OK, my site is relatively new and still building content. I have no idea where I rank in google's vast ocean of indexed site. Pretty low I suspect. So...what is everyone's opinion of these link submission sites like link-blaster. Do they help or hurt? Which ones are the best in terms of submitting to higher quality sites? Do any submission services give the subscriber some control as to what sites to submit to? thanks, Mike
I wondered about these services too. How does one really know that they did in fact submit your site to all the directories they claim to submit to?
I do not use any automated link exchange services at all. I prefer to do everything manually and more naturally. My goal is quality over quantity. I might utilize some of the manual services posted here on the DP if I'm in a time crunch, but for the most part running a public relations campaign or providing content that people want to link to on their own is going to have much more impact in the long run. A good directory submission service will use your designated email account for submissions (you'll often get confirmation requests), and also provide screen captures. A lot of the other folks here on the boards use the DP Co-op ads, or Link Vault. Again, I don't find those necessary and I don't use them myself.
I asked the same question days ago, firstly I'll tell you this much, avoide Link Farm Software and such, you ask what is link farm software well simply put its software that causes you automatically updates a pre-exisiting link directory, from people have stated so far google and other search engines frown on link form software why you ask, well simpe because google doesn't want people underminding the search engine method of optimization now if people are using link farm software to simple add tons and tons of links to their directory then google would be dealing with numerous sites that would move high up onto the listing while may possible not offer reliable content and such however the main point is it undermines the method of SEO, generally they can actually penalize your site for using link farm software and even ban it from the listings, so you must be thinking right now how the heck am I going to exchange links with hundreds or thousands of sites (depending on the popularity of the search terms) without having to manually search for each one, well thats simple, their are websites out their that offer linking directories that allow you to exchange your links with tons of other people however you generally have to manually add the the linking code to your link directory, now the benefit of this is google cannot clasify your website as a site using link farm software if your just adding the general links yourself manually and usually the site will generate the tags for you. A goog link site you can use is www.linkmarket.net currently I'am using that software and at first it might seem like a huge hassle however the results are well worth it. Since everyone has to manually do this as well (automated helping software isn't permitted unless you get their consent) the link is more ligitemate, so far almost 300 websites have added me to their sites, and I'am currently linking to almost 600 sites all of which should be adding me later on since their is a time frame of linking. Its pretty safe and works very well. You will be emailed everytime someone wants to link to you however don't simply rely on that you should manually request to be added to sites, so far I have calculated my link ratio for linkmarket to being accepted by on average no less than 1/3 of all the sites that I've requested linking to and have responded. I generally link to around 100 websites a day right now, I have been using linkmarket.net for 6 days now and I'am loving it, also their are some search engine optimzation things you need to do to your page for it to properly be indexed by google, linking isn't enough, generally linking might only generate 25 percent of your potential traffic through the search engine, if you want to get your rank higher you have to do things like ajust your meta tags, make sure that your title reflects the product your selling and that it also uses whole terms instead of broken terms for example if you were selling blue candles, it would better for your title to read "Blue candles" rather than "blue and Candles" because the search term is then broken and will be less likely to help generate traffic to your site because its not taregetting the exact market you want when the search engine runs over your website. For more tips I suggest searching around this forum. I found alot of things I needed here and I'am still learning more. Stay away from sites link Linkexchanged.com
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.....good god, the text is eating me alive....make it stop! make it stop! Where are you my sweet little paragraph???
You got to trust them. Get them a new site to work and see in a month how many linkbacks you got. However, this service --> www.directoriezsubmission.com provides screenshots too for each submission.
Wow these guys have the right idea, I should round up some of the fella's around here and start a site with them. 37 dollars for 100 directories is steep however they have the right idea lol. Edit: After checking this thing out I think alot of people would be better off just grabbing their directories list and submitting the sites their yourself, I mean you'll save 37 dollars and you'll possible end up getting it done faster than they would I honestly think something like 10 dollars for 100 directory submissions would be much better, one thing I will note is I like the fact that they provide the PR rating for the sites.
I don't think that's too high, and these folks usually give DP board members a discount. If I was offering this service I'd have to charge quite a bit more just to survive due to the cost of living in my area. Where are you located by the way?
$37 is not high at all if you take all the work in involves. Even spending only 3min per directory (some of these you have to look hard for the right category, register an account etc..) it wil take you 300min (thats 5 hours), working out to about $8per hour.
Yes, submitting to directories is tedious to say the least- I don't think I would want to do it for that!
automatic link submission services do more harm to your website. you should personally check out high PR link submission sites and post your link manually.