As I am new to the arena of SEO's:confused and a buddy of mine asked me the same so I need some of you to comment on it. Which are more effective for your site??? Specialised or general directories submissions?????
All I wanted to know was If a general directory and a specialised directory had the same (back and reciprocal)lnks, whom would you prefer to submit your website?????
When submitting to a directory you want to be in a category that is relevant to your site. That category page will have links to other sites relevant to yours and the page will contain a mix of keywords relevant to your site. Submitting to a niche directory that is relevant to your site may pass even more relevance through the link. Not only is the page (category) your link resides in relevant to your site, the entire domain is relevant. The internal links of the directory are passing relevance to your category, making that page even more relevant. If the niche directory takes recip links from a portion of its submitters, those links are passing relevance to the directory, as any site linking to it in this way would indeed be relevant if it was a site included in this niche directory. I'm not certain if search engines indeed view it this way, but in theory it sounds good.
I prefer to specialised directory. There are too many general directories these days. Submitting to general directory only have one purpose, boosting your site PR. But submitting to specialised directory you can boosting the PR and maybe get some traffic to your site too.
I think niche directories are the best to submit to, but the problem that you will be limited to small number, as you will not find handreds of niche directories related to your site Check here www.onlyniche.com you may find some of them
why not submit some to both? more incoming links from a single domain has diminishing returns. having articles (and therefore incoming links) from multiple sites will give you the most benefit in google, as well as in other search engines.
Submission to specialized directories makes it easier for you to obtain a good listing and it makes it easier for consumers that are actually looking for your service, product or information to find you.