Do you get any traffic from web directories?

[jv16]

I have spent quite a bit of money to add my site to the best (IMHO) paid web directories.

These directories include:
JoeAnt
BOTW
V7
skaffe
mavicanet
avivadirectory
goguides
uncoverthenet
qango
thisisouryear
+ dozens of others.

According to our tracking we are getting very little or no traffic at all from our directory listings. So here's my question: do you get any traffic from directories or do you just do it to get the links?

[Aurel Dragut]

I receive a maximum of 4 or 5 hits / day from directories where i am listed.

[temyong]

Originally Posted by Aurel Dragut

I receive a maximum of 4 or 5 hits / day from directories where i am listed.

I also receive hits on directory but not that big.

[wallarookiller]

at this point I dont pay for directory listings at all so I cant answer that i'd spend my money on a high ranking website though. not pr but high ranking for my key words

[micksss]

Not many people use directories to find what they are looking for. The main purpose of directories is backlinks to raise your pagerank.

[Antonio]

If you submit to dmoz what's you need?

Sorry, I would tell you, you would not get 1 hits from dmoz in 30 days or more.

Directories just help you build back links and some would help you get better SERP.

[Natural Elements]

Originally Posted by Antonio

If you submit to dmoz what's you need?

Sorry, I would tell you, you would not get 1 hits from dmoz in 30 days or more.

Directories just help you build back links and some would help you get better SERP.

Dmoz was a pretty hard directory to get listed on, but once you are on, I can tell you, you will have more than 1 hit from them.

[John Scott]

How to get traffic from directories

[coolguy27]

Originally Posted by jv16

I have spent quite a bit of money to add my site to the best (IMHO) paid web directories.

These directories include:
JoeAnt
BOTW
V7
skaffe
mavicanet
avivadirectory
goguides
uncoverthenet
qango
thisisouryear
+ dozens of others.

According to our tracking we are getting very little or no traffic at all from our directory listings. So here's my question: do you get any traffic from directories or do you just do it to get the links?

Yes, they give me traffic to the directories I've submitted especially free directory submissions...

[maldives]

I do get hits from directories. Just try www.kingbloom.com I ound it great!

[MadKad]

Originally Posted by maldives

I do get hits from directories. Just try www.kingbloom.com I ound it great!

I was just going to say that kingbloom give me some great traffic every month on to of my websites I have in there

[Bernard]

Originally Posted by MadKad

I was just going to say that kingbloom give me some great traffic every month on to of my websites I have in there

Folks, Kingbloom uses a spider to keep it's database up to date. If you are averaging 16-20 hits a month from the directory, it is likely just the spider checking to make sure your site is still there and hasn't changed.

[GoldDust]

Many site owners who have sites listed in our dance music directory www.trugroovez.com say they recieved 50+ hits a week.

[EBORG9]

Originally Posted by GoldDust

Many site owners who have sites listed in our dance music directory www.trugroovez.com say they received 50+ hits a week.

Paid submission?

To answer the question:
I have not paid for any directories and here is what I get so far this month.

Around 10-11 hits from DMOZ, (Newly submitted)
30 a day of so from www.geovisite.com( and they have the coolest widgets!)
191 from Stumble upon
around 65 a day from MyBlogLog
around 20 a day from other social networking sites.
40 or so for the month from other directories combined.

Directories from these countries have been steady:
India, Sri Lanka,
this is the first full month for this blog

[Ewenement]

Well, in my case web directories are mainly for the links...

[Cornbread]

No, I have about 10 of the best directory listings and get almost zero traffic. I would think Yahoo Directory would provide a little traffic as it is linked directly from the hugely popular Yahoo home page, but even that directory provides minimal traffic.

[MadKad]

oh yer and to add to johns little article, I find that getting in the catergory first helps a little more on the traffic

[paladin2]

I never had much traffic from any directory. As smb. said, I don't think ppl search in directories for resources.

[sheena]

You can got less traffic from directories

[sniperhiga]

My site listed in 1000+ directories and i have a little traffic from directories directly.
Directories are good for search engines.