How To Decide Any Directory As A Quality Directory.
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Directories are best way to get one way links. Especially for
new sites.
There are hundreds of directories but there are also a lot of
directories out there where submission is worthless. Avoid your
site from submitting spammy directories to stay away from
devaluation of your site in search engines. There are certain
factors that when combines makes a directory a quality
directory. Here are fewer.
[1] Age of directory/Domain:-
It is said that Google give more weight or consider those
directories as trusted directories which are older. So if your
site is linked from older directories it will help you in
ranking better in SERPs.
[2] Page Rank and incoming links:-
Page rank on Google toolbar and incoming links for other search
engines. Especially when unique IP links that point to directory
It has better value than if it has No. of back links from one
IP. Also quality of those links is important. Page rank should
consider for both for home page and from sub page which link to
you,
[3] Cost:-
If it is paid directory than you must consider cost. It is not
advisable to pay for $$ for 0 PR Directory. Also consider that
for what are you paying? Is it cost for one year or for
lifetime listings?
[4] No. of links/Category and No. of categories:-
It is not recommended to submit site which has no of links (say
hundreds)/category.
It will not help you to get a boost in search engines. If
directory having enough and all major category available, it
will create relevant results.
[5] No. of page indexed in search engines and SE Rankings:-
Suppose any directory is banned by Google than it is worthless
to submit there. (Why you are submitting to directories?)
Search engine rankings and No. of pages indexed by search
engines may decide how quality back link it will give to your
site.
[6] Traffic:-
Generally directories are for search engine ranking but if it
can provide you a little traffic it is better deal.
[7] Type of links:-
Before you submit you can check weather directory is SEO
friendly or not. What type of URL it has. Directories that can
not provide you direct HTML Links may be worthless to submit.
[8] Category of directory:-
Niche directories are better for getting more relevant links.
Example, if your site is related to real estate than you can
submit to specific real estate top directories.
[9] Time for review:-
Most of paid directories review any listing within 24 hours.
You can expect faster review time when you are paying.
[10] Other factors:-
Like weather directory allow anchor text or not, content of
directory (linking from duplicate may adversely affect), No of
Scrap listings or quality of outbound links, No. of dead links,
editors and quality of editing, type of sites accepted by
directory, Submission process, should not be loaded heavily
with banners and ads.
About The Author: Manish Mathukiya is President of Inetzeal SEO
Services ( http://www.inetzeal.com/ ). He offers Quality
Directory Submission Service (
http://www.directory-submission.inetzeal.com/ ) to SEO Friendly
Directories.
posted by Dennis Cheesman @ 5:32 AM,
