I have just finished 2 new sites, I have written a few articles linking back to them and submitted them various places. Will using one of the services on here like a 100 site directory submission help? I have heard in some cases it may cause problems. Any more tips except writing articles for getting a new site going? I have submitted to various social networks also.
it won't hurt your site and will help if the articles are accepted/indexed many article directories are completely useless though to build a good list of article directories takes time and testing..
Thanks, I meant the website directories though. The ones where people offer services here on DP to submit an URL and short description to like 100+
they won't hurt, they could even be of help, but don't rely too much on single or 2 style of linking. be versatile and do a lot more for better reaps
If you want to diversify and target traffic a little better, I'd also suggest you approach web sites and portals that are not simply article syndication sites to publish your article. So for example, if your article is an how to piece for busy mums, approach the online lifestyle section of your local paper or research sites that have a higher female demographic and see if you can get the piece published on there in return for a link. Not only will your links show greater diversity but you'll also be putting your brand name out there in more relevant locations. It's time consuming but much more productive in the long run.
I agree that they wont hurt, most likely they wont help much either. The free directories which accepts you will most likely give you a link on n th page under nth category, which is not indexed- forget having a PR - by google. So dont expect much, take it just as a very small step and continue with link building.
What alemcherry said - for Google. Yahoo is still forgiving. But you know what it is still better than nothing. I'd look into bookmarking sites over directories. I've tested this and the site I have that has quite a few (to put it mildly) links from free directories is outperformed by the one that has many links from social bookmarking sites. It works a smidgeon better - at least for now. I have found that submitting articles on your own blog, change first and last paragraph, submit to one large article directory AND submitting to Digg with a link to your blog gives me 10x the traffic as submitting to article directories alone and building links to those pages. Why would you even want to link to build someone else's web presence? Don't know, but people do it everyday with so called "social media" sites (which are just content provider sites) like squidoo, hubpages etc.
no it won't hurt your site. It will only hurt your site if you link to dubious sites ot illegal sites from your own site.
what he said above is so true and very informative. I dunno why he shared it but it's a big practice of seasoned SEO's and the otherwise a big downfall of the self proclaimed SEO specialists out ther. good job mate.
Indeed creating a few blogs is way better and less time consuming than submitting your site to hundreds ot thousands of directories. The quality of the links matters most, so more isn't really better here
Absolutely agree. Article directories are a good way to go provided the duplication is kept to a minimum.
Hi, Article submission never hurt your website. It will provide traffic to your website. For more information read blog by matt cutt or googlegenie blog.
No, directory submission will not hurt your SEO............ it will provide the traffic source towards your site but keep away from duplication of contents