SEO - Directory Submissions
What is a Directory ?
A Directory is a Internet Tool which stores, organizes and provides access to information.
Simply we can say that a Directory is a website which stores the links of websites with desciption in a order on the basis of categories. They helps the users in finding the new websites in an order on category basis.
In SEO Directory submission is one of the good ways of building one way Backlinks. Many of these links are dofollow. So they helps in Increasing our websites page rank by giving link juice. Behind the Backlinks it also helps in driving traffic to our websites.
Generally most users use directories to find new websites. Submitting our website to the directories makes the users to find our website easily.
Open Directory Project(ODP)
Open Directory Project is a directory which in indexing all the good websites in its databases. This is an Open source project. Submissions of websites in Open Directoy is free. But it takes a lot of time to get indexed Since It is collecting all the website in the world in its database.
Do you want to know more about OPEN DIRECTORY PROJECT ?
Many of the other top directories are utilizing the service of Open Directory Project in indexing the website in their directory sites. So it is a very necessary to submit your website to Open Directory Project
Submit you site to Open Directory here..!
Besides this Open directory there are many other directories which indexes the website directly with out using ODP. Goolge utilizes the ODP in indexing the good website in google's database.
There are more than 2000 directory which stands independently. They directly takes the request from the users indexing the new websites. Submit you website in all those directories.
They offer free and paid services for directory submission. I had listed a list of directories which offers free submission. In SEO Directory Submission Plays a major role in optimizing our websites.
Guidelines for SEO Directory submission
- Submit you website in the related category. Otherwise the moderator may not approve your website.
- Try to avoid reciprocal linking. reciprocal linking creates a outbound links from our site which is not good for our website.
- While filling the directory submission form make sure that the title, keywords and Description of your home page are included. Use it from your website's home page rather than creating a new attractive title and description.
- Donot forget to submit your site in the Open Directory Project(ODP)
- Generally Directories takes atleast 10days to 3 months time to index your website. So be patient.
- Repeatedly submission your website in the same directory harms your site. And the moderator doesn't include your website forever by considering your website as spam.