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Are you
looking for free directories to submit
to? There are literally thousands of web
directories available today. Almost
every day a new web directory is being
created and it is difficult to judge the
quality and relevance of these websites.
But you never know which website will be
ranked high by the search engines when
the next round of indexing happens.
Today the site may be free and ranked
low but next week the same site may be
ranked high in the search engines with
high page rank and become a paid
service! So, how to judge free
directories to submit to????
Here are some factors to help you judge
the free web directories.....
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1. |
Are the directories search
engine friendly? |
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2. |
Do
the web directories provide
static text links to the
website? Many directories use
JavaScripts, which are not
search engine friendly. So you
won't get any SEO benefit. But
if it a high traffic web
directory then you can still
consider placing your link on
the web directory to get
targeted traffic. |
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3. |
Has the directory been around
for a long time? Search engines
value older directories more
than newbie sites. |
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4. |
Quality of the web directory. |
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5. |
Quality of sites linking to the
directory. |
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6. |
Human edited directory, response
time to questions. |
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7. |
Are the directories listed in
the top search engines like
Google, Yahoo and MSN? |
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A
Few Top Directories That Are
Search Engine Friendly.... |
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www.dmoz.org
- The
Open Directory Project
www.yahoo.com
- Yahoo
Directory
www.botw.org
- Best
of The Web Directory
www.sbd.bcentral.com
- MSN Small Business Directory |
Some are
free directories to submit to and others
accept only paid listings. Some like
DMOZ are difficult to get into but once
your site is listed you can expect a big
boost in your rankings and traffic. Many
of the directories on the list are
highly regarded by the search engines
and getting listed on them gives your
site more credibility, visibility and a
better chance to get higher ranks in the
search engines. These directories are
crawled frequently so your sites will be
indexed lot quicker. These one-way links
are much better than reciprocal links in
terms of SEO value and your site is sure
to rank better in the search engines.
With thousands of free directories to
submit to you can get tons of one-way
links pointing your way some of them
from top-quality web directories. With
so many links search engines have to
take note and your rankings will
dramatically improve. By including
attention grabbing titles and key word
descriptions your website might even get
some amount of traffic. Most important
if the human editors do not modify your
descriptions you can a lot of links for
the desired keywords and phrases, which
gives you an added boost in the search
engines.
Do not neglect the newer web directories
especially niche directories even if
they do not have page rank or search
engine rankings. Niche directories that
cater to your particular area of
interest will tend to attract people who
are looking for what you are offering.
So it is a better match and you can
expect highly targeted traffic to your
website. So, when you are looking for
free directories to submit to do not
neglect the niche directories.
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