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maney
Sep 9th 2006, 11:51 am
I know alot of people here (myself included) submit to directories, but how useful are they really? Surely, SE's will see them for what they are, a simple way of getting lots of backlinks.
Wyla
Sep 9th 2006, 11:56 am
SE wise good - you get content related backlinks from a decent PR page
TRaffic wise - sucks.. no traffic
britishguy
Sep 9th 2006, 12:06 pm
It pays if you are listed on a number of good PR Directories

You get many value added benefits to help your site with traffic, PR etc
AnaB
Sep 9th 2006, 6:21 pm
Most directories don't help at all. You cannot expect any traffic from them. SE wise....they suck as well..(unless it's dmoz, Y! or other reputable directories with tons of good links to themselves..). Most Directories are just pages with 100's of links thrown in with no real content...so obviously won't help a lot with SE..
patentinformation
Sep 9th 2006, 9:23 pm
if you can get your site listed by yahoo, or dmoz, your site will be well ranked.




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imteaz
Sep 9th 2006, 9:33 pm
trust me, it works very well if you submit to 100 directory which has atleast
p3. good luck
mixke
Sep 9th 2006, 9:44 pm
its a good way of getting many backlinks if you are listed on a godd number of directories but they dont reaaly help in getting traffic.
Scot King
Sep 9th 2006, 9:52 pm
Well, submitting to directories will get your site in there. You won't get much traffic, but the links will boost your PR if done well. But what about all the other sites in there? Most direcotories don't give you the opportunity to exchange links with them. My site does. Best of all, it's FREE !
dreamsubmitting
Sep 10th 2006, 12:07 am
If the directory have good PR where you can get link of Your Site.
Is Very to you. But if your Site Have good PR and directories have not PR so It can be useful to directory.
vistadivine.com@gmail.com
Sep 10th 2006, 7:15 am
Well I think its good to submit to directories I submit to directories but only those directories which have a PR 5,6,7,8 or above.
starke
Sep 10th 2006, 2:29 pm
I've noticed that many directories seem to have a lot of pr on the homepage, but once you start to navigate to the relevant category, they seem to have no PR...

is this a worthwhile submission?
Alvin
Sep 10th 2006, 3:07 pm
I've noticed that many directories seem to have a lot of pr on the homepage, but once you start to navigate to the relevant category, they seem to have no PR...

is this a worthwhile submission?

It doesnt hurt either....
zokiii
Sep 10th 2006, 3:12 pm
PR isn't important at all.

I look at pages that are relevant and that have relevant links, not some casino links !!

Directory links are good because they are one-way and you put anchor text on your wish.

BUT your site's backlinks can not base only on directory links because they are crap, only high trusted directories like Yahoo or Dmoz are valuable.
Usually directories have tons of links on one page, there is no content and these links have no big value.

You must have backlinks mix ...

Remember the most valuable backlinks are links from relevant pages, and from text not from sitewide and on pages that have little amount of outgoing links.

Todd Malicoat said this :
What to look for: Generally easy to find niche directories, don’t go overboard with more than a few directories per month, quarter, etc.

Other Notes: My gut feel is that too many directories triggers a filter. I wouldn’t go over 10 - 15% of my total link ratio on my own sites for my own sites at any given time. Start with a few highly trusted directories. (Yahoo dir, business.com, MSN SBD, BOTW), and add some others after you have many more links added to your profile.
Wyla
Sep 10th 2006, 3:31 pm
I've noticed that many directories seem to have a lot of pr on the homepage, but once you start to navigate to the relevant category, they seem to have no PR...

is this a worthwhile submission?

There are some directories with all pages of at least PR4.
You can check out my blog to see a list of 20 of these.
tyggemannen
Sep 10th 2006, 3:38 pm
Well I think its good to submit to directories I submit to directories but only those directories which have a PR 5,6,7,8 or above.

Most inner pages in directories has very low PR even if the main page has 7, its the page where your link will be that are important.
adamovic
Sep 10th 2006, 3:47 pm
I've noticed that many directories seem to have a lot of pr on the homepage, but once you start to navigate to the relevant category, they seem to have no PR...is this a worthwhile submission?

