Free and Paid Directories

Directories are placed where webmasters can submit their websites. Directories allows webmaster to gain one way links for free of charge. There are two types of directories including free and paid directories. Free directories don't charge a fee for getting your site listed. Paid directories charge a fee before they will list your site in the directory. Both free and paid directories have their own advantages and disadvantages.

The advantages of free directories are that they are free of charge. Some free directories have high page rank. The internal pages of such directories also have high page rank. Thus, you will be able to fully benefit from the high page rank. Though the importance of getting a listing in Dmoz directory has been decreased, you will still benefit from an inclusion in the directory. The search engine trusts Dmoz because the editor review every listing carefully. Regular directory simply approve a site and get it listed without take into account much consideration. Dmoz has a strict submission rule. You have to follow the submission guidelines so that you can increase your chances of getting listed in the Dmoz directory.

The most popular paid directory is Yahoo directory. Yahoo offers a paid inclusion at $299 per year. If your site is listed in the Yahoo directory, it has a higher chance to rank on the Yahoo search engine. Despite that, it is not necessarily that you need a listing in the Yahoo directory to reach a top position in the search engine. To increase your rank on the search engine, you need to perform on page and off page optimization. Off page optimization refers to optimization techniques that is not perform on the site including submitting to free directories and article directories.

There are thousands of directories on the internet. You can find directories by visiting directory site such as webdirectories.ws and vilesilencer.com. Not all the directories in the list. You have to perform a research and sift out the directories that are not free. If the directory does not have a free listing option in the submission page, it means it is not free. Some directories require you to send an email to them in order to be considered for inclusion. Such sites usually have a high page rank. Examples of directories that use email submission include IPL directory.

If you don't have time to perform the directory submission, you can outsource it to a SEO company. When shopping for SEO company, make sure you check their portfolio and reputation. If the SEO company has good reputation, it indicates that their team are professional. The SEO company must be experience in their field. You can find out if a SEO company is reputable by determining the number of years it has involved in the industry. The SEO company must be able to deliver the submission service punctually. Some SEO company has huge backlog so you have to wait for some time for your site to be submitted to all the directories.

Mascar Rooney is the author of this article on directory submission.

Mascar Rooney is the author of this article on DMOZ Submission Service.