Hi, What are the things that you check before submitting to a directory, especially for paid listings? Here is my list in order of importance. 1. Indexed pages 2. Backlinks (I use Yahoo siteexplorer) 3. Quality and number of sites in my category (the fewer and the higher the quality the better) 4. PR 4 Age 5. Design And let's not forget price So what is your list?
check PR in google toolbar (just for fun PR doesnt mean much to me) check quality of other sites in category check the webmaster/owners other sites to make sure im not paying for a listing in a directory that with no traffic
If I want to be listed in a directory the price is not a major factor as well as the PR. The main thing I look as is if the topic and page I will be listed in is cached and within a reasonable period of time. If the directory offers no link value then why bother to waste your time or money submitting.
I guess that's true for some people, but unforunately I am not in a position (financially) yet not to care about the price and I guess the same goes for a lot of people.
If its free just the PR, and how much it takes till my website is on the directory. If its payd, what i said for free plus price
Nice ideas that we can put information for our members and it is good to remember for our marketing dept. too.
It may just be the writer in me, but if the page text is poorly written and riddled with grammar and spelling errors, I don't submit. Since so many directories offer free submission for early registrants, limiting submissions to high PR sites may cause you to miss out on great links. I have a PR5 link by submitting early to what was a PR0 site.
I only list with free directories when I bother at all. Mostly I don't but ever and anon the urge hits me. What has struck me negatively about some new directories is: They don't bother to populate it with anything before they take it live. Directories - like other websites - need some content. So I'm surprised more don't at least add some of the better known sites in some areas to give the search engines something to eat. The categories often don't seem to have been given much thought. They are often too shallow: no depth, no breadth. Or they are just cloning another site (or buying a category database - how many of you really expect the companies engaged in parallel computing to list?). So I often skip even free listings because I don't see value in investing my time. Richard
Considering it's free I try not to worry too much and submit to as many as possible in the most relevant catagory. I use RoboForm and it makes submitting to directories much easier. It takes just as long if not longer to check if the pages are indexed, verify internal page rank and all of that other stuff... it's a minor part of my link building campaign so I try not to over analyze it and take it for what it's worth.
Me, too. Subscribing to the conventional wisdom that an inbound link can't hurt you, but will probably help you, I submit pretty much mindlessly to free directories. As I mentioned in another thread, I use a simple directory submission procedure — every day I check Digital Point's "Solicitations" forum for new directories. There seem to be anywhere from two to four new, free directories offered each day by DP members. It's a win-win: • My website gets a free inbound link. • The Digital Point directory owner gets a new submission to help populate the directory. • Since many DP members are pretty tech-savvy, there is a good chance that some (not all) of these new directories will one day have a high PageRank, will pass some of that to your site, and will probably generate some traffic for you. If you do nothing else, directory-submission-wise, just by adding your site to each day's new directories on DP, you will probably add about 1,000 new inbound links to your site each year. And it takes just a few minutes' work each day. Try it. I think you'll find it's a relatively painless and pretty effective way to build links.
Free/paid is probably the first concern for most people. Free directories ARE risk free as long as they are not banned by Google.
I sometimes wonder if some of the free directories will become seen by Google as "bad neighborhoods." And I do wonder how much good being in fifty does as opposed to be in five of the 'better' ones. Richard