Is directory submission good for SEO?

Here are two.

• Jasmine Directory
• R-TT Directory

There are others, including Aviva Directory, which includes several articles related to its categories, as well as other textual content, and Directory Journal, which has several blogs. Those are general directories where, given the diverse topics, it is hard to come up with unique content for each category, but it wouldn't take long to find several niche directories where the amount of content almost obscures the fact that they are directories.

BTW, I agree with the premise of what you're saying. In order to remain viable, new directories are going to have to provide content beyond outgoing links, although more established ones seem to be doing okay as they are. I have written about the need for content in a web directory. However, even without that, a reasonable good web directory will give you from ten to fifty relevant results for the topics included in the directory. Google will give you thousands, only two or three of which will be included in the first page of their search results, and people rarely go beyond the first page.

Yes, most people use search engines. I usually turn first to a search engine when I am looking for something. But when I have to click through a dozen pages of results in order to find something relevant to my search, I'll opt for a directory, where every listing should be relevant to the category it is in. Given that anyone with thirty bucks can install a directory script on a shared hosting plan, and call it a directory, certainly there are an awful lot of garbage directories, but I don't go to them, just as I don't bother with any other kind of web site that isn't useful. I don't declare that blogs are junk just because the majority of them are. Instead, I recognize that their are bloggers who do a good job, and there are those that do not. It doesn't take much of an effort to differentiate.

 

Lol the examples you gave is just brief descriptions of sites and bs articles for keyword stuffing to appear as if there's more content than links. Completely worthless.

 

Backdated strategy try to get some new strategies for creating backlinks.

 

As is your opinion, since you're invested in finding fault.

 

I'm not invested in finding fault. I asked you to post a directory with content... Most (all) directories only content are links. Turns out the examples you posted were just link farms with the occasional bs article keyword stuffing to fake search crawlers in to thinking there is content. Therefore it's pointless. What you posted is nothing better than what most directories do. There is absolutely no benefit in listing your web site on those directories. Therefor it's pointless.

 

Directory submission is a very nice Off-page task which is helping to improve the rankings of the keywords and provide stability in the top with organic search results. But we need to submit our website only in the relevant category if we need to get full profit of the directory submissions. Because Google provides priority only relevant task.

 

Yes, Directory submission is very beneficial for SEO.

 

Nonsense. You didn't even look at them. There is nothing "occasional" about every category. That's okay; you've bought into a lot of nonsense, and you feel like you need to defend it, so it's not worth my time with you. "That" would be pointless.

 

All kind of marketing is good for your website. So directory submission is also good for seo. But you have to do it manually. Don't use any automated software to submit.

 

do you know any automation software that do this?

 

I did look at them. I'm not defending anything. You are defending the sites you posted. They are plain old directories with random articles stuffing keywords to trick the crawlers in to thinking theres more content than links. There's no benefit to being listed on those sites. What are the benefits? Actually don't try to answer that.. it's pointless. Noone is going to those sites to find a site. They would use a search engine.

 

Ten years ago I used to submit daily to many directories. After a while, I was listed in thousands of them. About 1% were of good quality. Google, Bing, etc., are wise to that tactic, and nowadays directory submission is a pale shadow of what it used to be. Done to excess, it's pretty much guaranteed to hurt your website, not help it.

I spend zero time these days submitting to directories. I'm still in a few good ones like DMOZ, BOTW, and a handful of others of high quality. All the others I have disavowed and notified Google.

 

As per Google updates, I believe directory submission is not good for seo because I read that many directories have been penalized.

 

If manual submission with every directory unique title/link text - some positive moments will be.

 

Yes it helps you increase quality backlink!

 

Yes, directory submission good for SEO if you keep relevancy. Most of people don't do that and get penalized by Google.

 

Its bad if you unable to find out good quality and niche related directory sites. But if you submit on quality ones which is your niche related then its good to improving your SEO. Think about quality, not quantity.

 

Before 2 or 3 years ago Google like to directory submission.but now a days Google totally avoid it.and don't give PR by directory submission.now Google focus in on-page optimization as article,unique content,image etc. directory submission is spam back linking.it is not good for SEO. so avoid directory submission and focus in on page optimization.

 

If they are niche targetted directories and if they are dofollow with a possible high PA and DA, then maybe yes.. It shouldn't be a big list after all this being said, so submitting to 5-10 directories won't hurt, but could help!