Can anyone explain the difference between manual directory submission, automated directory submission, and semi-manual submission? I'm not quite sure what the difference is. Which category is a site like easysubmits.com? TIA!
Easysubmits belongs to the semi-manual submission. Well manual submission is you do it manually, you sign up ( if needed ), you put the information manually and submit. In automated submission is you are using a software, you set up the software and it will do the submission for you. Then the semi-manual, it's like the easysubmits, you set up first the information, then go to the directory list then automatic it fills some infomations, you just only put the captcha manually.
Manual is where you type in everything yourself on every directory site you visit. Automatic is where you type out the info once and it is automatically submitted to loads of directories, semi-auto is where you type out the info once and basically copy + paste it into the different forms on each site (and do the captcha yourself). Semi-auto is the best as it is like manual submission but quicker and easier. Automatic links are low quality.
When you are typing / copy pasting everything in a browser (or using a form filler like robo-form), it can be called manual submission. But when you are using a software (instead of browser) because it fills the form automatically and probably also selects the category for you.. It's automated / semi-automated. It's fully automated when the software also cracks captcha for you and selects category. If you are required to select category manually and/or are required to type captcha, it's semi-automatic.
Easy-submit is Semi-manual submission type. I use InformEnter firefox Addon for filling submission forms and all that.
I use Submitter Bot, similar to Easy Submits but i think Easy Submits is better. Automatic submission is usually through some software that normally would require you to pay for.
I'd stick to manual submits as the auto submits will normally be caught out by spam bot software. Or Semi Submit as this will help fill in the submission forms.