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  What Attributes Make Up a Good Web Directory?

  Posted: March 26th, 2009, 11:10am CET by rustybrick

  Tags:  Web Directories  

  A HighRankings Forum thread asks how does one distinguish between a good and bad web directory. Web directories are often the first step for many link building campaigns. The obvious directories that come to mind to submit to are dmoz.org and Yahoo's directory. But many people like Best of the Web as well.

  The question is, how does an SEO or webmaster know which directories are quality and which are not. This gets more important when you are submitting to niche directories.

  Here are just some points, off the top of my head, to look for when evaluating a directory.

  • Age of directory
  • Is the directory indexed
  • Is your listing category in the directory indexed
  • Number of links to the directory
  • Domain age of directory
  • Does directory require a link back
  • PageRank of directory's home page
  • PageRank of the category of your listing in your directory
  • Design of directory
  • How large is the directory

  Again, these are just the things that came to my mind as I wrote this post. If you have more to add, please do.

  Forum discussion at HighRankings Forum.

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  Should You Submit Your Site with an Optimized Title to Web Directories?

  Posted: April 8th, 2008, 5:20pm CEST by Tamar Weinberg

  Tags:  Web Directories  

  At High Rankings Forum, a member is looking to submit to web directories and wonders if it's worthwhile to submit the entire optimized website title to the directory. Will it go over well?

  Not usually, from what I've seen. In the directories that I've encountered, they're looking for the actual business name instead of an optimized title. In fact, many High Rankings forum members say the same thing. If you're looking to submit optimized titles (or keywords), you're seeking out "SEO friendly" directories, says moderator qwerty.

  But if you end up going along the route of SEO friendly directories, whatever you do, don't submit the same "SEO terms" to every single directory. Diversify your search terms as much as possible. It gives you more of an advantage and looks a lot more natural.

  Now, let's consider some basic rules for directories. This should be pretty much self-explanatory but may be helpful to some. First, make sure that your directory is indexed by Google. It's not worth the effort to get yourself submitted to a directory that won't actually help you. Second, make sure the directory has good quality sites. The directory shouldn't accept just any website. Third, check that the directory ranks for its own name. If it doesn't, it may have been penalized, and again, it's not worth the effort. Finally, check if the sites use a nofollow on links. That won't really help your SEO efforts if it does.

  Forum discussion continues at High Rankings Forum.