles all the duties required to successfully manage the submissions of your doorway pages. It also tracks your website's position in the major search engines daily and acts accordingly automatically!

The Search Engines Solution knows when your pages have slipped in the rankings and will re-submit only the appropriate doorway pages that were tailored to the specific keyword / keyword phrase that has slipped. It also knows when you have modified your pages and will re-submit only those that have changed.

• Allows submission of root level domains.
• Allows search engine selection for positioning and submitting.
• Allows keyword selection for positioning and submission.
• Position history reported for the past year.
• Checks your site's position in all the major search engines.
• Automatically submits your doorway pages to the major search engines.
• Knows the search engines' rules of submission.
• Knows when your web pages have changed.
• Knows when your web pages have slipped in rankings.
• Can be executed as often as wanted - even daily.
• Unlimited number of keyword or keyword phrases supported.
• Unlimited number of doorway pages supported.
• Unlimited number of sites supported (per installation).
• Reports created on server in HTML format for easy web browsing.
• Easy to configure and install.
• Highly configurable with many options.
• Provides the functionality of both a search engine position tool and a search engine submission tool.

Search Engines Supported:

Position Checking Alta Vista Excite HotBot Infoseek Lycos Northern Light (no longer allowable 9/7/00) WebCrawler Anzwers Google Canada.com AOL Netfind Intersearch DE Intersearch AU Voila Infomak What You Seek Fast Search GoTo.Com MSN Search Yahoo - Inktomi Look Smart

URL Submission Alta Vista Excite HotBot Infoseek Lycos Northern Light (no longer allowable 9/7/00) WebCrawler Anzwers Google Canada.com Intersearch DE Intersearch AU Voila Infomak What You Seek

Limitations/Requirements:

• Runs on Unix servers only
• Requires Perl 5 with the CGI and LWP internet access modules installed
• User must have access to their own cgi-bin library
• Executed from telnet or cron (not from a browser)

Example Output:

• Search Engines Solution Position Results
• Search Engines Solution Submission Results

Files:

• ses_readme: Instructions for the Search Engines Solution.
• ses_code.zip: The executables put into a self-extracting executable.

Program History:

• Release 2.8 (09/07/00) : Removed Northern Light.
• Release 2.7 (11/11/99) : Improved Is-It-Listed reporting.
• Release 2.6 (10/12/99) : Is-It-Listed report added.
• Release 2.5 (10/08/99) :
  • Allows submission of root level domains.
  • Allows search engine selection for positioning and submitting.
  • Allows keyword selection for positioning and submission.
  • Updated ses_reports.cgi for minimum exposure to user.
• Release 2.4 (10/07/99) : Position History report added.
• Release 2.3 (10/06/99) : Submission History report optionable.
• Release 2.2 (10/05/99) : Submission report optionable.
• Release 2.1 (10/04/99) : Position report optionable.
• Release 2.0 (06/11/99) : Automatic self-updating version; additional search engines.
• Release 1.3 (04/24/99) : Modularized for easier future updates.
• Release 1.2 (04/21/99) : Updated methodology for accessing Lycos.
• Release 1.1 (03/25/99) : Corrected Registration Key handling.
• Release 1.0 (03/01/99) : Initial Release.