Friday, September 17, 2010

Web Directories

Don't forget to submit your link to web directories. Directories are categorized listings of websites. They are usually free to submit your link to, but they are often human-edited which means it will take some time (it can be on the order of months) before your listing appears and your link needs to be top-notch for them to think it's worthy of inclusion in their directory. Keyword spamming and other black hat SEO tricks will definitely not work in these situations.

One good thing about directories is that your listing appears alongside lots of other relevant non-spam listings. It also guarantees your site will be indexed by the major internet search engines because they always index web directories. The quality of links in directories is always high due to the human-editing factor. It's very difficult to get bad sites into those directories, so make sure your design is clean and that there are no broken links or page errors before submitting. You may only get one chance for someone to consider your site for inclusion in their directory.

Here are some of the major web directories that are a great place to start promoting your website:

DMOZ
Google Directory
Yahoo Directory

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