Is submitting to directories a must?

shirsc2

Mar 23rd 2006, 7:56 pm

What do you submit your site to directories specifically for? backlinks or traffic. My site is about a year old and I didn't submit to many directories besides DMOZ (still not in it yet) but yet i'm a pr 6.

Should I now take the time to submit to all those directories or would it just be a waste of my time?

kniveswood

Mar 23rd 2006, 8:03 pm

Directories are for backlinks, traffic will be very minimal. Directories are good for new sites just starting out and needing some backlink boost. For your 1-yr-old and PR6 site, I would say it'll benefit u much more if u put the time to gaining natural backlinks.

Or even better, just pay someone to do the directory submission. :)

shirsc2

Mar 23rd 2006, 8:09 pm

for a pr 6 site, my traffic is not up to par. I'm looking for more methods to increase traffic i guess

jdi_knght

Mar 23rd 2006, 9:00 pm

Submitting to directories hasn't done much at all for me in the way of increasing traffic, and I've spent hours submitting my sites. Most of the traffic to my sites are from search engines.

montux

Mar 23rd 2006, 11:47 pm

Directories can provide you natural and permanent one way linking. but for that directories should have at least PR. If you are submitting to site having no PR. OR Even not indexed by Google than that will worthless.

dvduval

Mar 23rd 2006, 11:54 pm

It might help you a little too if the keywords in the title of the link you are submitting rise in rank for your site.

ariful

Mar 23rd 2006, 11:58 pm

Directories are for backlinks, traffic will be very minimal. Directories are good for new sites just starting out and needing some backlink boost. For your 1-yr-old and PR6 site, I would say it'll benefit u much more if u put the time to gaining natural backlinks.

Or even better, just pay someone to do the directory submission. :)

Kniveswood is right. If you need good traffic then optimized your site for search engines or buy some text or banner links on high traffic websites.

Enjoy.

shirsc2

Mar 24th 2006, 9:08 am

thank you all so much. I've learned so much in these forums.

daboss

Mar 24th 2006, 9:12 am

i wouldn't say it's a must... but i'd definitely say, "why not?"... i can't think of any reasons that would negatively impact your site...

digital1

Mar 24th 2006, 12:14 pm

Submitting to every directory you come across isn't considered essential, but it doesn't take 5 minutes to go through the submission procedure, and it means you will end up with extra backlinks at the end of the day. :)

donttrustthisposter

Mar 24th 2006, 12:28 pm

Directories can give you HUGE traffic. The traffic is not direct from them but it will boost you in SERP results which will give you the traffic.

Directories>Search Engines>SERPS>Traffic>$$$$>Hookers&Alcohal:p

dealsway

Mar 24th 2006, 2:57 pm

We have a PR3 website and we are thinking of adding a web directory feature to it.

Is it really worth to add a web directory feature to our website?

Also if we go for a reciprocal link with PR 0 websites will they hurt our website PR?

dougadam

Mar 24th 2006, 4:04 pm

Hi PR directories help.

Cleoshahateet

Dec 20th 2007, 4:00 pm

I would like to know how you got the high page renk so fast. I did not know that it can be done so fast.

GettyCash

Dec 21st 2007, 10:25 am

I was about to ask the same question about what the benefits we'll get from web directory.

I am trying to drive more traffic to my blogs. It is the most difficult task to do.

DownUnder

Dec 21st 2007, 11:17 am

I was about to ask the same question about what the benefits we'll get from web directory.

I am trying to drive more traffic to my blogs. It is the most difficult task to do.

is it the one in your sig ?

malcolm1

Dec 21st 2007, 11:41 am

Is submitting to directories a must?

Answer: NO

You can also do social bookmarks, relevant blog links,forum links and various other metrics
that can help raise your search engine ranking... BUT Directories are the easiest
and fastest way off getting attention to your website from the SEs as they are indexed
regularly. Providing you submitted to that directories "proper" category its a positive vote
that your site is actually what it is and that it was reviewed by a human. On rare occasion
a directory can also send you some traffic from its visitors that are looking for specific info.

I hope this answers the question at hand... ;)

thx
malcolm

leader

Dec 21st 2007, 3:04 pm

What do you submit your site to directories specifically for? backlinks or traffic. My site is about a year old and I didn't submit to many directories besides DMOZ (still not in it yet) but yet i'm a pr 6.

Should I now take the time to submit to all those directories or would it just be a waste of my time?

How did your website become pr 6?