Link Directories

why link directoris help the website promotion??
links there are not direct links, and you get a link from a low PR usualy from 0 .
but still, every body submit those directories!!
is there any other explanation?

 

because:
1. a link is a link is a link - even a lowly pr 0 page link
2. most of them are free
3. there are tests done where sites get a pr 4 simply by submitting to directories

btw, why do you say that these are not direct links? almost all directories these days provide direct links that are se friendly... ???

 

Because you get free one way links with keyword in anchor .

What can be better

 

i see in alot of directories that the count the clicks, and from what i know that it kills the link... is it effective to put a link in such a dir?

 

Most directories count clicks with javascript onMouseClick event, which won't interfer with the link itself.

 

can you give me an example of that ?

 

Here's an example: http://www.theseoking.com/detail/link-30013.html
If you look at the HTML source code, you'll see that the hyperlink is a regular one with an additional ID property. Down the bottom there is this bit of javascript:

<a id="id_30013" href="http://www.cryosphere.f2s.com/articles/games/" title="Computer and Video Games: Advice and Tips">Computer and Video Games: Advice and Tips</a>

<script type="text/javascript">
   var root = '';
   var a = document.getElementsByTagName("a");
   for(i = 0; i< a.length; i++)
      if(a[i].id != '')
         a[i].onclick = count_link;
   function count_link() {
      i = new Image();
      i.src= root+'/cl.php?id='+this.id;
      return true;
   }
</script>

Code (markup):

So, whenever there's a click on a hyperlink, there's another call made to "cl.php?id=id_30013", but this is seperate from the main link. Search engines will not see the javascript.

Cryo.

 

thanks for the script, it's interesting.
a question about it, if i use this script in one site, but i count the clicks on another site, it will work also?
i mean, if i the root will be www.site.com that is another site than the link placed in, will it work?