What's the benefit of getting into Zeal directory?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by qwestcommunications, Jan 30, 2006.

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    I have heard that many say the traffic is not really a consideration because you only get a few referrals, if that. But are there other advantages i.e search engines.
     
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    hans Well-Known Member

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    I am or was in zeal dir since years,
    you only get into zeal if you are a clear NON-profit site
    benefits are absolutely zero
    the last 2 months with some 5 Mio hits = ZERO zeal referrers
    any single blog post about a good topic brings more traqffic in a day or week than zeal in a full year
     
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  3. qwestcommunications

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    Do other sites feed off Zeal (like DMOZ) thus increasing backlinks?
     
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    I remember Matt Cutts at one time saying that the only directories of any value are DMOZ and Zeal.

    Being listed in these directories does provide backlinks to your site. But i think the more important aspect is that perhaps G somehow uses these directories to build there database of indexed sites.
     
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    Well, that would be great. I have just been added to Zeal. It took me 5 attempts to pass the quiz a month ago. I guess it was worth it. One thing for sure is that hundreds of smaller directories (maybe thousands) use DMOZ for some feeds. However, I wasn't sure about Zeal. Hopefully, I will get an email from DMOZ and Yahoo directory soon to tell me that I have been added to theirs as well. However, I am not holding my breath as far as DMOZ is concerned. Getting into DMOZ could give my trafffic a tremendeous boost though.
     
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    CReed Prominent Member

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    You're in for a surprise.........
     
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    Does that mean a good surprise or bad? Are you saying he wont get traffic or he will?
     
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    I hate the zeal test...
     
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    One of the first things I did when I got started in commerical web publishing was get one of my sites listed on zeal. I've never seen a single referal from them. Judging by the Google traffic from this site as well as new sites, zeal does nothing for you. I may be wrong.. but I can't see any indication that it helps.
     
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    I got into Zeal after several tries and I can say - I haven't generated any traffic through them at all. I'm glad to hear that Matt Cutt thinks Zeal is a good thing though.
     
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    What is in question is not whether Zeal gives you direct traffic but whether it helps you indirectly i.e. through Google.
     
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    zeal seems harder to get in than dmoz
     
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