Adding links to your own directory

If I find something interesting or different I'll add it to the directory. After all isn't the point of a directory to provide a list of useful resources for it's visitors?

 

i only add my own sites to my directories

 

Yeah, but it's the same concept. They use other people's content for their benefit--as do some directory owners--without permission.

 

Let me broaden this thread up; if you do add links, what do you use for the link title and description?

 

I personally think you add the most descriptive and accurate title and description you can. You don't give them keyword titles, unless of course the site represents the keywords accurately.

 

im not against adding links, or anything, just was trying to add a point to the thread, that this is also to be considerred when adding links!

adding a valid question to the thread

 

Wouldn't it appear that you're basically just selling links to webmasters if you're not adding useful, informative and authoritive resources to your index on a regular basis?

Does your reliance on paid submissions to build your index reinforce/demonstrate that you might be?

 

On the other hand, are you mis-representing your directory to potential link purchasers? If a directory is paid submissions only, surely there's an inference, unless otherwise stated, that all the links in the drectory have been paid for.

 

I did the same. I offered free listings in empty catagories.

I usually add authoritive sites on regular basis to empty catagories even now.

 

If you have a free directory or you are offering free links besides paid links there are a lot of submissions.But for paid only directories some top authority links will be fine.

 

Is this an impression you have of fee based directories? How does this infer that all of the links are paid?

Anyone else have the impression that a fee based directory with admin listed sites is mis-representing their directory?

 

No, but then I assumed all directory owners manually added sites they thought worthy to their directories.

However if it was a bid for position directory then no they shouldn't be adding them as that's artificially inflating bids.

 

We add good quality sites to LinksQuitters every day, that's the whole point of a directory.

Links = Content

More content is good for the whole directory. If you're only listing paid submissions, then wouldn't that make your directory borderline linkfarm? Seems like it would definitely make it unbalanced with too many empty categories.

 

90% of the links in my new, niche directory are links I added myself. I want to build an authority site for all sub-topics/categories in my niche.

 

hello...

why of gods creation would I do that when sooner
or later they have to come to big daddy

thx
malcolm

 

I add authority and high PR sites to my directory on a regular basis. This adds more value to people buying links from me.

Google looks at the other links on the page to determine the relevancy of the links. If you have many trusted sites on the page, when someone adds his new site to the page, he will get more value from the directory link.

If there are no other links on the page there is very little for the search engines to use to determine the topic of the page.

When I pay for a link in a directory, I'd much rather be surrounded by trusted sites than just a few new sites.


As for being unethical to add someones link to your site, isn't that what DMOZ and most of the other Authority directories do.

 

I never do it . I only aceppt paid links.

 

Hello...

well said... adacprogramming

Haven t seen ya around lately...
good to see ya round

I believe its a 2 way street as well i belive...

thx
malcolm

 

Nice to know I'm missed Busy, Busy....

As to the 2 way street. Yes, I think having trusted sites listed in your directory also tell Google you are serious about your site. So, it helps both the directory and the sites that pay for a listing.

 

Correct,..

Its just nicer when you have a few authority sites listed to an extent...
If they are natural occurring whether by SEO company contracted by or
self added i believe it shows a part of the quality resource its listed in..

thx
malcolm