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Benefits Of One-Way Directory Links
Category: Computers
Using directories is a great way to get
higher rankings on Google, Yahoo, and other search engines.
Directories allow you to obtain free, one-way incoming links which
can drastically increase your rankings in the major search engines,
which obviously gives you a lot more free search engine traffic to
your website!
If people are searching for something
that you sell or have information about, then they will find your
listing in the search engines and click to be directed to your
website. You can literally gain thousands of hits to your website
each day from simple linking methods. Directories are one of the best
ways to increase website traffic and to rank well in the search
engines results pages (without paying for placements). In order to
get these higher rankings (without paying for them), you need to
submit your website to many of the online directories which can be
found all over the Internet.
Here’s what a directory submission
strategy will provide:
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Quality back links,
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Better search engine rankings for
your website, -
Targeted website visitors,
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A bigger audience for your
products your market (as people link to your website), -
Increased sales,
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A higher chance of prospects
finding your website, and -
Your website will be seen as
legitimate and not as spam.
Directories don’t usually require a
reciprocal link (meaning you don’t need to link back to them) and
as such, they provide the best way to create a non-reciprocal links
campaign.
You can generate traffic from people
who browse the directories and other websites who use their content
while also transforming your rankings in the search engines, moving
your website to the first page of results.
One of the most well known directories
is DMOZ. Dmoz is a free service and open for you to link from.
How to submit your site to DMOZ.
Find and click on the most relevant
top-level category you see. You will then be presented with a sub-set
of categories. Again, click on the most relevant one for your
website. You will need to do this a couple of times in order to get
to the most specific category for your website
You should have “dug? down to the
most base-level category.
Once you have the correct category for
your website, you need to click on the “suggest URL? link and
enter the URL of your website.
Next you need to enter both the title
you would like the directory to display and your site description.
Both of these sections need to be given some thought. Remember to use
the main keywords in the title so that people can find the
site easily. You should also use the main keywords and the secondary
keywords in the description. This needs to be an accurate description in order to be included in
the directory.
The next step is to submit the request
and wait to be contacted. You will need to submit an email address
also, so the submission reviewer can contact you. This can take
anywhere from a few days to three weeks in some cases; it really
depends on the popularity of the directory.
The process outlined above is quite
similar for all directory submissions. If you get stuck , simply look
in the help section of the directory for detail. Most of them will
give clear instructions on how to make a submission.
Also remember to change the title and
description every 10 to 15 submissions. This
helps your website to get ranked for a
number of different search terms and stops your site from looking
like a spam site (as all links use the same text).
About the author
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