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Search Engine Journal

Search and marketing only

SEO, search and digital marketing news site that takes news tips through a contact form and sells sponsored articles and other ad products. Its advertising page says it has 710K users and 79K newsletter subscribers.

Search Engine Journal is a tech publication at searchenginejournal.com. It covers AI startups, with a rule: search and marketing only. Listing is free, with paid spots on offer. The link you get is sponsored: links in a live sponsored article carry rel=sponsored (checked on a September 2026 article). Terms read on searchenginejournal.com on 2 October 2026.

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Price: Free to send a news tip; sponsored articles and other ad products by media kit, no price shown
Link you get: Sponsored: links in a live sponsored article carry rel=sponsored (checked on a September 2026 article)
Review: Not stated
Run by: Alpha Brand Media
Their rule: Search and marketing only
Lists: AI marketing and SEO tools only
Where they say so: searchenginejournal.com ↗
Reach: HugeHuge reach: #4,589 by traffic in the Tranco top million; #1,798 of about 120 million domains by links in Common Crawl's web graph.
Checked: 2 October 2026, on its own pages

Quick answers

Does Search Engine Journal cover AI startups?: Only some. It covers AI startups, with a rule: search and marketing only.
How much does a listing on Search Engine Journal cost?: Listing is free, with paid spots on offer.
What link does Search Engine Journal give?: The link you get is sponsored: links in a live sponsored article carry rel=sponsored (checked on a September 2026 article).

Who is listed on Search Engine Journal

Our nightly read of searchenginejournal.com found 121 apps we recognise from other places, among them design.com, google.dev, favicon.im, favicon.io, favicon.love, customer.io, research.google, chatgpt.site. As of 8 Oct 2026. Your tracker checks whether yours is there.

How to submit to Search Engine Journal

1. Prepare the kit. A one-line pitch, a description, a square logo and screenshots, and check that your product fits their rule: search and marketing only. The listing guide lists what forms ask for; the tracker builds the kit from your website.
2. Open the form. Their submit page opens from the button above once you are signed in; signing in costs nothing.
3. Wait for the reply. Reply times are not stated; give it two weeks before you follow up. Pay only for a spot you asked for; the listing itself is what the price above says. Log the submission in your tracker; it marks the listing when it appears.

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Add your app once; we read searchenginejournal.com every week and mark the listing when it appears, every night on Pro. Last read 8 Oct 2026.

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