Directory Submissions

Hi,
Why is it believed that all the directory submissions should be done manually? There are so many auto-submission programs around - and manual submission will take a lot of time, won't it?

 

hey dude are you new to this SEO

 

Submitting to directories via automation could get get your site penalized (by the search engines) for gaining too many links too quickly -- especially if your site is new.

 

slow and steady wins the race

 

Plus, if the directory is human edited you might get rejected for having a very generic description, etc

 

Also the submission form of every directory is not the same, there is a difference in the categories and fields of various directories so automated submissions are not feasible.

 

Exactly true, for the most part they dont work

 

some of directories wont be submitted by autosubmission tools only manual submission can do.

 

For me, it is better to do manual submission because even though it takes a lot of time, I think it is effective because some of the auto-submission programs does not work in some directory websites and could increase the chance of being penalized.