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| Why Is Directory Submission So Important?
Submitting your site to a directory means it "usually" is
reviewed by a human for relevance and quality then categorized
based on the sites content. One of the benefits from a users
point of view is that because of this human intervention, they
will almost certainly receive relevant listings to there search
query. Your benefit as a Webmaster is for the same reason, when
someone clicks through from a directory to your site you can be
certain (if categorized properly in the database) that your site
contains information that person is looking for.
A few directories to look for submission include:
Yahoo! - Yahoo! charges a fee of $299 for commercial sites to begin
the evaluation process. This in no way guarantees that your site
would be listed in their directory. Yahoo! Directories can be an
important source of qualified traffic if listed properly as they
do hold one of the most popular directories you could ever be
listed in.
Open Directory
Project - Another extremely popular directory.
There is no fee to submit your site to dmoz however it can take
several months to get listed. Make sure you review their
policies on submitting before attempting to submit. Dmoz editors
are very thorough and go through thousands of submissions on a
monthly basis. Getting listed in the Open Directory Project will
certainly get you listed in Google.
These are the two most important directories you could get your
site listed in. A few others to consider are: www.canlinks.net www.galaxy.com www.goguides.org www.goongee.com www.jayde.com www.joeant.com www.linkopedia.com
www.pharos-search.com www.searchmonster.org www.skaffe.com
www.websavvy.cc
www.zeal.com
The list goes on and on, these are just a few I personally
recommend, if you know of others worth mentioning please leave a comment
here and let others know.
By putting as much as effort towards directory submissions as
you do getting listed in the major search engines, you can
secure some healthy qualified traffic that could end up
benefiting you and your visitors just as much as the search
engines.
About the author:
This article was written by Wil Rushmer, founder of www.seohype.com - A resource
for internet marketing and website promotion tutorials,
including search engine optimisation techniques.
This articles may be reprinted so long as all links remain
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