I am considering submitting my site to this directory. Is it worth the money? Has anyone who is listed in this directory seen any real benefits? thanks!
yes, it is worth if you submit to a category where there is no crowded links. Though their fee is quite high, i dont think it would be a waste.
Thanks for the response. The category I would be placing my site in has 12 links.. Is that considered crowded?
No, that would not be considered crowded, but if you ask me i will go for a page where no. of links is immaterial , what i will look for is the type of other sites the page is giving links to. If those sites are quality sites , then yes, i will like to have a link in it.
I am sure Stuart's answer would be yes.. haha But seriously - are you looking for PR or traffic from the directory? I believe buying PR is not something Google endorses... but then again, that isnt to say that it doesnt work in some cases. (I am talking as "in general", as I have not bought a link from Site-Sift, but I do envy the directory... it's very well laid out)
I would be looking for PR since I don't believe you get much traffic from a directory unless of course site-sift is the exception. I never really thought of it as "buying a link" but I suppose that is what I would be doing if I submitted. I still haven't heard anything solid evidence in favor of submitting so I am still unsure here.....
There aren't many directories I know of where you can get on a category page with a PR6, and not too many outbound links. Worth it, IMO.
12 links on the page is NOT crowded. So long as you get a first page listing it's DEFINATELY worth it in Site-SIft, and really it's worth it even on deep pages. Don't expect to get any real traffic, but it's great for PR.
site-sift.com is in my number #1 package and I recomment it to all my clients. http://www.seocompany.ca/directory/web-directory-submission-service.html site-sift.com ranks quite low on the quality of its inbound links compared to other directories. http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=69310 (135 points). As far as submitting for the PR vote, most SEO experts hold that there is little or no ranking weight in PR. SO unless you need PR for bragging rights or you want to pump up your page PR so you can sell links to people who don't know PR has little or no ranking weight I would say that you shouldn't be picking where to get inbound links from based on the PR of the site or page your link will come from. I will no longer say site-shift: site-sift site-sift site-sift site-sift site-sift site-sift site-sift site-sift site-sift site-sift site-sift site-sift site-sift site-sift site-sift site-sift site-sift site-sift site-sift site-sift site-sift site-sift site-sift site-sift site-sift site-sift site-sift site-sift site-sift site-sift site-sift site-sift site-sift site-sift site-sift And yes I typed those all in by hand.
Good point, Bob. The way I look at it is, if it turns up on Google as a backlink (and site sift certainly does), then it's worth being listed with. The PR thing is a bonus, and while there isn't a direct benefit in terms of ranking, it's still a reasonable (and quick) guide to whether a directory has decent link pop.
>>>The way I look at it is, if it turns up on Google as a backlink (and site sift certainly does), then it's worth being listed with. Googles link command that shows inbound links or backlinks, is broken. It only shows about 5% to 10% of the total inbound links that Yahoo's linkdomain commmand shows. I wouldn't go by Googles link command at all. I would see if they show up in the Yahoo linkdomain command. >>>>The PR thing is a bonus, and while there isn't a direct benefit in terms of ranking, it's still a reasonable (and quick) guide to whether a directory has decent link pop. I agree on the quick guide. It gives you a rough idea of how many inbound links the page or site has and how many inbound links the pages have that the inbound links come from.
Site-sift's listings have been instrumental in increasing the site-siftiness of my sites that need sifting.
Hey smindsrt, how about a free submission to your directory since my curiosity about your service has given you a lot of great pr on this forum and the 'other' forum? Hey, it was worth a shot asking, right? Okay, maybe a just a discount?