How do I hook up to the search engines with CoffeeCup? Godaddy said they would charge me $34 for a package to hook me up... is that the only way?
any tips on hooking up with a search engine that would be good to know?

thanks.

Check out the CC Google site mapper, here:

http://www.coffeecup.com/google-sitemapper/

The app. costs less than what you were quoted at GoDaddy.

The search engines will find your site on their own, but services offered will help to get your ranking higher. CoffeeCup offers a similar service as well:
http://firefactor.coffeecup.com/