Hey everyone... I have a few questions about directories. I've done a lot of backlinking in forums/blogs and Social BM sites - I want to venture into Directories. 1) Are all directories dofollow? 2) What are the best directories (basically, the ones w/ best PR)? 3) Is putting your site within a directory better than general backlinking as in forums or BM sites?
1) No, not all directories are dofollow. Some give free nofollow links, some others give paid links that use redirection. But most directories are dofollow. 2) Everyone has their opinion about how to say a directory is good. Some people have tried making 'best lists' but I am not sure I agree with all of them. You can try info.vilesilencer's top 100 list or Aviva's strong directory list. 3. I believe that directories are a necessary evil, their backlinks count and if you don't these backlinks your competitors would.
1. Majority of web directories are do-follow. 2. The best directories are those which give you many visitors, not only backlinks. It is hard to guess which would give you many visitors. But try to avoid temporary listing. Go for permanent listing for value for efforts (& money). 3. It is not better, but equally good. Web directories have been ones of my main visitors' points of entry.
1. Most are but some are not but will usually state this. 2. A daily asked question but nobody usually states what they mean by best. 3. I dont know.
Directories help to build back links ofcourse otherwise there wouldn't have been so many directories in the world If you really want benefits then below are 2 most important directories, if you are listed in them then its equal to listing in 1000 directories available on net 1.) DMOZ (Free) 2.) Yahoo (Paid) Try and put efforts in the above two , then you are done with your directories part well Yahoo charge anyways 300$ , so you need to decide pay for 1 directory to 100$ or 1000's of directory at just few bucks or if you do it on your own its free Many options think smartly
Not all directories are no follow as said earlier. Sometimes its better to submit your site to directories with higher page rankings than those that do not have any but many.
You must submit in professional directories like http://dir.yahoo.com, http://www.business.com, http://botw.org , http://www.mastbusiness.com, etc .These directories have good pr at home page and also pr is flowing in inner pages and also these give links in relevant categories only. So you will see lot of improvement in site ranking. These directories charge a lot but then you can see your site first 3 pages of google. You can also submit to http://dmoz.org which is free and best to improve site ranking.