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Choosing Web Directories
ink building is now part are attempting to build links in
and parcel of every web directories will now have to
Internet Marketer's life. submit links manually. Anyone who
While there are many ways to have done so before will agree
build links, this article focuses that the process can be tiring
on discussing links in web and time consuming. Due to this
directories. The number of web reason, manual web directory
directories have been growing submissions should be restricted
rapidly on the Internet and to only worthy directories. A
webmasters can no longer ignore list of high quality, established
the fact that web directories and popular web directories
allow a site to build backlinks should be made and kept for
very quickly. However, are all future use. How then should
web directories equal? webmasters go about selecting the
directories that matter most?
Web directory owners have to Here are three useful tips for
battle the constant problem of your web directory checklist.
automatic submissions. Therefore,
directory scripts nowadays come For a start, note the page rank
with a built-in feature CAPTCHA of a web directory. A high page
(an acronym for "completely rank usually means two things:
automated public Turing test to There are high quality sites
tell computers and humans linking to it, or there are
apart"). With the implementation enough smaller sites linking to
of this feature, spammers can no it to give it a high page rank.
longer flood a directory with Whichever the case, links from a
automated submissions. This, quality web directory should pass
however, has a side effect. some page rank to the links in
Without the aid of automatic it. Unfortunately, that's not
submission tools, webmasters who true for all directories.
decent amount of traffic.
Page rank pass easily if a Considering that most web
directory has search engine directories accept links for
friendly pages. A good directory free, it appears to be a pretty
that passes page rank should not good deal to have links in them.
have URLs with long query strings Some directories require a modest
in them (e.g. one-time fee to list a site but
http://somepage.php?id=2134567456 it still appears to be a good
484456456123). Instead, a search deal considering all the future
engine friendly URL should look traffic that a listing can
something like receive from the directory.
"/Arts-and-Entertainment" or
"Arts-and-Entertainment.html". To check the popularity of a web
Always take the effort to choose directory, simply go to web directories that are search href="http://Alexa.com"
engine friendly, even if they title="http://Alexa.com"
have a lower page rank. Page rank target="_blank">http://Alexa.com<
fluctuates and if a web directory /a> and key in the domain name in
happens to inherit a higher page the search box. rank over time, chances are your href="http://Alexa.com"
site will inherit some page rank title="http://Alexa.com"
value as well. Also, note that if target="_blank">http://Alexa.com<
your links land in a page that is /a> shows an estimation of how
too deep to inherit any page popular a website is on the
rank, it wouldn't do any good Internet. The higher the ranking
either. Is page rank the only (the smaller the number), the
thing that matters? better. Assuming we now have a
list of web directories with high
Of course not. A link in a high page rank that are search engine
traffic web directory can bring a friendly (high quality), and they
are popular to rank well in href="http://Alexa.com" 1) High page rank with search
title="http://Alexa.com" engine friendly URLs (quality)
target="_blank">http://Alexa.com< 2) Good Alexa ranking
/a> (popular), we still need a (popularity)
way to assess how established a 3) Good history revealed by
web directory is. Wayback Machine (established)
Archive.org has a really cool Remember that manual submissions
tool called the Wayback Machine. can be time consuming. So choose
The machine captures screenshots those web directories that matter
of websites and post them in its most to submit to. Now that you
archive for public search. A know how to choose web
quick search will reveal the directories to submit to, you can
different phases that a website always take the easy way out.
has gone through. Also, don't Hire someone to do the manual
forget to do a quick whois check submissions! Armed with the
using any whois tool such as href="http://whois.domaintools.co sure no one would be able to pull
m" a fast one on you. Ask for a
title="http://whois.domaintools.c sample list of directories and go
om" through the checklist. It goes to
target="_blank">http://whois.doma show if the service provider
intools.com. knows what he or she is doing.
And if you like what you see, go
Let's do a quick recap. Here's for it!
your check list:
About the Author:
Darren Chow is the founder of a unique web directory that allows everyone to contribute to a listing's ranking. He recommends webmasters to suggest a link. www.suggestlinks.org.
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