We had several customers ask us if EnterUrl.com was a legitimate service. If you are not familiar with EnterUrl, they claim to provide “Blast submission of your Web site to more than 300,000 search engines, directories and specialty sites globally.” With so many popular websites and services like InternetSeer or Web Pro news promoting EnterUrl, I guess we just assumed that the service they were providing was as advertised. In late December, one of our biggest hosting clients asked us about EnterUrl and we thought it was about time to find out if they were blowing smoke up everyone’s a**.

On 12/26/2008 we placed an order for One monthly submission [$19.95]. That submission claims:

“One-time Blast submission of your Web site to more than 300,000 search engines, directories and specialty sites globally. Service includes a submission email report from our search engine experts with valuable services and information to get you better rankings. Use the information to get you a better ranking on search engines.”

After clicking on the Sign up now button, we were taken to a page where we could enter our website, account and billing info. At the top of that page, it states:

“Blast your site across the web!

* Submit your website to over 300,000 search engines, specialty sites and directories
* 3 easy steps
* Purchase a 12-month submission and save $110!”

Note that EnterUrl claims that they will “submit your website to over 300,000 search engines, specialty sites and directories.”

We filled out the form and clicked “Activate Account” and found the confirmation page to be quite surprising… it no longer mentioned “over 300,000 search engines, specialty sites and directories” but instead stated some 65,000+. Already, it was clear that what EnterUrl was advertising was clearly false. I sent them an email regarding the difference and received no response.

Although the order stated the submission would be done on 12/26, it was not until 12/29 that we received the submission confirmation email. The total search engines, specialty sites and directories is advertised to be 300,000 and some how EnterUrl managed to surpass that amount by 325,091 search engines, specialty sites and directories, but only listed 93 in the submission results – 60 of which were successful while 33 failed… what happened to the 624,998 search engines, specialty sites and directories EnterUrl claimed to have submitted to in the submission report? What were the 624,998 sites? We asked that question as well and did not receive a response.

You could say that 625,058 successful submissions merit the $19.95 that we paid. However, we find it perplexing that EnterUrl did not list the sites it claimed to have submitted to. Today I went through the list of 60 that were successful and could not find our site listed. I can’t help but be a doubting Thomas in this case. So in closing… buyer beware.