Comments on: Directory Submissions: Still a Tool for Gaining Traffic and SEO Help

By: gbpbot

gbpbot — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:29:12 +0000

I think it all comes down to a large amount of links from varying sources pointing at your site tells Google your site is popular. Google cannot say “because you have a link pointing to your site from XYZ site we think your site is spammy”… if that were the case you could put your competition out of business simply by building links for them.

By: Scott G.

Scott G. — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:36:50 +0000

Directory submissions have been a basic link building strategy for a number of years. Many argue their worthless, but there is certainly still some value for first-tier and/or industry relevant directories as you’ve pointed out. When combined with other viral and manufactured link building methods the value of directory submissions does increase. There’s no sense in submitting to 1,000s of directories with low or negative SEO value.

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By: Julian

Julian — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:42:03 +0000

I have been publishing sites since 2006, I gave up submitting to Dmoz recently as I have never had an approval. Surely in it’s current state it can’t retain it’s authority forever?

By: mwallcomm

mwallcomm — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:10:48 +0000

Yes, there are a lot of poorly designed and thought through directories out there. However, there are also a lot of good ones as well as a lot of new and emerging styles of directories. The traditional yellow page model is quickly becoming a think of the past, but I would argue directories that provide dynamic content and feedback from the users, are of significant value.

By: Jesse Dictor

Jesse Dictor — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:57:08 +0000

My biggest problem with directories is that they take so long to show any direct results, as oppose to even just link spamming random pligg sites. If your handing your website properly to begin with, mass inbound links seem more effective, especially for older websites.

By: shah

shah — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:47:28 +0000

Yes you are right building links is good its google strategy but there are less amount of high pr directories .all directories are money motive for paid submissions

By: Miguel Gomez

Miguel Gomez — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:28:13 +0000

Nice writeup. I think the Directory submission is transforming before our eyes, and soon the way we all do our link building will be more personalized and connected.

Thanks,

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 07:11:17 +0000

I agree that it is worth wile submitting to a handful of directories – Yahoo, business.com, JoeAnt, BOTW, STPT, etc.

DMOZ is worth submitting to but don’t get your hopes up and don’t cry if you don’t get in. I can also tell you that DMOZ is active as I edit a few categories myself – only thing to remember is that tens of thousands of volunteers are managing the directory and many categories are not managed at all. As an editor I can also tell you that its a pain in the as$ and therefore Im not in there every day – or even every week!

The other “lower quality” directories – are really not worth much – but it also costs almost nothing to submit your site – so why not – my seo theory is do everything as long as its not too much.

As for long term link value – most directory links move as more links are added – therefore your link ends up on a page nnot indexed or not regularly cached before you know it – so if you do like to submit to those “lower quality” directories – consider making it a quarterly event.

I can tell you though that a dozen high quality links on related sites that have authority that don’t outbound link excessively will show you fast upward movement in the serps – its really the most effective linking strategy.

By: karmadir

karmadir — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:45:40 +0000

I think right now, the future of directories lies in niche directories since they are theme based websites they will be quite popular in demand for giving quality one way relevant link.