Does Directory Submission Work?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by morens, Oct 31, 2007.

  1. #1
    Hello I want to know if directory submission is working to my PR. Because I have done several submission, meaning 1000 and my PR is still 1. I have used good dir..with PR high..What's the problem?
     
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  2. britishguy

    britishguy Prominent Member

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    PR is a minor consideration not to be taken too seriously, serps is more important and that can be achieved by having your URL Review on Directories :)
     
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  3. seoz87

    seoz87 Peon

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    #3
    Pr is useless. Concentrate on ranking. And yes directories submission plays its role in ranking but it depends on directories in which you have submitted your website. Cause every submission if approve is a backlink for your website.
     
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  4. Webdrops

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    I guess directory submission helps in getting inbound links for our site... but as far as i have studied and noticed... outbound links also play a critical role.... so I feel a balanced ratio of inbound and outbound links can really help us get a better page rank. Just an opinion though :)
     
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    seo_consultant Peon

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    Yep it work's even in the wake of latest Google announcement of penalizing websites who all involved in paid directory submissions or directory submissions. But what i believe that leave bigger names and can go with other reputable less famous directories. But keep in mind go with 10 to 15 directory submissions in a month time period. Otherwise you may hold as a spammer.

    Cheers! :D
    Nawaz Shahzad
    Seo Expert
     
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  6. priyakochin

    priyakochin Banned

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    Directory Submission really works.I think u will get good PR in next update.
     
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  7. sweta

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    Yes Directory submission is best technique in seo. As i can say with my experience. see my blog swetshah.wordpress.com where i put one case study in which i did only directory submission. Dont bother about page rank the most important thing is traffic or visitors. hope you will learn something from that case study. leave comment if you wish
     
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  8. gr8liverpoolfan

    gr8liverpoolfan Notable Member

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    It depends on the directories that you have submitted to. Certain free directory owners either approve everything, or ignore the directory all together. In case 1, your site is buried somewhere deep, with tons of crappy links along side, and in case 2, your site is submitted but not approved.
     
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  9. thunderbolt007

    thunderbolt007 Active Member

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    Quality over quantity even if you many backlinks and it is not quality still it will not increase your PR.. Increase your link popularity first in order to achieve high PR. :p
     
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  10. dtm

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    quality is the way to go for directory submissions.

    and do the submissions by hand is my advice.
     
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  11. FreeTraffic

    FreeTraffic Active Member

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    D'nt worry, directory submission can not increase your page rank. You should write rich content in your webste, write articles & blogs. Try to link your related websites.
     
    FreeTraffic, Oct 31, 2007 IP
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    mhaye_01 Banned

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    It depends on the quality of directory..

    The benefit I can see with this one is the relevant and unique backlinks they can provide.
     
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    It's better to have quality links than quantity of links.
     
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  14. superlinksworld

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    I think seo friendly directories can play a major rule in pr .. and google count link page pr and + + with other incomming links...but it doesn't mean that link page have no pr is useless thats also countable but in quantity not quality.
     
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    zk5182 Active Member

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    wait till next update ..keep linking like crazy , look at sites and blogs apart from directories
     
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    yes directory submission work for keywords ranking and high pr but also u do article submission and bookmarking. With these defiantly get Benefit
     
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  17. hem1234

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    Yes directory submission is still important. But if you submit your website in quality webdirectories then definitely more advantages. Some examples are dmoz, yahoo, joeant, skaffe, etc.
     
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    Directories that are manually monitored by humans hold much more emphasis than those automatically maintained. So, as stated, it is worth assessing the quality of directory before submitting... the examples that hem1234 provided are all human vetted and are well worth seeking out.

    Hope this helps,

    Nick :D
    SEO Angel
     
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    wait next big updation, but you continue build backlinks.
     
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  20. seo_specialist

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    only high PR directory submission is not enough, to increase you need to do other seo tactics also, and checked in how many site your site will approved. but keep working on it. it doesn't means that dir submission is worthless. Start with all tactics you will definitely get gud result.
     
    seo_specialist, Sep 12, 2008 IP