Laptop Battery Submitting your website to the various online directories is an
important part of any Link Popularity campaign. Whilst your traffic
from many directories may be minor or irrelevant, relevant incoming
links to your website will help in your overall search
engine link popularity.
Other than Yahoo!, which is quite frankly beyond the reach of many
smaller websites, paying for your directory submission can be a
waste of money. You can get just as good a resultfrom submitting to
free directories, or those that are free with a reciprocal link. If
the directory is exceptionally good, the cost is low, and your
directory ranking will be improved by paying a fee, do so if you
wish. Personally, I wouldn't recommend you pay for what you can get
free elsewhere.
To start with on your submission campaign, in my opinion it is
better to submit to those directories that will allow you to easily
modify your listing. That way, you can correct mistakes and get
your campaign down pat before submitting to directories that don't
allow you to logon and modify your submission, thus saving yourself
from wasting or reducing in value your efforts in those
directories.
"Add Your Site" "Add Your URL" "Submit Web Site" "Submit Your URL" "Web Directory" "Free Web Directory" "Reciprocal Web Directory" "Paid Web Directory" "Free Web Listing" Some web directories free, some of them reciprocal or paid, when you submit your site a Free Directory, your site will be listed freely on their site, when you submit your site a Reciprocal Directory you must link back them, or when you submit a Paid Directory, select their listing plans and pay them, your link will be listing.
Thinkpad What Directories to Submit To
The
best are Search Engine Friendly
directories (those that actually have your site URL listed at
some point, rather than outlinks that are simply code). Some
will ask for a reciprocal link, some will not. One list of
non-reciprocal directories is at
http://info.vilesilencer.com/main.php?rock=seo-friendly.php.
Opinion at the moment is suggesting that non-reciprocal or
one-way links are better, although any relevant link is useful.
Directories that encode their links are mostly useful for
traffic if their Alexa Ranking is high enough. Directories that
do not encode outgoing links will help your website's Search
Engine Ranking.
And what is Web Directories type, basically three types web directories running on internet, first free directories, and second is reciprocal directories, and last one is paid directories. So how to find quality web directories on the web for submitting your web site, here is the tips. 1. Write down your site's title, description, url carefully 2. Be realistic when writing your title and description, don't stuff keywords or illegal characters, can be cause spam. Be clear and understandable.
Microsoft Choose the Relevant Directory Category
Most directories will have many categories you can submit your
site to. Decide on the one that is most relevant, preferably a
keyword that you are aiming for high search engine ranking in, and
try to submit to the same or similar category in every directory,
at least for your main page (also see Deep Linking below). This
will increase the ranking of your site relating to the keyword
chosen.
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Laptop Computers Deep Linking
It can be worth linking to other pages on your site other than
your main page. Before doing this, make sure that the directory you
are submitting to permits you to both submit URLs other than your
home page (some only allow top
level submission), and for the same site to be submitted to
different categories (not all directories permit what are
essentially multiple submissions of the same website). This will
work especially if you have online tools or directories (such as
your links page) on your site that are useful and relevant to
add to other directory categories.
Find the right list of web directories to submit to. How to tell which directory is worth submitting to.
Laptop Computer Submit to Different Categories
If the directory allows multiple submissions, and your website is
relevant in several categories, submit to all the relevant
categories you can. This will increase the number of incoming links
to your website. Again, carefully check the terms of any directory
before trying this to make sure it is permitted.
The biggest mistake new site owners make when submitting to directories is jumping the gun and submitting a site for review before the site is even completed and beta tested. When the editor sees a bunch of “Under Construction” pages, or worse, her laptop locks up every time she logs on to your site (a big bug) you aren’t going to be listed in that directory of quality sites.
Desktop Computer Write Title
Write the title for your website. Try to include a keyword you are
aiming for ranking in in the title, but make the use of it
appropriate, don't just bang a keyword in for the sake of it; you
could get your site submission rejected.
Notebooks Write Description
Describe your website in a way that will attract visitors. The
length of your description will vary from directory to directory,
but most will be under 250 characters. Some will allow up to 1,000
characters, and in those cases write the most comprehensive
description of your site and its features that you can. It is a
good idea to write several descriptions of different lengths, say
from under 50 characters for a brief overview, to around 150
characters for a fuller description, up to 250 characters for a yet
more comprehensive listing, and finally a full description as
previously mentioned for over 250 characters. Keep your listing
pertinent to your website, insert keywords where relevant and
appropriate, but do not just submit a keyword listing, as most
directories will reject your submission. Save all your descriptions
in a text file, and just copy & paste into the descriptions
boxes when needed rather than typing the same descriptions out
again and again.
Lenovo Choose Keywords
Again, as with the description mentioned above, the amount of
keywords you can use will vary from directory to directory. Some
will not give the option, some will allow you numbers of keywords,
whilst others go by numbers of characters. Make a list of all
relevant keywords for your site, from most important to least, and
basically keep adding keywords until either you get to the bottom
of your list (unlikely unless your list is really short) or you run
out allowed characters/keywords. Check what keywords your
competitors are going for if you need inspiration. This can often
be done by viewing the source of a web page and checking the META
tags. Again, save your keywords to a text file.
Hard Drive Keep Track of Your Progress
Keep a careful record of what directories you have submitted to,
and your progress. It is far too easy to totally lose track of what
you are doing, which does not help your linking campaign at all.
The best way is by using a spreadsheet, such as Excel, to keep
track of your campaign. At a minimum, you need to keep track of the
following: Directory URL, Directory Name, Date Submitted, User
Login & Password for those directories that allow you to alter
your details and Response (accepted/declined). Other categories can
include: Directory Alexa Ranking, Directory Page Rank (this will be
for the home page only), Referral URL (if the directory will
improve your ranking for referring visitors) and any Notes. If you
are using the deep linking and multiple submissions strategies
above, also keep track of what other pages you have submitted to
each directory. Make a seperate entry for each URL submitted. For
example, your spreadsheet columns could go as follows: Directory
Name, Directory URL, URL Submitted, Referral URL, Login, Password,
Alexa Ranking, Page Rank, Date Submitted, Response. I would advise
keeping the list in alphabetical order, rather than order
submitted, as that way you can check more easily whether or not you
have submitted to a particular directory.
Catalogue: Internet Business | Site Promotion
Title: Submitting your Web Site to Free Directories By: Adrian
Kennelly
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