he big indexes such as means that a secondary benefit of
Yahoo, Open Directory and getting a link on major indexes
About.com are the best is that it can improve your
places for people to find you. ranking on some really big search
However applying to be listed in engines. For example, getting
them can be a bit of a federal your site listed in Yahoo! And in
case. Still despite all the red the Open Directory can seriously
tape, proper submission to these boost your page ranking on
indexes is crucial because there Google.
is a pronounced trend towards
using "human-edited" indexes in Before you go to submit to one of
search results. In particular, the major indexes, please take
many of the major search engines the time to find and read their
are starting to use Open submission guidelines, advice and
Directory index listings in their limitations. It sounds so simple
search results, making it the but actually it is harder to get
second most important place to listed on the big indexes then
list your site, right behind one would think. This is because
Yahoo's directory. neither Yahoo nor the Open
Directory Project is very
Another thing to consider is that concerned with accepting just any
more and more search engines are old crap in their index. Also
using link-popularity as a decisions about what is allowed
ranking method (Google is the to be listed in their pages are
originator of this technique). often made by humans who can tell
Under this system the ranking of even better than an algorithm if
your site depends on how many a web master is trying to pull
other pages link to yours, and the wool over their eyes with
how essential the search engine some crafty black hat SEO.
thinks these links are. That
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