So lets say i submit to 3000 directories

My site is about 11 days old now. I've done most of the onsite SEO that I could. Im now working on directory submissions.

I have submitted to my guess is over 3000 directories and many search engines.


Obviously they don't ALL count as backlinks for google, but when do they start showing up? Google would first have to crawl their site and then crawl mine or just crawl theres?

So within two weeks to one month most of them should be visible right?

 

Expect the _first_ results in two weeks, and the real benefits in about 6 to 8 months. Keep submitting every day, and you'll reap MANY benefits.

 

And should i submit with the same anchor text as 'title' or should i continnue to mix it up? I have first results for some of the basic keywords that are even in the domain but i want more keyword results for slightly harder results... actually really hard results.

i want position 1 for social bookmarking site, social bookmarking service, social networking site, social networking service.

Ha. Ambitious I thiNK

 

Any ranking is possible, but be careful. If you build link too quickly you might trip a filter at Google. Granted not all 3,000 directories will approve your link the same day, but build your quality relevant links over time. Your rewards will be worth the wait.

 

Whats too much?

I've heard 100 a day about. But again, like yousaid, they don't all get approved that day or the next day, sometimes it takes days or weeks.

A lets say the link does get approved in a pr4 directory that is DO follow... it will show up on the backlinks for google before a major PR update takes place right?

And if the PR update takes place and the backlinks are not yet recorded, will the PR update also update the backlinks or does it apply to only those backlinks cached?

 

You won't get to postion #1 for any of the terms you listed above by just submitting to directories. Mix it up with other link building methods (just read this forum and you will find many ideas) and with a social bookmarking site you should be able to get some good viral marketing going which will bring you a good amount of links. If your site is really good people will want to link to it!

 

Which is why I said that directory submissions are our first step.

Thanks though,
zerk

 

Getting 3000 directory links in a few days is not going to help your rankings, if anything it will do more harm than good.

You need to focus on getting some real links, not from directories.

 

yep yep...slowly...DO NOT rush...nobody got rich in one day...well the lotto guys did...
but it'll do more harm than good...Now google thinks u r spaming the SE...that's a fact...i have read that in many good SEO books...

 

yap i have heard something like that too...

 

Correct. SE's think that these links are obviously been generated through automation. SE's don't like that nowadays. Create backlinks in a "natural" way. Slowly and gradually, use varied anchor texts, make sure that those that you link from are "related", unique C-class IPs, varied linking locations to avoid footprnt detection.. etc etc..

keep it low and slow

 

I don't think so by submitting to 3000 directories to a 11 day old site you have done a good thing.

 

Let's see.

IMO, this is NOT a good thing for an 11 day old site.

 

And they put you in sandbox because of too much quick lik building and then forget about of indexing in google.

 

You mean if we submit a new website to a large number of directories (say 3000 ), we will get punished by google by getting sandboxed?? I really want to know the truth about this. Guys all of you please tell me your opinions. Thank you.

 

Certainly google can put you in sand box as this could be considered as spamming.

 

Well I don't appear to be in the sandbox do i?

I tried visiting google and typed in several keywords of mine AFTER I typed my domain.com keyword(s).

There are so many opinions on this its hard to figure out what to do, ya know? 3000 may seem like alot, but you have to remember not every directory gets submitted correctly, not every directory gets approved, not every directory will have PR (even though it should), not every submission will be approved the first week, or second week, and not every approved directory will be index in the same week, or second week.

Slowly but surely sure, but 3K breaks the rule?

And I keep seeing don't buy link, don't buy links, don't buy links.

Social bookmarking and then link exchanges and article submissions... That's whats left or what?

 

But for social bookmarking also you don't submit too many bookmarking sites toghther otherwise they will ban you.

And by the way it doesn't take time to put one's site in sand box.

 

Natural links gained by creating remarkable content. Thats the way to get good rankings.

If you could get rankings by submitting to thousands of directories then 90% of the people on this forum would be rich. Instead most struggle to make a few $$'s a day while people who build remarkable sites naturally drive round in fancy sports cars.

 

10 relevant and contextual links will do your site more good than 1000 directory submissions.