How to Submit to Directory in the Right Way

Directory is a site that allows visitors to find information that cannot be found on the search engine. The directory welcomes submission from all kinds of websites. There are niche specific directories that only accept submission from certain niche. For example, a business niche directory will only accept online store listing. The business niche directory won't accept submission from recipe website, pet website and etc.

Every directory submission has its own guidelines. The guidelines are written by the moderator to help them simplify the process of reviewing the submission. It can be time consuming to review a website that has a lot of problem so the directory submission guideline is created. If you want your website to get approved, you must follow the submission guideline. In the submission guidelines, you will find requirement such as description word count, restrictions, and etc.

The title should be interesting so that it can grab the attention of the visitors. If the title is not interesting, no one will want to click through the link. Likewise, the description plays an important role in attracting the visitor to visit your site. The description must describe the content of the site in an interesting way. You are advised not to use promotional and marketing words in your description. An example of promotional words includes "We are the number one T shirt store on the internet". The company name must not be mentioned in the description. The description cannot contain contact information such as email address, telephone number, fax number and address.

In a directory, you will find many categories including Arts, Science, Technology, Recreation and etc. You should navigate to the most relevant category. Most directories offers top level submission for paid listing. If you are using the free listing option, you must choose the most relevant sub category for your site. If the category is not relevant, it will be rejected by the editor. If you don't know which category is the most suitable for your site, you can use the search box to perform a research. For example, if you want to submit a rose gardening site, you can enter "rose gardening" into the search box. Once you hit enter, you will find a list of website listing that are listed in the rose gardening category. In this way, you will know under which main category the rose gardening is located. Some directories require you link to them before they will put a link to your site. If you decide to do reciprocal link, you must paste the code provided by the site into the homepage and upload it. Once you upload the link page, your site will be successfully submitted.

If you don't have time to submit to the directories, you can always outsource the submission to a SEO company. The SEO company can help you to submit the websites to SEO friendly directories which is beneficial for your website. You should check the list of the directories used by the SEO company so that you can determine whether they are quality directories.

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

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