Directory Submissions
Paid Directory Submission Checklist
Author: Lakhya Phukan
Every online business needs traffic, which comes with increasedvisibility on the web. One great way to get noticed is to getlisted in the major directories. Links from good directoriesincreases your site's visibility many fold.There are thousands of web directories on the net and selectingthe good ones to submit your site can be a time consuming task.Also there are free directories and paid directories. You need tosubmit to both types of directories.The following checklist is for paid directory submission only.
This checklist will help you choose the best and worthwhile paiddirectories on the net.Submission Check List:1. Check out if the directory is indexed in major search engines.2. Check the robots.txt file. Make sure that search engine botsare allowed to crawl the pages where you intend to put yourlisting. Check the Meta tags to make sure that search enginespiders are not prevented from following links in it. A Meta tagwith noindex/nofollow will not be indexed or spidered and linksin that page are not followed by bots.3. Check if the directory is being maintained regularly. Visitthe directory from time to time to see if errors are gettingcorrected, site information is getting updated and the like. Inshort, look for positive activity on the directory.
4. Check if the listings in category pages match in theme andcontent or not. Directories with tight focus on relevant groupingof web sites are useful for visitors and tend to show upfrequently in SERPs for keyword searches.5. Check out the age of the directory. Do a whois search(http://www.whois.net) to get this information. Many newdirectories vanish after a few months due to lack of maintenanceand promotion. With older directories you can at least be surethat you listing will remain visible for a reasonable period.6. Check if the directory consists of too many empty categories-it is not useful for visitors and also does not send a too goodsignal to the SEs about the directory.
Think twice beforesubmitting to such directories.7. Check if the contact information is available on the site.Proper businesses will provide you with some kind of contactinformation.8. Check the Alexa rank of the directory - it is not accurate,yet you can get an idea of traffic the directory receives.Lookfor directories with decreasing Alexa Rank as it indicates thatthe directory is getting popular.9. Check if the directory provides SE friendly urls. NoJavaScript link or redirection. Also watch out for dynamic urls.Sometimes search engines find it difficult indexing orrecognizing dynamic urls with parameters likehttp://www..com/index.html?cat=1&p=12... An exampleof SE friendly URL is http://www.hedir.com/business.html10. Check whether category pages have too many outgoing links.
Ifyour link is one of 100 links on a page, visitors will find itdifficult to locate your site.Author Bio:Lakhya Phukan is the webmaster of Hedir Web Directory. You can submit your site at hedir.Or search for the syndicated directory list at hedir.
Author: Lakhya Phukan
Every online business needs traffic, which comes with increasedvisibility on the web. One great way to get noticed is to getlisted in the major directories. Links from good directoriesincreases your site's visibility many fold.There are thousands of web directories on the net and selectingthe good ones to submit your site can be a time consuming task.Also there are free directories and paid directories. You need tosubmit to both types of directories.The following checklist is for paid directory submission only.
This checklist will help you choose the best and worthwhile paiddirectories on the net.Submission Check List:1. Check out if the directory is indexed in major search engines.2. Check the robots.txt file. Make sure that search engine botsare allowed to crawl the pages where you intend to put yourlisting. Check the Meta tags to make sure that search enginespiders are not prevented from following links in it. A Meta tagwith noindex/nofollow will not be indexed or spidered and linksin that page are not followed by bots.3. Check if the directory is being maintained regularly. Visitthe directory from time to time to see if errors are gettingcorrected, site information is getting updated and the like. Inshort, look for positive activity on the directory.
4. Check if the listings in category pages match in theme andcontent or not. Directories with tight focus on relevant groupingof web sites are useful for visitors and tend to show upfrequently in SERPs for keyword searches.5. Check out the age of the directory. Do a whois search(http://www.whois.net) to get this information. Many newdirectories vanish after a few months due to lack of maintenanceand promotion. With older directories you can at least be surethat you listing will remain visible for a reasonable period.6. Check if the directory consists of too many empty categories-it is not useful for visitors and also does not send a too goodsignal to the SEs about the directory.
Think twice beforesubmitting to such directories.7. Check if the contact information is available on the site.Proper businesses will provide you with some kind of contactinformation.8. Check the Alexa rank of the directory - it is not accurate,yet you can get an idea of traffic the directory receives.Lookfor directories with decreasing Alexa Rank as it indicates thatthe directory is getting popular.9. Check if the directory provides SE friendly urls. NoJavaScript link or redirection. Also watch out for dynamic urls.Sometimes search engines find it difficult indexing orrecognizing dynamic urls with parameters likehttp://www..com/index.html?cat=1&p=12... An exampleof SE friendly URL is http://www.hedir.com/business.html10. Check whether category pages have too many outgoing links.
Ifyour link is one of 100 links on a page, visitors will find itdifficult to locate your site.Author Bio:Lakhya Phukan is the webmaster of Hedir Web Directory. You can submit your site at hedir.Or search for the syndicated directory list at hedir.
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