Umdum Web Directory Launches : List Your Site
Some of our Search Engine Journal readers over the past month have noticed a some stories on the importance of quality web directories and their importance on the definition of your site’s theme and help with search engine rankings. Well there was a reason to those posts.
As I read more and more about web directories over the past couple of months and spoke with some people around the SEO and directory industries, some link building folks, and given my background in search engines and marketing, I feel that I can put together a top notch directory not only built around listings and links – but relevancy, authority, quality and usability.
Enter the Umdum Web Directory.
With our tagline “Humanity at work!” I am dead set on showing the world that a human edited spam free directory can still be built and maintained; with an emphasis on quality and authority.
Have your site listed in the Umdum Web Directory by following these simple steps.
1. Go to Umdum.com.
2. Select the most relevant base category for your site by browsing our Category Map.
3. Click over to the most relevant category then submit your site. We are requiring an editorial review fee.
4. Rinse and repeat – submit your sites which deserve to be listed. We are looking for businesses, blogs, guides, content oriented sites, other search engines, your favorite sites.
5. Do not submit gambling, drugs, or illegal content sites. Do not submit ‘built for AdSense sites.” Do not submit scrapper content sites.
That’s it. You’re now listed in Umdum if your site passes our Editorial Process.
Your site will be approved in less than 24 hours if not instantly. You won’t get that from DMOZ :)
Loren Baker
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pretty cool. :)
Hi,
I just tried posting my site and got this error from paypal:
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The link you have used to enter the PayPal system contains an incorrectly formatted item amount.
The link you have used to enter the PayPal system contains an incorrectly formatted item amount.
I had selected non-profit, hit submit but had a validation error on my keywords and description fields. I corrected those and then got this error.
I hope this helps!
Thanks for the info Shane, we’re looking into this problem right now.
Your site submission still went through and GummeURL is approved.
Best, Loren
Hi Loren,
I submitted an authority site Peter D’s SearchEngineBlog and also v7n’s Blog.v7n.com
http://www.umdum.com/dir/46442.php
Thanks John. Dang, that’s a good looking directory listings page.
Hi Loren,
I submitted 2 sites of mine. bratwebdesign.com and gelcandledepot.com. Your directory looks very nice and unique. I hope the best for your directory.
Thanks Patrick. Both of your sites have been approved and are now listed live.
I hope that you can take the time to submit some authority sites and sites of friends.
Best, Loren
Thanks Loren. I will do that. I have a friend who runs a not for profit web site.
Submitted:
http://www.joedolson.com
http://www.interdigitalstrategies.com
http://www.theconscientioushome.net
http://www.nytimes.com
http://www.news.bbc.co.uk
Cool, thanks Joe. Your contibutions are much appreciated.
Thanks for this awesome promo!
I added a few of my sites and one news site that I enjoy.
juggopop. com
randomexpert. com
music-motorcycles. com
marioateamushroom. blogspot. com
cnn. com
I also added a non profit site for a friend of mine.
Champions of Light
Orlando.com – Travel
WashingtonCapitals.com – Sports
I added a not for profit site for a friend.
Jazz For Peace.
Hi, just submitted http://sitebar.org
Thanks
Accidently submitted one via website submission:
PETspective.com
That’s ok Nick, we won’t charge you :)
Thanks for the submittals. I’ll go through and approve them now.
And please… keep them coming.
Hi Loren,
Same error as Nick when submitting Fuzzuck.com
Sorry!
Clayton
Thanks for the update Clayton. No sweat.
There have been some very nice sites submitted to Umdum over the past few hours and some very high authority pages which is making me quite happy.
Keep up the quality submitting. I think we have a great start going on here!
I submitted http://www.mapsales.com as well as http://www.foxnews.com.
I submitted http://www.cefeasttexas.com http://www.gospellakes.org (two non-profits) and stylegala.com a great design showcase site.
