The ONLY web directories you should submit your sites to

directory submission is very helpful to promote any site these three sites are not enough for directory submission

 

I'm sick of all these people saying that have done 'research' of their own and claiming directories are dead/pointless/not valued/etc. As far as I see it, if you're stating this without showing any of your research your post is completely useless - other than to get your post count up There's no value to others.

Someone over at IVS forums said a similar thing, and upon asking to backup his research he produced a bunch of fly-by-night link farms as evidence. The problem is, a lot of people don't realise the difference between a link farm that looks like a directory, and a true directory. The difference is vital for any true form of research to be undertaken. Provided there indeed has been any kind of research by this guy, I'd hazard a guess that he's been tracking link farms and/or has no idea about how search engines work.

 

Thanks for the listing above- some great links!

 

Its so hard to get into DMOZ, Need to find a moderator of DMOZ who can do it for Price. Seems like DMOZ is over hyped everywhere...

 

The OP is using the term SEO as it was originally used... ie - Any action that makes your site perform better on Search Engines.

Since then the term has been split in two... with SEO (Search Engine Optimization) meaning what you do ON-site to make it perform better (where / how often / what method you employ keywords, etc)... and SEM (Search Engine Marketing) being used to describe actions you take OFF-site to improve performance in Search Engines (incoming link strategies, advertising, etc).

Rather than castigating him for a rather common semantic faux pas... seems more helpful (if less fun) to address his question. The three mentioned are good directories and proven performers. I think there are others that have value, he's just looking for suggestions of what we as a group think those others are.

Of the three he mentioned I have worked for two and have had sites in the third, and can back up his trust in their worth from personal observation, but that tells him nothing he doesnt already know.

I've seen webmasters that swear by Biz Dir and various niche directories. Seems to me that's all he's asking for... the ones (besides those listed) that you guys like. [OK, we have a zillion threads on that topic, but that never seems to stop another from sprining up.]

 

yeah rather then these 3 all directory sites are mostly crap ..

 

can you help me about your this post ?
I would like to know more about it

 

never try DMOZ before, thanks for sharing

 

ys relevant direcoty submission will help

 

Do you mean other than those 3?

 

Directories are quickly going out of style. The major directories will stay up for infomation purposes but I believe the ones below pr5 or just starting up will not get far.

 

I wasn't aware that anyone looked at directories in that way, how long have you used directories for yourself?

When did the PR5 bit bring you to that decision?

 

Building web sites SEO and marketing them SEM is like comparing apples and oranges. You can marketing poorly build site till you drop dead and never see it in SERP whereas professionally optimized sites (and we see them all the time rated PR5 sites and only 10 backlinks in Google’s top 50), come up on top in SERP even if owner never promoted it because Search Engines can read them.

Rather than castigating fastreplies, why don’t you point OP to his directory instead of praising old outdated and have nothing to offer directories. All you have to do is to check his directory “more info” page to see the difference between modern approach in his and old-fashioned have nothing to offer visitors directories.

If after his research he could come up with only 3 directories, then no matter what people will offer to complement his “research” will ever satisfy his high demand for perfection. That and the fact he has made trolling thread.

 

Well said and couldn't agree more! Make the site useful for visitors, which a lot of people these days seem to lose sight of.

 

Directory submission doen't make any sense now, it's outdated system.

 

Without any sort of evidence your post is about as useless as an ashtray on a motorbike.

 

would only 3 directories help?

 

There are specialty directories in every niche. For example, for a lawyer, the choices range from a couple of well-respected (but pricey) directories that advertise their sites extensively across the web, to a whole slew of thrown-together directories that offer dirt-cheap links but have 0 PR and never turn up themselves in a Google search. The former seem to have SEM value (at least they show up as a backlink in Google and Yahoo) but the latter are treated no better than link farms.

 

this is an interesting post.it could go forever in this way,as the opinions are different.i still belive that directories does help,i've tested it ,had websites that were promoted mostly by directories,and after some time those website ranked pretty well in search engines

 

Well, how could we possibly argue with that.
Not only was it authentic frontier gibberish, but it expresses a courage little seen in this day and age....