Do you think submitting to directories is effective?

bradchawla · 06-01-2009, 01:03 AM

Now i have submit my site to lots directories, and i have a question,is it effect?You know some of them need you add his link in your site,and some of them need money, if i add it free,maybe i need wait for a long time and at last it could not add mine.
And i 'm puzzled whether there have people log in the directory site to see it?
So i think maybe it just wast time. Right?

P.O.S. · 06-01-2009, 01:14 AM

Directory submission is part of one-way link building (off-page optimization), so you better not exchange links with them. Submitting to the right category gives your link/site a credit. It can also be helpful when a visitor uses a directory to search for things to buy or when they seek information about a thing/place/brand/company. If you haven't noticed, when you search for companies, some directories are on the top 10 of SERP.

Btw, you're not obligated to pay for them, just use the "Free" submission option

If a directory requires you to pay, then leave, there are lots more of good quality directories that offers free submission. Not unless dmoz changed it's submmision rules

Anyway, if a directory requires you register, you may if you want to. But most of them uses "Reciprocal Submission," I know 'coz I've tried it before (when I used to prove to other webmasters that registering to directories is worth it), but almost all of them uses "Reciprocal" as a Submission Option.

bogs · 06-01-2009, 01:41 AM

i don't think directories have that much weight, so i think its better if its free..

well it still count as Backlinks..

cignusweb · 06-01-2009, 01:54 AM

Hi, I think directory submission still have little importance in rankings. Working a week per month on directory submission is more than enough to maintain rankings.

If possible, we should give weight to good directories or some paid directories.

Regards,
Cignus Web Services India

Journey · 06-01-2009, 02:21 AM

Well, the effectiveness of directory submission will basically depend on the quality and quantity of your submission as well as to the quality of the directory..

If you submit your site to the right category of the directory with the right details of your site (using right keywords in the title of your submission) and the web directory is quality (it only approves sites that are relevant to the category), then I still believe this link building method is effective. Though the benefits it brings to the site are not much high compared to as before...

Copybuild · 06-01-2009, 02:32 AM

Don't put too much effort on submitting your site to directories.. This technique is getting obsolete and ineffective!

Tom Lensar · 06-01-2009, 02:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bradchawla

Now i have submit my site to lots directories, and i have a question,is it effect?You know some of them need you add his link in your site,and some of them need money, if i add it free,maybe i need wait for a long time and at last it could not add mine.
And i 'm puzzled whether there have people log in the directory site to see it?
So i think maybe it just wast time. Right?

This is not waste of time it's really effected for your site.

Cars-blog · 06-01-2009, 02:44 AM

Directory submissions is still an effective method of getting backlinks, but you need to be more selective about which directories you submit to. I generally don't bother with empty directories that have a non-directory related domain name but has PR. For me that webmaster is more concerned about PR than his/her site and its listing. I'd consider a new directory with a directory related domain name. If the directory has existing listings, check their quality. If the descriptions stuffed with keywords, I wouldn't bother submitting. Also check the quality actual sites that are listed. Quality directories that list quality sites will be more effective, and even more so if they are niche directories related to your site rather than general directories, though there is nothing wrong with general directories.

Dylan55 · 06-01-2009, 05:12 AM

Yes, directory submission is effective for link building and also in promoting your site local and globally.

Hafsoh · 06-01-2009, 05:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bradchawla

Now i have submit my site to lots directories, and i have a question,is it effect?You know some of them need you add his link in your site,and some of them need money, if i add it free,maybe i need wait for a long time and at last it could not add mine.
And i 'm puzzled whether there have people log in the directory site to see it?
So i think maybe it just wast time. Right?

Directories can help with anchor text and to rank certain key phrases and also provide backlinks. Directory submission is more beneficial for new sites that have no backlinks yet and pages that are trying to rank well for long tail keywords.
The reason why directory links worth so little is mainly because directories themselves have little value.

RinaLasnier · 06-01-2009, 05:36 AM

Yes, submitting to lots of directory submission sites is still effective if you put you site in the right category. But I don't really think that dmoz can be beneficial to a site that had just been submitted to it. Why? because in some cases it can take up to a year or so to get an inclusion to dmoz.

subet · 06-01-2009, 06:04 AM

Directory submission is effective to get you higher pagerank if;
- You submit your link to the right category
- You submit your link to the high ranked directories

But i believe that it is a must-do for your websites.

baxy · 06-01-2009, 06:22 AM

Google no more suggest directory submission for link building.

I would advise not to waste your time in submitting your web site to thousands of directories. Choose some good high PR directories like DMOZ and Yahoo, then try to gain one way links from some other sources.

Cars-blog · 06-01-2009, 06:41 AM

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Originally Posted by baxy

Google no more suggest directory submission for link building.

I would advise not to waste your time in submitting your web site to thousands of directories. Choose some good high PR directories like DMOZ and Yahoo, then try to gain one way links from some other sources.

They're still listed as backlinks in Google Webmaster Tools. Even if Google it's no longer suggested by Google it doesn't mean it's useless. You just need to find quality directories. And paying an annual fee of $299 to get listed in Yahoo is a real waste of money IMO.

Himalayan · 06-01-2009, 06:56 AM

Directories are always helpful if they indexed by Google timely so submission of website in Directory is not worthless.

govindseo · 06-01-2009, 07:06 AM

No Doubt Directory submission is effective it's one of important phase of off page optimization!!!

ccus · 06-01-2009, 07:12 AM

I'm a bit of a newbie at this webmaster business, but from what I've read, it's more effective if you find niche directories and vary your anchor text and descriptions.

zeruel · 06-01-2009, 07:48 AM

For paid directory links, I don't think it's worth it at all. There are bunch of free directories out there that you can submit to. So I think it's better to submit to those free ones.

Just don't waste your whole day submitting to these free directories.

planetbuzzman · 06-01-2009, 09:08 AM

I find that blog directories are much more effective then website directives. I have to add that a reciprocal link form a directory is not bad just devalued. Another thing. when you post to a directory, how many links that an individual category page can make all the difference. The fewer links on a page the more link juice you will get. One word of caution though. if a directory has more then thirty links per category page do not post on it. Google might represent these directories and link farms and spank your website.

angilina · 06-01-2009, 12:40 PM

I suggest you only submit your site to high PR directories only. It may not be worth the time that you will be investing in submitting your site to 1000's of directories. Quality directories include Yahoo Directory and etc. I suggest you do not submit your site where a reciprocal link is required.

I think links from quality directories will still help in SEO.