It is but it seems to me that PR0 pages with good anchor text is still important to google.
I've seen one cases where guy gets his 1st ranking mostly with directories and keywords in domains.
vistadivine.com@gmail.com
Sep 10th 2006, 10:16 pm
Ya thats right! Anchor texts are very important!
mixke
Sep 10th 2006, 10:34 pm
I've noticed that many directories seem to have a lot of pr on the homepage, but once you start to navigate to the relevant category, they seem to have no PR...

is this a worthwhile submission?
these links are free and also not of casino types so they dont hurt your PR either and also there are chances that there PR ( sub-pages ) will also rise then you will be having link on a better ranked page , hopefully.
though you can also go for paid listings as well on esteemed directories .
rosiee007
Sep 11th 2006, 1:37 am
IMO directory links helps. Infact all links help in SEO, as long as they are non-reciprocal. If you can get free links from directories, why not use them to improve your popularity?
geckotales
Sep 11th 2006, 2:04 pm
Yeah, I believe links are important because I see them work every day. They are only one part of the game, but an important part. Don't waste your time with junk sites that have link pages unless you have lots of time. Directories are not always great, but they are free links. If you get 25 or 30 links with the same anchor text you will often rank well after the links are indexed.
drhyperlaur
Sep 11th 2006, 2:55 pm
Back links can't harm your site so from submitting to directories you can only benefit... how much? it depends on the directory... from what i've seen 90% are (like) link farms but you can still find good free directories whith direct link wich will surely help your site's rank
vistadivine.com@gmail.com
Sep 11th 2006, 9:53 pm
No its not true all the directories are not link farms I am still having a list of 200+ free web directories which are quality.
EveryQuery
Sep 11th 2006, 9:58 pm
Sure, directories are helpful. Certainly, they don't do you any harm. Many think Yahoo and DMOZ are very important directories to be in because they may affect SERPs. But honestly, submitting to all the directories you can afford may be worth it. The anchor text of you directories listings may help you in targetting specific key phrases in SERPs. And if you are after PageRank, then you need all the links you can get.
ablaye
Sep 11th 2006, 10:00 pm
Back links can't harm your site so from submitting to directories you can only benefit... how much? it depends on the directory... from what i've seen 90% are (like) link farms but you can still find good free directories whith direct link wich will surely help your site's rank


Aren't all web directories link farms??? I mean what content do they offer other than links???
vistadivine.com@gmail.com
Sep 11th 2006, 10:16 pm
Link farms doesn't mean links with no useful content, actually link farms are those sites who list all the sites submitted to them quality or non-quality but directories only list quality ones. This is how you differentiate between a link farm and a directory.

Please add to my repuatation if you liked my opinion.

Thanks
drhyperlaur
Sep 12th 2006, 3:44 am
Please add to my repuatation if you liked my opinion.

Thanks
lol :)

well, i've seen lots of directories listing trashy links (not even sites, but deep links) just to have "content" for the directory...
patrickberry
Sep 12th 2006, 3:55 am
The directories that are mostly likely to survive a future search engine culling will be those that are niche.

There are litteraly 1,000s of general directories. I know, I have one. What value does my directory offer over the other general directories. Nothing. As soon as the only value a directory has is offer a link to the site that is listed, surely that is indicative of a lack of quality? I mean, I get approx 25 submission requests a day. These sites are looking for bacck links. Nothing more.

Niche is the name of the game to survive the search engines response to this explosion in directories..
Obelia
Sep 12th 2006, 3:58 am
I believe that the value of directory links depends a great deal on the value of your own site. If you're offering something of value, you will generally do well out of submitting to directories. If it's borderline or even MFA, you won't get such a good return for the time you spend submitting.
vistadivine.com@gmail.com
Sep 13th 2006, 2:35 am
lol :)

well, i've seen lots of directories listing trashy links (not even sites, but deep links) just to have "content" for the directory...

Ya you are right many directories do that to fill their categories so that they dont appear to be empty so if you find a directory with no PR and no quality and with dynamic URL's just dont bother about submitting to them there are 100's of other directories which are much more high in quality then them.

Please add to my repuatation if you liked my opinion.

Cheers