Webpronews has an article about attracting search engines to your site along with suggestions on how to benefit from the crawls. I found the article through a Google Alert on the keyword "JoeAnt".
It's like seeing my child's name in the news.
A third way to invite the spiders into your website parlor is to by submitting your website to the many internet directories available. Whether you choose, DMOZ, Yahoo, JoeAnt, Gimpsy, Zeal/Looksmart, or one of many lesser known directories, inclusion in them will get your website crawled by a spider. Since the various internet directories are crawled on a very regular basis, you can be almost certain a spider will travel to your website.
It's getting to be that time of year when I expect the submissions to JoeAnt to increase as businesses try to optimize their exposure in preparation for Christmas. Sites may be submitted by editors (make sure to join the correct topic for your site's listing) or through Speed-Pass (one-time $39.99 fee). To use Speed-Pass, find the best topic for your site and click the "Add URL" link.
Posted by marybeth at July 26, 2005 10:33 AM Internet , JoeAnt DirectoryCongrats! Sounds like your baby is growing up!
Posted by vw bug at July 26, 2005 11:57 AMThank you. JoeAnt has several "parents", staff editors who were there in the beginning and helped create the topic categories and continue to add sites, review submissions, and help new editors.
Posted by marybeth at July 26, 2005 12:30 PM