Using Web Directories As A Link Building Tool

E ven in this era of              the numerous categories.           technological                                                      breakthroughs, many website     By looking beyond the single link  owners have a wrong idea about        and searching abilities of a web   web directories. They think these     directory, a website owner can     web directories are simply a way      have unrestricted access to        to gain a one-way incoming link.      innumerable potential link         Inclusion in the different web        partners, waiting to be added.     directories is seldom perceived       These partners can be found        as more than a one-time entry         without much effort in the major   event. The aim is to get listed       internet directories and in the    and obtain the inbound link, for      copious niche directory listings   better of for worse. Traffic from     as well.                           some mainstream directories is                                           almost always low and rarely seen     Not all web directories are adept  as part of the equation. The          in searching for links. The DMOZ   dormant capability of the             (also known as the Open Directory  directory listings as a source of     Project), The Google Directory,    potential link partners is almost     The Yahoo! Directory are the       never reckoned as a strategy at       directories which one should use   all, which is not a wise move at      in order to carry out link         all.                                  research tasks.                                                                                             In reality, web directories have      It will not be an exaggeration to  far more possibilities concealed      compare the web directories to a   within their listings than it is      gold mine of linking partners if   generally believed. Many              one can get the full out of        webmasters and search engine          appropriate strategies. Any        optimization experts ignore the       enterprising and prospecting       less obvious value residing in        webmaster can successfully use     the web directories as an             opportunity after reading this     effective link building tool. It      article.                           is expected that the readers will                                     now be able to avail this              About the Author: The Author SeoAmitPatel is a SEO Expert who owns a company SEO Services India and which is working a major SEO Project called as the Global Internet Index. Read more articles by: SeoAmitPatel Article Source: www.iSnare.com