Beware of 'Paid' Hand Submission Directory Services

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Dear Old Welsh Guy,

Bold letters were not aimed at you. That's why I replied to you in standard font, and then added a comment in bold. I'm sorry anyway, I should have posted the bold message separetely.

 

No probs my reply was british sarcasm

 

Hehe i love thread like this, they kinda argue at start and befriend in the end. In real life you both should hug or kiss , well anyways directory submissions are not always giving an approval rate of 90% above.

Well I do hope that this is a lesson for all of us.

 

I received my first directory rejection today! First EVER rejection. I was told my site was not popular enough. Hmmmmmm So they don't think that 1.5 Million page impressions a month is popular enough Honestly some people are placing too much weight on page rank. You just gotta love the dorks of this world dontya

 

Hi

They are not all super responsive on this site

I have a standing order for over 200 for $30 which is fine price wise but when the hec is it gonna get done!

I placed the order over a week ago and contacted the guy twice now, once 2 days after payment and last night a week later.

He promised it would be started today but so far not a single confirmation in over a week. He reckoned it is in cue and should be started today.

To be fair, I did request (if it wasnt too much trouble) to stagger the 225 over a few weeks, and I dont know if that is the problem, but the point of staggering is to do the first batch, otherwise how can you stagger the next batch?

I havent received a single damn email yet much less a report. Nor has there been any visits to the site. (people checking the link)



Forget the money, its the time thing thats bothering me. The only professional thing I have seen him do so far is call me "Sir" in his pm's to me. Im thinkin, forget the sliptalk and just do what you promised dude.

Im thinkin Alfredo is my answer.

 

Soultime, I t9ihnk it is time to tell him to get on with it, or refund the money. I am not sure why you want to stagger the backlink building, as the spiders will not find them all at once anyhow. Just get on with it Is my advice.

 

I used him when he first started and had no problems at all.

 

Thanks for the advice OWG

I am a complete git with this whole SEO business and really have no clue. I can only go on what I read in forums and as always, the biggest problem is finding a legitimate source of advice, its not as if Google wrote a bloody instruction manual

I agree now, last night when I pm'd him he was quick to respond to my pm, I told him to disregard the staggering if that is a problem and just get it done, thats when he said he would have it started today.

Evidently, today to him means when he gets around to it.

I will pm him now and ask him just to do it.

 

Thanks!

 

Alfredo, the reality is that whilst the web is a big place, often your rep supersedes you!

I know for sure that I often bump into people across the web, and it is often in places I would not expect to do so!! I have independently hit online friends in forums where I would never expect to do so.
Although it is worldwide, the web is still a community, and like the experiment proved, we are ALL within six steps of each other (by and large).

 

Where on the web can I find more info on this experiment? Just curious

 

It is a study on social networking, some information here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_degrees_of_separation

 

used the service. got a report..but only got like four or five comfimation email...is it normal?

 

1 - You won't receive a confirmation email for every submission done.

2 - Confirmation emails may be stopped by spam filters, may be lost among other emails, may never arrive thanks to clients forgetting to create email account in due time, etc, etc.

3 - Quickly checked your submission report and found that out of 140 directories I used, 3 were suspended, 1 was down and 55 listed your site. This means 46% approval rate, very nice for an informational health site such as yours. And, I repeat, it was just a quick search using some key terms.

4 - Please check your inbox for the updated version of your report.


Thanks!

Alfredo

 

Directory submission needs something new... I imagine a provider of a directory submission service could cooperate with his customers on a special shared e-mail account that is forwarded to the webmaster's existing email account... depending on the provider of the email service a trust factor may be involved

 

Nice Info Alfredo.

One thing I have thought of is that the problem is one of perception, rather than actually having the job done. Might I make the following suggestions to make life easier for all?

This is the methodology I use for submitting to and monitoring directory submissions. I use a spreadsheet, contained in that sheet is the following information.
1. directory url
2. url of the page where my site will appear once accepted
3. date of submission
4. date of email receipt
5. date my site found on page
(there are other columns, but they are trade secrets )

Might I suggest to those who do directory submisions that they provide the actual category page where the site was submitted to and will appear if accepted. May I also suggest to those who use submissin services that they set up software monitoring of these pages that notifies them of changes.

Thos two simple steps above will prevent the bulk of distrust and bad feeling with regard submission services. People using autosubmission will not be able to provide the target category url, and as such will be downgraded, while those such as Alfredo who do the job dilligently will have no problem providing the information (which by the way is essential) IMO.

Tell me to keep my beak out by all means, but I honestly think this would improve the quality of service.

 

I contracted Alfredo late last year to submit about a dozen sites to all 100 directories.

Service was great. Communication was excellent. My mailbox was spammed like crazy by all sorts of web directory scripts.

 

Indeed, you know when the job has been done when the spam mounts up LOL

 

I've used Alfredo's service as well, and I'm satisfied.
Besides, Alfredo is a nice guy!