Looking for reputable directories

I have humor, sportscar and insecticide related sites and seek PM's from serious directory owners who:

#1. Have directories that are indexed by Google

#2. Do not require a reciprocal

#3. Are not operating on a previously expired domain

Send PM and all related info / links to me when it is convenient for you.

 

Send you PM and then link to you, eh?
Nah, I don't think so



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No, not link to me....give me your directory information if you seek SERIOUS web designers looking to list their URLs in YOUR product. Obviously you're not a directory owner. I'm still looking . . .

 

Then you should told that instead of asking for SERIOUS directory owners.
Any clown can say that he is serious owner and claim that he owns Premium directory,
it's up to you to look around and find what you consider acceptable and contact the owners.

And you're right, I don't own AMRAY directory, I'm only manage it.



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@dinrock: The difficult thing here, as fastreplies has pointed out, is that every single owner is going to call their directory reputable. So you need more of an unbiased viewpoint.

We have a list of established and trusted directories that are considered for a long time to be some of the internet's best. The downside is that due to that high reputation, they are all extremely difficult to get into and/or cost a great deal of money for a review.

On our Top 100 Free Directories List, the first 50 or so directories have a minimum of 3+ years time on our actual list, and perhaps double or even triple that amount of time in the industry itself. All those directories are free, with no reciprocal, and they have a higher standard than all the other free directories you will find on any other list. Why? Because we make them pass our stringent tests before we will include them.

If you are serious about gaining listings, then you should take a look and then pick from those lists, directories that meet your own requirements.

 

Silencer: I really appreciate your information and how you laid it out right to the point. I'm going to do just that! Thanks, this will take some time to pick and decide. This is why I initially posted to see who is currently looking. Being on a forum can generate any ubiquitous answer, so when he said I should have emphasized SERIOUS, I probably should have said I'm looking for so-so directories that aren't too serious....maybe that would have gotten an opposite response.
One time on another thread, I asked a serious question and some idiot chimed in saying "if you're trying to generate extra posts..." or some such garbage. In all honesty, I'm losing my zeal here...one single post generates instant mistrust and threads instantly eveolve into hate. An earlier thread I came across here in directories section had some many expletives I can't understand how this forum even is legit (and here I am typing away). Thanks again though Silencer....you've officially "silenced" me and am now bookmarking your list and am looking at it!

 

BTW Silencer, I like the way it provides costs at bottom of each one. I own over 50 URLs so have alot of thinking on what to do with that list....I often wonder if writing to each one separately is a preference, or just submitting blindly? My sites range from pesticide control and sportscars to dream interpretation and powerpoint....a wide gamut....another reason why I seek non recip based directories and no cost (it would cost me thousands to list all these and I'm dealing with enough as far as hosting costs and domain maintainence are for now . . .

 

If you have so many sites, then I would suggest before you start submitting your sites
to contact Sales Reps. and to make some kind of arrangement. I can tell you if you try
to submit 50 sites to AMRAY, our spam filter will cut you off after it detects second site
from the same IP and will place it in blacklist for 30 days.

My advice, always read submission guidelines first and you won't be sorry.



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Welcome to the world of web directories. Owning one can, at times, produce even more drama.

Happy Holidays

 

No problems, hopefully the advice helps.

My only suggestion here is that you just ignore any "hatred" or negativity directed at you. I've been a member here for a long time now, and it hasn't changed in that entire time. You can still glean good information from the threads, and even participate, without getting drawn into DramaPoint.

Your best bet would be to read all their guidelines (most are going to be pretty similar), and then submit appropriately. Try to ensure that your websites are working well, that they have clear navigation and that the information you use in your submission is non-promotional including a description of what the site has to offer. Also ensure that you navigate to the most appropriate deep-category on the directory for your site when you submit. That's half the battle right there.

If you are finding it difficult to gain listings then you may need to review either your websites (ensuring they are online and offer good content) or your submission information (ensuring it is well written, and non-spammy). People often think they will get away with being slightly spammy on their submissions. Good directories will often just auto-reject. Bad directories will list as-is.

 

Do you mean free reputable directories? If yes, you can find many from web-directories. ws

 

wow Silencer....muchas gracias, I will use your caveats as guidelanes. I have many sites, I was going to list them here but thought better not to, correct? for what reason. I do have a blogspot personal page set up as part of that list....it's getting a bit better since I've been able to dedicate more time to that. Are those kinds of URLs advsable to list in directories? In essence the blogspot.com type of address. I did appreciate your suggestion JetBrains....and speaking of that, are .ws URL extensions OK with most directories? I mean, a site is a site, so far as that's concerned. Reason I ask, is because one of my URL's is a camera-sales oriented site (with BANS installed) and that's a .ws so as you can imagine, this is why I was seeking serious directories. I just renewed alot of these domains and hosting fees to keep them (hopefully) indexed.
So far as FastReplies suggestion, my URLs are scattered across different IP's.I learned when I started setting all these up about 4 or 5 years ago to "scatter" forjust that reason.How I'd love to have them each on a dedicated IP - that could be my wish from Santa ....hahahahaha

 

That's fine to have sites hosted on different IPs, but I didn't say "on" the same IP
I said: submitted "from" the same IP, as in "from the same ISP"

fastreplies

 

Yes, that's what I meant...I wouldn't submit different URLs that are hosted on a single IP onto a directory. I do have several URLs on GeekHosting but that's all I can afford with those specific sites right now. I'd probably sumit them onto different various directories. Several on another and so on. My flagship site is hosted on a server I initally thought was a dedicated server, only to recently discover it was sharing with other sites from elsewhere....even though it's for a page rank of 5. But I am learning how all this is, with IP's and so forth.

 

This one is for FastReplies...say you have a description of a website that was submitted to Amray. And that description was "right-clicked" + copied and then used in description for same URL submitted to DMOZ or any other directory . . . how is that looked upon by search engines? Or does it matter? I always wondered if it's "duplicate" information / content

 

It doesn't matter. Why?
Well lets say your competition wants to bury you and dumps your site to 1,000 directories
using the same title and description to pees off search engines. If you believe that Google,
for example, punish you for that, then I have news for you, it won't.

Now, if you're talking from SEO point of view, then yes, using different titles and descriptions
will widen your targeted keyword base which you want to achieve in a first place.

Does it make sense to you?



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yes, makes sense. Thanks FR

 

BTW FR, that's another reason I was looking at free listings....it will take eons to create a different discription for a single site that I'd want to submit to say, 10 different directories...now, multiply this discipline by 50! Sheeesh! But I appreciate the insights...I have alot cut out for me to look into.

 

Correct. Just letting us know that it was a blogspot site allows us to answer the question, we don't need the URL(s).

Directories should list blogspot sites regardless of the fact they are all sub-sites on the one domain. In rare instances, some directories will ban a domain due to spam, and that in turn will mean that all sub-sites on that domain will also be banned by association. You should be ok though.

 

Well, here is something else for you to think about.

What is your objective? Are you after SERP or you're looking for good PR only?
If you are after PR, then you don't need to worry about titles and descriptions instead
concentrate on amount of sites. Than more than better. If you want to get good SEPR
which will be translated in the end into traffic, then amount of sites can be equal to how
many different titles and descriptions you have. Simply put, you need to decide which
way to follow PR or SEO.



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