I submitted two more quality sites:
actis-emarketing.com
discount-health-card-plans.com
This IS an aesthetically-pleasing, Color-Harmonious directory with intuitive navigation.
The muted olive green motif is alluring without being distracting.
One suggestion, allow the uploading or linking to small logos or small icons to add some dimension to the text links.
I submitted 2 sites
http://www.website-development-training.com
http://www.gnc-web-creations.com
Please consider the following authority sites for submission:
Official State Web Site of Mississippi
http://www.mississippi.gov
University of Mississippi
http://www.olemiss.edu
Forgive me if this posts more than once. I kept receiving a “page cannot be found error” every time I tried to add an additional comment. :(
If it is possible, I would love to add one more site. If not, no worries!
http://www.digital.mississippi-photo-gallery.com
Along with the following authority site:
Mississippi Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
http://www.mdwfp.com
Cricket, I believe it’s because you are posting more than 2 links, and those comments get caught in our spam filter.
I’m in a train station right now in Tokyo, but will get to editing the submittals promptly.
Thank you to everyone for your help and keep on submittin’.
Loren
Hi! I’ve submitted the authority fan site (if that’s possible) for the Giants: Big Blue Interactive.com (it’s not the officail team site, but it’s the biggest and best Giants forum with over 15,000 members).
Then I submitted Date Culture.com (this is mine but I think it’s an authority site – great articles, no ads or anything). Another site that I think is an authority site is Grunge Forum.com
Then I submitted JET Health.com and Healthspan Blog.com (I submitted to aging because there are no related sites in the blog category – hope that was the right call).
I also submitted Stock Market Idea.com (again not to the blog section – hope that’s the right thing to do).
Hi Loren:
I have also submitted my directory, BayEngine.com
Thanks
Hi Loren – I’ve submitted by plus size clothing related site, pasazz.net :-) Many thanks!
Thanks for the opportunity! I’ve submitted:
absolutepitchpower.com
absolutepitcheartraining.com
boostyourmetabolismnow.com
dogownersguide.net
grahamenglish.net
podcast.grahamenglish.net
integral.grahamenglish.net
seminars.grahamenglish.net
hitsongwritingtips.com
qigongexerciseguide.com
saltwateraquariumguide.com
selfhypnosishandbook.com
yogaposeguide.com
Loren,
I submitted counterpunch.org along with my site, inform.com
Great idea!
Loren,
I submitted job-search-engine.com.
Thanks!
Great Strategy! You definitely have buzz!
chemocare.com is my authority site and below are my others:
aerotech.com
crye-leike.com
dongardner.com
furniturebrains.com
Just found out about this and submitted
LemmeFind.com
- don’t know if I got there before your deadline though, but thanks anyway :-)
irs.gov authority
most-popular.net
vaeng.com.com
I submitted http://www.madrunkdrivingdefense.com, a quality site with legal advice.
just under the wire at 7:40pm est!
thanks!
Loren,
I’m a few hours late but could you consider a favorite non-profit site I submitted appalachiantrail.org and please consider my site, wakefield-scearce.com
thanks in advance
Thank you to everyone for your submissions. I will spend the next day reviewing and approving, as there are quite a few high quality sites listed :)
The Umdum free promotion is now over. Stay tuned for more Umdum news!
Thanks for the opportunity. I listed a site I participate in, RealBlogging which we hope will become The Official Real Estate Industry Blog – lots of well know industry pundits are participating.
Hi; I submitted a blog written by and for evangelists about blogging for effective real estate marketing, RealtyBlogging. Th
Thanks for adding my blogs lads
Not sure what the problem is but I am unable to submit to this directory?? When selecting add to this category a standard page appears with no link to complete submit information??
great web dir …
I wish you the best
http://www.esaudi.info
I’ll try to add my site
http://www.earnFX.com
to the directory
information about USA Airports
http://www.5sw.com/airports/
Added my site, thanks very much
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