One of the things you can do to ultimately see your site go up in the ranking is manual directory submissions.But it’s a bit more than you might think. The principle might sounds easy enough, the wide variety of factors involved, make it rather complex and also really time consuming. To do directory submissions you have to first choose the web directories you want to submit to.You will end up with a long list; if you take this seriously, you understand that submitting to 5-10 directories is not nearly enough to receive some good links…250+ sounds more like it.There are thousands of web directories, some of them are general and include all types of websites, whilst others only list sites of a certain type or category. Many directories will cover a broad range of topics but do yourself a favor and carefully choose those web directories that offer a fitting category.An easy way to get started is Google, as it takes only a few seconds to type in ‘directories’ and you will be astonished by the amount of web directories that will appear on your computer screen.Wikipedia is another option you might look at. Never go with directories that are not SEO-friendly.During your search you will come across directories that are not SEO-friendly, Don't waste your time with them. Your main goal of the entire submission process is to obtain valuable links in the end which will never happen web directories that are not SEO-friendly.It is very important that you verify that the links always go straight back to your homepage; links heading to any other page are completely worthless. Supposing you paid attention to all the previous steps, take your list of selected directories because it’s time to start the procedure of manual directory submissions.It is of importance which category you submit your web-site under as the directory links will be of less value if they come from an unrelated category. Next, a submission form will appear on your computer screen to fulfill your manual directory submission. On all those submission forms, you will be asked to fill in a name, a description, an URL and an email account, and sometimes some additional details depending on the directory you are submitting to.First you will need to read through the guidelines of each directory as they have their own criteria and if you don’t follow the rules, your submission will be declined with no explanation from the editor of the directory. There are many ways of payment for directories.Many of them are free but will offer an option to pay or there are Paid web directories.Payments can be made with a one-off payment, an annual payment or a monthly subscription.Paying for your submission usually means your site will have a good position on the directory and guaranteed a quick review. Free submission, are listed amongst hundreds of sites. Their reviewing time ranges from just a couple of days to months. Once you have chosen the category and pricing there are other details to complete on the form regarding the web-site.The titles to start with, keep it short and simple, but try to sum up the concept of the web-site.Titles should be around 45 characters.The URL section should be your homepage.If the site isn’t complete and has no content or the domain isn’t up and running, then wait with submitting the website as it will not be approved.Directories only want web-sites with relevant, quality content. The description field is not to promote your products and services but should objectively describe in about 250 characters what it is you do or sell.In your description you should use the same keywords as the ones you would expect your visitors to type in when they are doing a search on a search engine. In every directory you have to enter a personal name and an email account, but it’s not advisable to use a free email account.A hotmail or a gmail account is not very professional and will in many cases be rejected by web-directories; ideally, you have an email address that is connected Manual submissions are the best kind, so don’t use automated submissions, they will probably be rejected right away.To prevent this web directories give a code that you have to manually type in to confirm your request. The reciprocal URL is not the best option to select, but if you want it anyway this is how you do.This is the Reciprocal URL. If you chose the option ‘Regular Link with Reciprocal’ then you need to copy and paste the link they give you to a place on your site, and then copy your web-sites URL and paste it in the ‘reciprocal URL’ field. By now, you should have an idea about how directory submission works and how many hours it will take to submit your site to all these directories.Unfortunately, many hours of work don’t guarantee many links or even approval.You might end up spending so much time getting it right that you wonder why you started doing it in the first place instead of hiring a professional manual directory submission service where well-trained people can submit your website for you.
well, yes and no; 3 major disadvantages with most automated programs; 1) they can't submit to the very best directories, so you miss out on those 2) they will list any directory they find; so many are very crappy directories, better not to have links from them 3) they don't pay attention to the small details, so you'll get a lot of rejections 1 major advantage; every fast ... the best way to do it;order 500 directory submissions from a professional to be sure you get a lot of great links from the top-directories, then do 500 more automated, just to get even more ... that way you have covered them all ... just be careful from whom you order, so many services out there that say manual, but actually use a program, and those who do actually do it manually, many times didn't check the directories and so they submit to a bunch of crap directories just as well .. cheers, Michiel
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I am using fast directory submitter and so far I have the full control where I want to submit, when and what (description) I want to use. I am posting my results here at my blog.
submited through tools not suggested by any SEo, there is a chance of penalization by posting to spam site And also in the case of free directory very difficult to get approved and also less chance of getting BL from it. Better if have little budget go for payed direcory
Well i prefer to use roboform as form filler for this method, but categories should be picked personally.
Directory submission profits are maximum with Niche And Deep Link Directories. Also, one should not try to submit his/her site' links to all the directory at once; Instead, should daily set a target of submitting the site to 20/50/100 Directories. That would be most fruitful.
How do I get the newer directories to "validate" links that are in subfolder. like http:// xxx.com/xxx When i submit to newer directories I get "Unable to validate link error messages".
I approved it already Today, I have submitted to another 102 directories. Read my findings at my blog.