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South African Search Engines

If you are based in South Africa, you ought to ensure your site is at the very least listed on all the South African search engines. Below is a list in what we consider search engines worth listing your site with or using for searches in order of importance. If you know of any other search engine that is not listed here, please let us know.

Ananzi

Ananzi is undoubtedly the largest and most popular search engine for South African web sites. Notice we did not say with South African web searchers, because we find that most South Africans still use Google, even when looking for things South African.

Aardvark

Aardvark is a strong favourite especially within the travel directory. Aardvark searches are powered by Google but results are based on the assumption that the results will South African based.

Search Engine South Africa

This search engine is up and coming and is starting to attract interest. It has a nice clean feel to it and has a simple and easy process for adding a domain to the search engine spider program. Our only gripe is that it seems to be slow in delivering results.

Internext

It calls itself the gateway to South Africa. We like this search engine and it loads results quickly.

Woyaa

Woyaa sells itself as the Premier African search engine. We personally feel it lacks a professional touch and looks a little like a bazaar. May be worth a try if the results you require are outside of South Africa but within Africa.