What do you mean by "improve rank"? Do you mean PageRank, or position in SERPs? Assuming you mean SERPs, I don't think the question has a simple yes/no answer because IMHO some directories do, and some do not. I'm convinced that the older, more established, directories with good editorial staff and which did not playing the "bidding directory" game will help SERPs. I also think that there are many poor quality directories are seen as junk. So the answer in my view is "some are, some aren't. /*tom*/
its a competitive thing, if theres not alot of competition in your keyword area, directories will help an awful lot, if theres alot of competition, youd better get good high pr relevant links on sites similar to yours. It all weighs out o how hard you want to work for what placement.
i think so, that directoryes really improved site rank! you can think about it yourself! why are they need if they not improve the rank ? understood ? i using directory submission to all my sites, and i have some results
Not sure you're right about bot crawling; my own directory stacks up well against these 2 big sites...
HI Submitting your sites to directories takes times... But once done it is done.. so it is worth it.. but you need to submit you a lot of directories to really see and true results... Thx Tom
google probably changes their mind alot so what works one month might change the next and then change again the next after that