Oooppps...hey let's all be professional ok. Let's try not to hurt fellow forum members Peace to Anon and solidghost. I bet this forum is for all of us to help one another so let's live up to that, guys.
My understanding is the op wanted to know why directories which only accept one link won't accept an inside page. Some will, some won't for reasons stated above. Deep link directories are a separate issue, they will accept the homepage and additional inside pages but you'll pay a premium for this.
Seems that quite a few directories offer optional additional links for their details pages where you could submit sub-pages. Typically, these directories may not accept sub-pages as a primary listing because of this. There are some directories (I don't have a list) that do allow sub-pages for the primary url, but if I remember correctly, they didn't offer the optional additional links. I've gotten a positive response by contacting the directory owner to inquire if they would accept sub-pages and included the url for them to peek at. If you offer some quality content and it would contribute positively to the relevant category, I think some owners would be willing to accept them.
It's probably all depending on how long the URL associated with the subpage is. I've actually submitted subpages to Google which they've indexed pretty fast, but these were still very short URLs.
I don't like directory with deep linking as an user and a directory owner but I like as a webmaster to submit my web sites. So I accept only web pages 1)To Avoid spam 2)I find duplicate submission easy. 3)I think a directory with only home page listing look more professional.
Himalayan makes a good point, inner pages are more likely to be changed without notice, for example when a website changes the script it runs on. So accepting deeplinks can mean more dead links. The main problem with deep links is that if you say you allow them, then some people will attempt to submit loads and loads from the same domain, just in order to spam. It's a problem for free directories, not paid ones.
To Creed: So are you saying that for directories that accept home pages only, I need to email them requesting for my sub-pages to be accepted? I'm confident that the sub-page that I'm submitting have quality content. To Dinvest: You're right! I've also submitted sub-pages to Google but then how will I know they're already indexed? Unlike other directories they don't send any email saying that my submission has been approved or not. To Absolutus: I noticed that you're into DUPLICATE SUBMISSION. I don't think that's legal or a legit SEO stragety. As much as possible your submission should contain something unique. What can you say about this guys? To Obelia: Yes, I think Himalayan is right too. So i guess a sub-page is just a short-lived thing for us To George55: Do you own any directory George?
Tell me what let you think I'm in duplicate submission? Please check again my post you didn't undertand my statement 1)To Avoid spam 2)I find duplicate submission easy. 3)I think a directory with only home page listing look more professional. I'm not in duplicate submission, I have a script that check all listing in my directory to find if there is a duplicate in my directory so I will not approve duplicate entries for error. For example I receive submission from site example1.com and I approve than I receive after 1 year a submission from example1.com/forum My software tell me there is already a site with the same domain and the new submission will not accepted.
To Absolutus: Please don't get me wrong I didn't mean to offend you. When I said, "I noticed that you're into DUPLICATE SUBMISSION" I was asking for your knowledge re DUPLICATE SUBMISSION In other words, I was asking if in your own case it's a legit strategy or not. I'm no accusing you...Sorry if you interpreted my statement that way. But honestly, I didn't mean anything wrong.
i see alot of owners advertising their deep-link capable directories, but i don't think this is what the thread starter is asking. Perhaps, the real question is, whether directories should accept subpage links as the MAIN URL, not the deep-link URL entries. Actually, i don't see what's wrong with accepting subpage URL as the main URL if that is the prerogative of the site owner to market his subpage instead of the mainpage. As such, I don't see why even directories with no deep-link mod cannot or should not accept subpage links.
Theirs a lot of cheaters out there, that would put affiliate links. If it's a link to the homepage, then the rightful owner gets the link For example if you submitted links to www.inflames. com?AffiliateID=12345678 then they could get affiliate cash for it, and the rightful owner couldn't submit their own site's homepage because it would be a dupe. This is the main reason why I only like to accept homepage links anways.
That's a new strategy i've never encountered. I would accept non-homepage links if they are truly valid and of quality. Of course if i see links like what you have suggested, it would be rejected without a blink of an eye
To affearner yes, 40+ of them. The largest and oldest (many years) being http://directory.classifieds1000.com If your admin window follows to the redirects you can see that junk and deny the entry or use the url it redirects to! I see no reason there should be a limit of 1 entry per domain. Yes, additional entries from a domain deserves more scrutincy than the first
You're right CReed. I'm just getting the right timing. But what can I do about web or directory owners or webmasters who might wrongfully accused me with spamming? I wouldn't like that because my intentions aren't at all bad. Thanks for clarifying jl255. Actually, I still thank those people who have given me a list of sample directories that accept sub-pages. So no worries Right ccoonen. That's one thing that I noticed when I got this chance to visit Fat Wallet. They have very strict rules against that and can really detect cheaters who do that. But then again jl255 is right. It's up to the webmaster or moderator in the directory whether or not they should accept a sub-page. After all that's the purpose of the review thingy. Good point George
i don't see how submitting your subpages as the main URL be considered as spamming. Rather I think it may demonstrate a directory owner who is very keen in getting good PR strength to his subpages, which is rare.....