Comments on: Directory Submissions for Success

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:08:16 +0000

One thing I keep reading in SEO forums is how directories are dead and that there’s no point submitting to them. There’s no doubt about it, there are a hell of a lot of them! But I do submit to them from time to time, and I have noticed this still does help lift my rankings for the keywords I’ve put in the anchor text.

I’ll keep doing it occasionally for this reason – also because I think it’s good to vary your link building and have your URL at many different kinds of sites.

By: Missouri Web Host

Missouri Web Host — Fri, 21 May 2010 23:35:49 +0000

I have to say that directory submissions to small directories don’t work out so well for me. What helped was getting included in major ones, but alas, those are expensive!

By: SEO Gibraltar

SEO Gibraltar — Thu, 06 May 2010 20:50:24 +0000

Interesting how most of the things in this article have prevailed after a year…

By: webdesign rosenheim

webdesign rosenheim — Tue, 04 May 2010 20:54:49 +0000

Both well established directories and newly ones have their own disadvantages and advantages. Maybe, it’s just that we must all know when to submit or when not to submit.

By: method fitness

method fitness — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 09:22:24 +0000

this is my new site and wanted some knowledge about this thanks for the post.
@PPC Journal thanks for the advice will follow this for my site.

By: macintosh new york

macintosh new york — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:44:30 +0000

i guess directories submission helps in ways to get better ranking i an currently working on it and that helps a lot..

By: Webdesign Roosendaal

Webdesign Roosendaal — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 12:37:34 +0000

DMOZ is a great directory to get listed on, but it’s so hard to get into nowadays. Seems like most editors are absent most of the time or only approve their own links. I wish there were some more people looking out for quality links.

By: Joshua Mandriv

Joshua Mandriv — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:10:00 +0000

When i buy a new, clean domain i start from directory submission. Very good way of getting backlinks, but nowadays it’s hard to find good ones. If you collect a lot of decent directories you can even get some traffic.

By: Webdesign Rosenheim

Webdesign Rosenheim — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:49:14 +0000

I think it all depends wether you “only” want to have a higher pagerank – which actually is not that important anymore. Even google does not rank your page higher just because of your page-”rank”. And the thing is, that you DO want your site to be visited, right? So what is the use of a superb pagerank if no one will come to your site?
I think it still is really important, that you submit your site to any directory possible.

By: freelancer

freelancer — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:00:09 +0000

Thanks for this Great Article. Directory submission really is a good way of getting traffic but the problem is I submitted my website in 200 Directories but only 50 directories accept my website and all 150 directory was a waste of time. Does any one have any idea what type of mistake i have in this?

By: Outsourcing Europe

Outsourcing Europe — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:46:22 +0000

Directories might not bring much traffic but the are definitely are viable link building solution.

By: LeahDizon

LeahDizon — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:30:44 +0000

I am very new to link building…i know directory submission help to get backlink…i did 100+ directory submission and i only get 3 backlink…is that good?any suggestion on what should i do?

By: Designz Today

Designz Today — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:41:02 +0000

Well submitting to good directories with a minimum page rank 4 helps to get quality backlinks but submitting to each and every directory you find on the web is just a waste of time. DMOZ directory is exceptionally good but to be listed in DMOZ will most probably take a minimum of six months and is really difficult to finda volunteer editor to review your website.

By: Clickbooth

Clickbooth — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:32:24 +0000

In my personal opinion, Key to success in Social Bookmarking is to submit through accounts from our region. For example: If our website is based in US or UK. To get us listed on Google.co.uk and on Google.com (for US) then we must submit our website using accounts from those regions.Thanks for sharing your excellent tips and experience.

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:38:19 +0000

Free directories can be useful I think but not as useful as aiming for content-related sites.

I have just begun optimizing for a few sites of mine that are new and it is such a pain to do, but I am really enjoying it.

Considering sub’n to Best On The Web.

Is there a contract with it or not?

By: Seo Directory

Seo Directory — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:32:17 +0000

In my personal opinion, submission to web directories should be considered as a part of every SEO campaign but the trick is to choose the ones with high traffic and relevancy.

If you are submitting your sites to a directory which has neither traffic nor high PR or relevancy to your site’s niche then you are wasting your time…..

By: Ollie

Ollie — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:56:25 +0000

Directories are an easy way to get backlinks and get your site index. I do think that their effect on website ranking has been decreased.

By: Free Web Templates

Free Web Templates — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:54:32 +0000

I don’t think directories carry anywhere near as much weight as they used to a few years ago because there are simply thousands of them.

And then the problem with the bigger ones is that they take ages to be entered – my site eventually entered DMOZ 18 months after I submitted it.

By: Columbia MO SEO

Columbia MO SEO — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:10:24 +0000

For most of my clients, the backlinks are the big benefit of directory listings – they’re not really EXPECTING traffic from them.

By: Flint @ Learn Forex Trading

Flint @ Learn Forex Trading — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:10:37 +0000

I think submitting your site to directories can help a site get indexed initially, and lay a good foundation on your SEO attempts, but it shouldn’t be your only source of links. They don’t help you get ranked highly unlike one-way links from authority sites do. There is a free service I use called Easy Submits for my directory submissions.

By: Gilbert

Gilbert — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:59:18 +0000

Both well established directories and newly ones have their own disadvantages and advantages. Maybe, it’s just that we must all know when to submit or when not to submit.

By: Matt Hayden

Matt Hayden — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 08:48:28 +0000

I know there’s a lot of disagreement over whether it’s even worth submitting to free directories. I do think it’s still worth it. You can target certain keywords as you do so, which can lift your rankings for them. (I know because I’ve seen it happen.)

If you’re new to the web and your site doesn’t have much content, then you probably won’t get accepted into the big established directories anyway. So submitting to the smaller and free ones can be a worthwhile start. (Beggers can’t be choosers, after all.)

I wouldn’t go overboard, though. I’d also do lots of other link building, using articles particularly. They seem to be much more effective.

By: מתנה לחג האהבה

מתנה לחג האהבה — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:13:03 +0000

Very good written post. Thanks for the tips.
People nowadays think that implementing directory submission alone will be suffiient for SEO and for receivig backlinks to their websites. But since many directories don’t delivery their websites don’t climb up in teh serp.

By: jesse

jesse — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:38:20 +0000

I think directory links are becoming obsolete. Social Media is the way to go it seems, I dont know anyone who browses through link directories and seldom does anything come up relevant in search query from a link directory besides once and a blue blue moon!

By: Textbox

Textbox — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:25:40 +0000

Outside of the big ones that are still relevant (business.com, yahoo and dmoz to name a few) we rarely use directories as a element of seo unless they are industry specific. Along with the low value of the inbound link, there is typically no traffic generated by these directories as well. We find it a better use of energy and budget to write great unique articles for inbound links and as bait as well.