Are directory submissions dead?

I was wondering if directory submissions still hold some value.

Are they worth doing?

Any suggestions of good directories to submit to?

Thank you.

 

I own several directories and a couple are niche, I get regular visits from search engines so must be worth it.

you can submit your sites to airedale directory in my sig

 

download the directory submitter, it will show the pr for each directory and you only have to fill out your info once.

 

I just do a few niche related ones only. But I find RSS feed directories are loved by the big G at the moment, as well web 2.0 directories.

 

Thanks a ton for these tips. I will definitely look into submitting to the right directories.

 

There are a lot of good directories out there, but they're often hard to find because of the thousands of poor directories. Spend your time looking for directories that get some traffic or are in your niche. You can also take a few minutes and pound through one of the free directories list out there. Just do a few and you'll start seeing links showing up in your back link profile (that might give you a hint as to which general directories are worth it).

 

Yes they are worth doing if you submit to quality directories and its a known and popular strategy.

 

Quality directories are so much useful.

 

Selected only Quality Directory.

 

directory with reciprocal link is dead coz google not like link exchange

 

your airedale directory caught my eye and got me thinking "west yorkshire?", and i see you're from keighley! i am currently living there also - didnt expect to see anybody else from that small town on here!

 

Yeah, these kinds of directories are good, but the regular kind are not looked at as good as they used to be by Google.

 

You need to find directories with a bit of quality. The best ones would be themed directories, ie. a travel directory to help a travel site.

Look for recent caching dates of the directory in Google, see if recent additions to the directory has been indexed by Google. Avoid directories that look spammy, or have links to dodgy sites (gambling, adult, pharmacies).

Then submit with a unique anchor text and description to each directory.

 

They work for me and I have no qualms in recommending others to do so.

 

I think it depends on your niche and the type and quality of the directory that you are submitting to. I have had some great success with submitting to directories, especially niche directories as was suggested with the Travel Niche.

 

I think tehy are low quality links, but a lot of low quality links does count for something, so its not quite dead yet !

Woc

 

Just curious - does anyone see any value in them for something oither than getting a link that counts for google?

 

no, in a word. that is if you count 99% of directories.

 

i did not see any help by submitting my site to directory, i did some manual and lot of automated submission. I think it is dead except few.

 

you get what you pay for, submiting to free directorys is ok if the keywords are not competative but finance you need the big guns, Business.com, yahoo, etc