I feel totally lost submitting the web site. There are hundreds if not thousands web directories. How much time do you usually invest in submitting the new website into the free directories? How many submissions do you consider good enough job? Please, do not advertise your own directories in this post; I need some constructive advise. Thanks a lot and have a nice week everybody.
I usually spend around 30 minutes a day max in submitting to new free directories that are being offered daily in the solicitaions folder since new free directories are popping up everyday, I'll never run out of directories to submit to
People have strong feelings pro and con about directories. Personally, I am retired and have lots of available time. I've submitted over the past few years literally to thousands of free directories. I still do, pretty much every day. Some of them fold up quickly. Others hang in there. A few go on to become very major, high-quality directories. I'm happy to have backlinks from all of them. This is one of the link-building ways I've used to get my backlink count up over 10,000.
I usually get a service from a webmaster here at DP. once or twice a month I choose a provider and let them do the work. for the prices, I think it's a good investment.
cool_78, can you please specify where new directories are being offered? Jim4767 - thanks for your help. Winagain, are you hiring a provider twice a month for the same website? How can you assure they won't subscribe it to same directories?
I dont actually put a limit on the amount of free directories that i submit to, i never reach a number and say right im done, because their released everyday i make use of them. Some days i could spend 1 hour doing it, other days i could spend nearly the whole day. Remember that some will drop off over the months so you lose a few backlinks from time to time, so i look at it as maintenance too. You have a nice week too.
I spend about 15 mins daily submitting fast to free directories, that is a nice and easy way of getting some backlinks.
I have a nice form filler i bought from a DP member so submitting to them isnt a problem. When i start a new site i often go order 1000 manual submissions. It brings good backlinks (200-400) and a fat rise in traffic from editors checking your site.
hi, i have a question here..how long will u see the backlinking effects after submitting ? and can u help me , is there any directories that u find , fast and handy..means that these directories actually produce same effect, the fastest and surest way to do this process without a hit and miss ... thanks
I submit to ~5 directories daily, I think that the most important is to be constant, and not to submit your website some day to 500 directories and in the next week to 5, submit to a regular number of directories (or other kind of websites exchange) weekly or daily...
Thanks everybody. dannet, why is it bad not to be constant? Some days I have more time and can submit to 20 directories, and some days I'm more busy and can submit only to a couple of directories. How can this influence the quality of submissions? Can anybody drop the source of the new free directories announcements?
You can check Solicitations & Announcements daily for new directory announcements. Also you can get list of free directories at info.vilesilencer.com
Jul, that shouldn't be a problem. 20 one day, 5 the next. I don't foresee any difficulty there. But if it's 1,000 one day and 5 the next, that might raise some red flags somewhere out there in search engine cyberspace.
I submit to about 5 directories / day, the ones that are offered in solicitations. I don't think that it is very important if you keep it constant. For example, when I started my last site, i submitted to about 250 directories just in the first 3 days. That was during the first days of November. I still get emails (1-2 /day with "link accepted"). So if you submit to 50 directories today, it does not seem that you will get 50 backlinks tomorrow. You will get 30 backlinks (maybe even less) during the next 30 days