top traffic directories

[scisoft]

I know that almost nobody lists in directories to gain direct traffic, but anyway - what are from your experience top directories as for direct visitors effect?

[solidghost]

Try the bigger directories. There will be some people looking for information there. Like BOTW and GoGuides and so on.

However, a niche directory would probably have a lot of good traffic.

[bobchrist]

Yea, the niche directories can help you a lot, also try out to get listed in dmoz and yahoo directories that can be considered top traffic directories, IMO.

[MakePB]

Only Joeant send me traffic.

[John Scott]

Originally Posted by MakePB

Only Joeant send me traffic.

What directories are you listed in?

[MakePB]

I did not used all pay directories but by many of them the site is listed as well as free directories.

[scisoft]

Originally Posted by John Scott

What directories are you listed in?

So far I have paid submitedge for registration in 100 free directories. They did they job fine, just hope that all these dirs are not marked by Google as seo-purpose only. Except of this, I started to hand register in niche directories.

The problem with this project has (1) no budget and (2) no time, since it is not my clients website, it is my own and a my partner's. The industry is competetive - tourism, big city. Thus I am looking for a way to get at least some hits soon, with low budget, just to encourage my partner who is writing the articles.

To all who responded: thank you for your tips.

[John Scott]

Originally Posted by scisoft

So far I have paid submitedge for registration in 100 free directories.

Why are you paying to submit to free directories?

[scisoft]

They did it for 9 USD. I value my time more than 9 USD/hour and I am pretty sure that I would need more time to find, install and use some submission soft. Not mentioning manual submission.

[John Scott]

So you paid somebody to submit, not the directories themselves?

[Web Gazelle]

Originally Posted by scisoft

I know that almost nobody lists in directories to gain direct traffic, but anyway - what are from your experience top directories as for direct visitors effect?

Kingbloom is well worth submitting to. It is one I see all the time in my logs for bringing traffic to my sites.

[! Ask !]

Originally Posted by MakePB

Only Joeant send me traffic.

Yes it’s true, editors revisiting your site for keeping directory integrity…

Originally Posted by Web Gazelle

Kingbloom is well worth submitting to. It is one I see all the time in my logs for bringing traffic to my sites.

Yes it’s true, Automated boots looking for broken links….

The true nobody searches directories anymore you don’t get significant traffic even from DMOZ and Yahoo directory, unless you are lucky and the page you have the listing is high on the search results.

For example I have this detail page http://ask-dir.com/detail/link-533.html that ranks very high for a loot of competitive and “long tail” searches about Dubai Stay so this listings gets a good amount of traffic.

[scisoft]

Originally Posted by John Scott

So you paid somebody to submit, not the directories themselves?

http://www.submitedge.com/

They seems to have the submission automated pretty good. Some of the dirs already comfirmed that the link is accepted.

[scisoft]

Originally Posted by ! Ask !

Yes it’s true, editors revisiting your site for keeping directory integrity…



Yes it’s true, Automated boots looking for broken links….

The true nobody searches directories anymore you don’t get significant traffic even from DMOZ and Yahoo directory, unless you are lucky and the page you have the listing is high on the search results.

For example I have this detail page http://ask-dir.com/detail/link-533.html that ranks very high for a loot of competitive and “long tail” searches about Dubai Stay so this listings gets a good amount of traffic.

This should be possible to confirm from the logs. It these are just bots, they will spend very little time on the page.

[seveneth]

For traffic, go to niche directories
Look for more focus/deep niche that offer more than just basic listing.

[David E]

I regularly get click throughs from Aviva and UK Small Business Directory but that is a UK directory, difficult to tell with v7n I get about 15-20 a week some are probably from the forum, directories must get me atleast 120-150 uniques a week alltogether but I am in loads.

[iceberg]

I think its also depends on the topic/theme of the site and the category. Generally a directory gets a very few visitors from other directories. One of my site(non-directory) gets around 20-25 visitors daily from Dmoz but another site gets 2-5 per month.

[rankland]

Originally Posted by iceberg

I think its also depends on the topic/theme of the site and the category. Generally a directory gets a very few visitors from other directories. One of my site(non-directory) gets around 20-25 visitors daily from Dmoz but another site gets 2-5 per month.

Every site at rankland has details to see the traffic the submitted site is getting......Some of the sites are close to 200 hits on a genral directory, and the site is a little over 1 yr old.
Genral directories are useful if the webmaster checks the site before submitting...

[sniperhiga]

www.milliondollarhomepage.com - but i guess you are too late... Sorry

[WhatiFind]

For getting traffic from web directories:

- www.avivadirectory.com
- www.alivedirectory.com
- www.botw.org
- http://directory.v7n.com
- www.site-sift.com
- www.bigweblinks.com
- www.dollarlinking.com

good luck