Your site’s been added above.

Our monthly Top 100 Alternative Search Engines list is never perfect, but we do try to make it better every month!

As for your comments on the limitations of our site, I think you’re right and also wrong. Yes, we are not going to be able to create new categories at the drop of a hat, so there will have to be lag between when someone submits and when a category is created or they are added to a category that already exists. It’s the limitation of using human editors, so you are right about that.

On the other hand, even spidering search engines have some lag between when you create a page and when it is indexed. And, as many Webmasters have painfully seen with Google, a new site can sit for a year virtually unseen until Google decides it has built up enough credibility to get some decent rankings. Now that’s a long wait.

As far as the limit to 100 in any given category, I’m sure there are times that will seem like a limitation, but in our opinion, not often. And because of the platform we are built on, we don’t want any search results pages to stretch on indefinitely to include every site that might qualify for a category. Some sites that are on our pages now may not be there a year from now, as we are prepared to make tough choices as to what the top 100 sites in a given category are. We think that’s a service to the user. If a site can’t crack the top 100 in a broad category, it may still find a place at Bessed in a more specific category.

Our goal is to make each search results page as relevanyt as possible, showing the best sites possible. If we’re not willing to choose which sites qualify and which don’t, then there’s no reason for our site to exist.

Thanks for your thoughtful comments. I will let you know when your site is added.

Your site has been added under Search Engine Optimization (SEO).

By the way, I already see a number of limitations for your site. I was thinking to submit our company listing, but you don’t have the categories. There is a suggestion above for a category for SEO that was made on the 9/18/06, but still no response or new category. Also, limiting SEO to 100 listings is really going to restrict the usefullness of the category, so you really may want to consider something like what DMOZ is doing.

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