Lee July 6th, 2007
Why are there so many web directories and what is the reason behind their popularity?
The reason for this is simple - it’s a very easy way to gain links. Millions of webmasters and site owners are trying to build links for their web sites every day, and web directories are offering them the perfect solution.Many believe that links have more value if they are placed on a web site page whose content is related to the web site or web page they link to.Web directories offer hundreds of categories that are related to a wide range of topics. Many directories also have a high Google Page Rank and a large number of webmasters are interested in increasing their own PR by listing their web sites in such directories.
Another motivating factor is that links in most web directories can be obtained quickly and easily, often in a matter of hours, especially in paid web directories.
If you then consider the fact that a web directory can be built and run by just one individual then it is easy to figure out why so many webmasters are launching directories every day.
Successful paid directories earn money and reciprocal link directories attract links.
Free directories usually have some other purpose, such as converting to payment Continue Reading »
Lee June 30th, 2007
DMOZ is well known all over the internet as being the largest open source directory online, but is it really worth your time and effort to try to get your website listed in their directory?
You must remember when submitting your website to DMOZ that this directory is one of the human powered directories, which means that a person must go over your submission, your website, and determine if your website is worthy of being in the directory from their own point of view. All of the editors at DMOZ are volunteers just like you and I that have applied to become editors and reviewers in their own special field of interest.
It does not cost anything to have your site listed in DMOZ, so that is a plus, but they do have certain standards that they expect but once again the volunteers are just people and Continue Reading »
Lee June 20th, 2007
Maybe you are a Doctor or a lawyer. You’ve built an excellent web site that looks good, has the potential to make huge sales and is well optimised for the search engines. You have arranged a large number of reciprocal links, you have submitted to all the free directories you could find and submitted articles wherever you could. Now it’s time to sit down, relax and wait for the traffic to come flooding in? NO.
As the internet expands it is becoming harder and harder for even the most excellent of web sites to rank well with the search engines. These days it would appear that getting a large number of quality backlinks, with good anchor text, is not a do once and forget operation. Your competitors are out there building links daily so you must keep up.
With the huge and growing number of people online looking for goods and services amongst the mass of related websites, niche directories are coming into play.
Niche directories are usually much smaller and have far fewer listings than regular paid directories and are almost without doubt a lot slimmer than the mass of free directories on the internet. As a webmaster, this is great news as it makes gaining a good, relevant and visible link to your site a lot easier. For visitors, your potential customers, a niche directory offers a handy way of finding what they are looking for quickly and easily.
Although there may be a small cost in submitting to niche directories, their benefit to your site can potentially be huge, offering far greater ROI than, say, a Yellow pages advert or more expensive advertising on a large web site in your genre.
If you feel it is time to gain a niche listing for your site then here is a handy categorised list of Niche Directories