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How To Choose A Directory You Can Trust



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o you want to buy links in      Are the category pages         
directories to get your         crawled?
                      
sites ranked in SE. You         Does the page you want to get     
search for directories and lo, a      listed on even exist in SE        
million results come up. Before       databases? Many poor directories  
you decide where to buy a link,       have only homepage crawled by SE. 
there are some questions you need     If the page your link appears on  
to ask yourself.                      does not have a presence, why     
                                      bother paying for it?             
Who links to them?                                               
Does the only link to the             How frequently is the          
directory come from the link          directory crawled?
            
pages of Viagra sites? If yes you     Does the Google index of the page 
probably need to stay away. With      show six months old data. Or does 
SE emphasizing the quality of         the site get crawled frequently?  
links this ha become even more        The faster SE crawl a site, the   
important. Look for the incoming      more they trust it. And that is   
link quality before you buy a         where you want to get listed.     
link.                                                                   
                                      What is their ad ratio?    
Whom do they link to?          Do they fill their category pages 
Can any spammer just buy a            with Adsense ads? Will human      
hundred outbound links from the       visitors find any value in the    
directory? Do they accept             directory? You may want the link  
automated submissions? SE give a      just for PR, but with usage data  
very high value to outbound link      becoming important, you want to   
quality and appearing in listings     buy a link that is useful to      
along with obvious spam sites         human visitors.                   
won't do you any good.                                                  
                                      Is it unique?              



Is it just a DMOZ clone? Or did       directory makes much more sense.  
the directory editor compile a                                          
listing of truly useful sites and     What is their PR?          
you can get a listing alongside       Page rank though highly           
them? Needless to say, the more       discounted now, still holds a     
unique the content, the better is     value. While I would not          
the directory.                        recommend getting a link based    
                                      just on PR, do not overlook PR    
Is it relevant?                while choosing a directory.       
If you sell autos, a link in an                                         
auto directory is much more           Keeping these points in mind      
valuable. If you sell to a            should help you decide which      
specific geographical area,           directory to choose.              
buying a link in a regional           

                              






About the Author:

Praveen owns a number of successful websites and directories including http://www.submiturlhere.com - http://www.linkcabin.com - http://www.bestsportsdirectory.com


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