Submit Your Site to Directories
Unlike search engines which use spiders to index and
list your website directories are a hierarchical collection
of categorised websites approved by human editors. Directories
tend to contain more quality and relevant
sites than a search engine might produce.
Submitting your site to key directories is the starting
point for a link building popularity campaign. Directory
submissions if done right provide a great way to increase
the number of links to your website and hence increase
your rankings in the major 3 search engines Google,
MSN and Yahoo.
They provide one way links and in turn
increase the weight that search engine algorithms place
on your site which results in higher search engine placement.
They also drive targeted traffic to your site and can
return higher conversion rates if you sell services
or products. Both general directories,
specialised and industry related directories would benefit
your rankings.
It’s important to get as many link backs to your
site as possible, atleast 50 should be a minimum with
a lot more required for bigger commercial sites (We
provide a Directory Submission Service). Make
sure you select a relevant related category when submitting
as search engines which crawl these directories for
listings will look for a theme related to your site
and if that theme matches the directory category that
you are listed in then it’ll help you rank better
for keywords related to your subject.
The Open Directory Project ( ODP ) is the largest,
most comprehensive human-edited directory of the Web.
It is constructed and maintained by a vast, global community
of volunteer editors.
The most important directory to get listed in is the
free Open Directory Project (www.dmoz.org) which is
run by volunteer human editors. They give up their time
to shift through a mammoth amount of sites and approve
suitable sites. It can take more than 6 months to get
listed so be patient and don't be hasty in making a
fresh submission. Also be careful that you read the
strict submission guidelines.
The ODP directory provides content feeds to major search
engines including Google and hundreds of portals and
other search engines. Having a site in the directory
adds to the ranking value of your site and the importance
of having a listing cannot be overstated.
Some web directories have a free submission option
whereas others may require a fee.
If you would like to use our directory submission service contact us for more information.
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