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ExactSeek: requirements, how to submit, and what you actually get

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A 2000-vintage search engine where Add URL is free, verified by email, and signs you up to a newsletter.

exactseek.com
ExactSeek homepage
Eligibility

Who ExactSeek accepts

You need
A title tag and a meta description on the page
An email address you will verify from
You'll be rejected if
A page with no title or meta description: they say it will not be added
Websites of any kind
What you actually get
Inclusion in a small search engine's index rather than a directory page: there is no listing to link to and no profile to fill, and your site appears in their results if it has a title and a meta description and you answered the verification email. Submitting consents you to the SiteProNews newsletter, which is the business. We did not read a result page's link markup, so the dofollow field is the cautious reading.

How to submit to ExactSeek

  1. Fill the three fields
    URL, name and email, each capped at 255 characters, plus the terms box.
  2. Verify the email
    A membership signup follows; the site is not added until you answer the verification email.
  3. Wait for the crawl
    No time is published for the free lane; the paid Rapid Inclusion is what promises 24 hours.

ExactSeek requirements

URL
255 characters
Name
255 characters
Email
255 characters
A title tag and a meta description on the submitted page

Gotchas

Agreeing to the terms is consenting to the SiteProNews newsletter: the submission and the subscription are one box.
The site is not added until you answer the verification email that follows the membership signup; a submission with an unwatched inbox goes nowhere.
There is no listing page, only index inclusion, so there is nothing to claim, nothing to update and no link to read.

Let your agent submit to ExactSeek

Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the ExactSeek playbook and gets the brief for this exact form, with the values already taken from your submission pack instead of placeholders you fill in by hand.

What it does for this platform
Checks your product against the 3 ExactSeek rules above, so you find out you would be rejected before you open a tab.
Hands your agent all 4 fields this form asks for, none of them optional, already filled from your pack.
Tells you what paying buys here, so you pick it on purpose: add URL is free. The paid products sit beside it: Rapid Search Engine Inclusion (in their results within 24 hours, recrawled every 48), a Featured Website Listing at $14.95 for three months of 'guaranteed top 10 exposure', a traffic programme and sponsored posts on SiteProNews.
Types it into ExactSeek in your own browser, and stops for you when the form wants a sign-in.
Records what it sent, so the dashboard can answer "did I ever submit to ExactSeek?".
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ExactSeek FAQ

How long does ExactSeek approval take?
ExactSeek does not publish how long approval takes.
How much does it cost to submit to ExactSeek?
ExactSeek has a free submission option plus paid placement (Add URL is free. The paid products sit beside it: Rapid Search Engine Inclusion (in their results within 24 hours, recrawled every 48), a Featured Website Listing at $14.95 for three months of 'guaranteed top 10 exposure', a traffic programme and sponsored posts on SiteProNews.).
Does ExactSeek give a dofollow backlink?
No, links from ExactSeek are nofollow. The site has a domain rating of 70.
Does ExactSeek require a backlink to your site?
No, ExactSeek does not require a link back from your site.
What gets you rejected from ExactSeek?
A page with no title or meta description: they say it will not be added.