Directory Submissions

Directory submission is the most premium route to link building process. Submitting your website to well-known directories fetch you great quality of back links. These back links directly help your website to get recognized by the search engines and take it all the way to the top ranks.

Directory submissions should be done to popular and highly valued directories by the search engines. A search for good directories shall be done first. A good directory is considered to be the one providing ample number of categories and the one that sends out many links. Getting linked with the disregarded directories will only jeopardize your website’s reputation. Hence, searching a good directory shall be the primary step in this approach. Manual approach to directory submissions should be followed as it is more beneficial. While processing with the directory submissions, the title, description and URLs shall be carefully filled. After all, these are going to be the frontlines of your website.

The guidelines shall be strictly followed while submissions are done. There are chances of your submissions getting disapproved or rejected. Hence, all the guidelines shall be followed. Make sure you choose appropriate category from the catalog for your website. If not categorized correctly, the website may be listed under wrong categories and may not be indexed properly by the search engines. Getting listed in the wrong categories affects the ranking of your website.

There are ample number of benefits of directory submissions. One of the main benefits is that your website gets indexed by the search engines. Another benefit is that by doing directory submissions, you get one-way back links to your website. These one-way back links are highly valued by the search engines. These are in fact valued more than the reciprocal links. Directory submissions help to increase the visibility of your website. Increased visibility on the web attracts more visitors and readers. And this advances the traffic in the direction of your website. Another benefit is gained by using right keywords for your submissions. Having done this correctly, the search engine listings will automatically list the directory listings which will further project and target the traffic towards your website dramatically even if the website is not yet in the top ranks.