With the current trend in directories being about deeplinks and myself seeing something mentioned about them here at least a few times a week i would like to take this opportunity to ask here so i can fully grasp what their all about. As far as im aware, a deeplink within a directory would mean being able to submit an inner page of my site, and im seeing that deeplinks on offer are meaning you will get multiple links throughout a few categories, like 3 extra or 5 extra, what ever the directory is offering. So what exactly are directory owners offering when offering deeplinks? And is the term deeplinks ideal, if its an offer of multiple category links then wouldn't "Multiple Category Links" be correct. Feel free to curse at me, call me stupid... i just want to fully understand this. Actually im getting it wrong i think, its not about extra categories is it, its just the extra links from your site.
Hi pipes, I had the same confusion too. So, your question is not stupid. To me deeplinks, are what you described, a link to an inner page. However, when someone states "deeplinks mod" here, it means that you can add deeplinks (usually 3 -5, sometimes even 7) on your listings detail page. Hope this helps, Morty
Deep links in my directory means you get to submit additional URL's with anchor text for the internal pages of the same site. These get listed on the details page, it is supposed to help build up serps for keywords of internal pages and help keep them out of supplementary results in G as far as I know.
Sometimes i fear asking a question because i feel i should know but i realise its better to ask if im not sure. So would the deeplinks that are added only show up on the listings detail page? and not throughout that category that you have submitted to.
It's to get pages of your site which are deeper than the homepage linked to help get them crawled and indexed by the search engines.
Ah, jg123 has answered that 2nd question for me, thanks to you both, its much more clearer to me know.
A directory accepting deep links used to mean that they accept links to pages other than the homepage; some did this for all listings, others for only paid/featured. Since Rob released his Deep Links mod, things have become less clear. There have been several posts asking for who allows deep links when they were actually looking for directories who had implimented Rob's mod. It's no wonder you are a bit confused as others are dropping the word mod from conversations about Rob's product and the copycats that have followed. I am not using the mod. Deep links on my directory (Crafty Tips) means that you are able to submit any page of your website for a link and I also allow submittor's to submit up the 3 different listings as long as they appear in different categories.
Thanks syted, its much more clear to me now, its finally sinking in i think its because ive recently seen a multiple categories mod aswell now, im getting all excited and confused recently.
It can be confusing because many directories state they don't accept deep links and what they mean is they only accept top level domains, www.toplevel.com not www.toplevel.com/directory So they both sort of mean the same thing (have to do with internal page linking).
Yes the first part that you mention YMC is what i remember until a while ago and then of course there has been the release of the deep links mod.
This is a very education thread. Its not stupid to ask what you don't understand. I think that ppl who don't ask just stay stupid,right?
Somewhat true . They should search for the answer first to see if the question has been asked before. Then if you can't find, ask ( I am not referring to Pipes or this thread, this is just a general statement). Pipes actually reminded me of something. I submit to a lot of directories for our clients, and with the growing popularity of the deeplink mod, I have come across the following. Some directories that have this mod, just state on their submission page "3 extra links" which I take as I can link to any site. However, later I get an email saying sorry they have to be from the same site. As a frequent directory customer, I think directories should consider specifying such rules. As it gets annoying for the customer when this isn't stated upfront on the page. For example, on our directories that allow extra links, we state "bonus links" and do not have any conditions (as long as they meet the TOS) on where those links can point to. Just a thought Morty
Deep links in my directories are additional URL's with anchor text for the internal pages of the same site. These links are on the specificied directory page and are not buried in a detail page.
I fully agree, a very good point, and to be honest im still guilty of making that mistake a few times search is my sometimes forgotten friend.
You are ahead of the game now Since I've installed the deep link mod on my directories I'm still getting submissions who pay for a featured link which includes the homepage and 5 inside(deep) pages but only submit the home page They obviously don't understand deep links or are too lazy to submit them.
Excellent i guess it pays to understand it properly now as both an owner and submitter, as you point out the confusion that some submitters are having too.
I actually have had to do this for a couple of sites because my customers use frames (No matter how many times I tell them its a bad idea). Plus, I don't think all customers know what it means or what the value is... we get a lot of small business who aren't up to date on SEO techniques. I think sometimes we just assume b/c we are so familiar with it.
that's a good observation about assuming everyone knows because we do. Perhaps this might be a good signal that something more can be done to educate your submitters? With that being said, i've not encountered anyone yet who opted for deep-links and not placed deep-links.....
With respect I believe the correct name should be Deep Display Reviews This seems more in line and appropriate and prevents any misunderstanding re G or any other SE's