Web Directory Submission Pointers
Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 12:24 am
Just browsing this forum I had an urge to put some pointers down for future reference.
Why Submit
You are submitting for two reasons - traffic from the directory, and link popularity. As such, prioritize. You aren't going to be able to submit to every one of the 100,000 web directories out there, so start at the top and submit to those web direcrories that provide the most traffic or the most link juice.
Where to Submit
Submit to web directories that have the highest PageRank and Alexa Rank. PageRank indicates link juice, and Alexa rank indicates traffic.
http://www.seocompany.ca/directory/top- ... ories.html
http://www.strongestlinks.com/directori ... lumn=alexa
Generally, my favorites are:
http://dir.yahoo.com/ (If you don't like that redirect, check Google's cache of the category you want to submit to.)
http://www.dmoz.org/ (Yeah, you got better chances of winning the lottery, but still it's worth a shot.)
http://sbd.bcentral.com/ (Cheap and can drive some traffic)
http://directory.v7n.com/
http://www.joeant.com/
http://www.umdum.com/
http://www.abilogic.com/
http://www.rubberstamped.org/
http://www.webotopia.org/
Where NOT to Submit
If you are visiting a directory for the first time, check out the footer. If you see links to that say "Cheap [banned word - SPAM]", move on.
A web directory that links to anything no without any regard for editorial integrity will lose its trust in the eyes of the search engines. No trust = no link juice.
Another thing to avoid is submitting to over crowded categories. Sometimes I go to submit, and fnd that a single category may have 500+ listngs. Not good.
My #1 Submission Tip
Most folks who do submissions copy and paste the same title and description to hundreds of directories, most of the time using Roboform.
http://www.roboform.com/
Don't do it. Search engines are looking for UNIQUENESS.
Take the time to sit down and write 30 or 40 unique titles and descriptions before you submit. The more unique each listing is, the more value it will have.
Why Submit
You are submitting for two reasons - traffic from the directory, and link popularity. As such, prioritize. You aren't going to be able to submit to every one of the 100,000 web directories out there, so start at the top and submit to those web direcrories that provide the most traffic or the most link juice.
Where to Submit
Submit to web directories that have the highest PageRank and Alexa Rank. PageRank indicates link juice, and Alexa rank indicates traffic.
http://www.seocompany.ca/directory/top- ... ories.html
http://www.strongestlinks.com/directori ... lumn=alexa
Generally, my favorites are:
http://dir.yahoo.com/ (If you don't like that redirect, check Google's cache of the category you want to submit to.)
http://www.dmoz.org/ (Yeah, you got better chances of winning the lottery, but still it's worth a shot.)
http://sbd.bcentral.com/ (Cheap and can drive some traffic)
http://directory.v7n.com/
http://www.joeant.com/
http://www.umdum.com/
http://www.abilogic.com/
http://www.rubberstamped.org/
http://www.webotopia.org/
Where NOT to Submit
If you are visiting a directory for the first time, check out the footer. If you see links to that say "Cheap [banned word - SPAM]", move on.
A web directory that links to anything no without any regard for editorial integrity will lose its trust in the eyes of the search engines. No trust = no link juice.
Another thing to avoid is submitting to over crowded categories. Sometimes I go to submit, and fnd that a single category may have 500+ listngs. Not good.
My #1 Submission Tip
Most folks who do submissions copy and paste the same title and description to hundreds of directories, most of the time using Roboform.
http://www.roboform.com/
Don't do it. Search engines are looking for UNIQUENESS.
Take the time to sit down and write 30 or 40 unique titles and descriptions before you submit. The more unique each listing is, the more value it will have.