These are 19 of the top twenty search engines and directories today. ALL of them, either directly or indirectly, now use link popularity to determine your 'relevancy' and positioning.

About.com Alta Vista AOL Excite FAST GO.com Google Hotbot Inktomi

IWON LookSmart Lycos MSN Netscape NorthernLight Teoma WebCrawler Yahoo

Bottom line: you now MUST be linked to be found.

Sources for this key information:
Business Wire and Search Engine Watch.

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