Not All Directories Help Your Page Rank

Find out what directories will increase your link popularity and the ones that don't!

Several link building methods have come and gone in the link building industry, but few have withstood the time. Directory submission has remained its title as one of the most effective was to build quality, one way back links. You see; search engine optimized directories are a source of information, which has been human edited, organized by category and sub-category.

Search engines use these resources to help gather relevant and useful information, they feel is of value to their web searchers. Using your keyword, title, description or key phrase used when submitted in a directory, that's optimized for search results.

When link building you should always pay attention to the websites you link to. Some webmasters think submitting to high page rank directories will help increase your link popularity.

The answer for this is; yes and no. Yes if you submit to a quality optimized directory that has been around minimum 1 year. Websites come and go all the time. You must always consider the history a website has.

For example:

- How long has this particular website been live on the internet

- Is this website indexed in search results?

- Does this website look like a link farm website

- What kind of websites do they except in their directory

- Privacy policy

- Help page

- Contact page

- How good is the content of the website

- Has this website been banned from Google or any major search engine? Or is this website currently banned from major search engines.

The reason I say no is because, some website page ranks were not increased naturally but un-natural. These websites have paid fees to help increase their ranking that will only last until next payment is due. You cannot tell if a website has paid for rankings, but an easier way to determine a websites value is to pay attention to the content on their pages. Things to look for:

- how well is the website content written

- how useful is the website information for their target market.

I am sure you already know all websites start out with a page rank 0; within time and good optimization, their page rank will increase quickly. So when you submit your website to any directory pay attention to the content, quality and value the website holds to their web searchers as well search engines.

Remember a page ranked website is important when increasing your link popularity, but content and value of the website you link to, will increase your rankings quickly and last forever.

When you are ready to start building quality one way, back links that last, consider an optimized directory, a trusted source for search engines.

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Are Web Directories Useful for Link Building?

Webmasters have been back and forth with this question: are directories as useful as they were in the beginning of link building. Be your own judge after this article.

I want to start by saying; it's not wise to submit to every free web directory you come across. Always pay attention to web directories you submit to. If your websites goal is to be indexed in search results, websites you link to is more important than the quantity.

Search engines need websites to present in front of their web searchers, quality websites like yours need to be noticed.

A few suggestions to help you find quality web directories:

A directory should not be filled with ads all over the homepage or any page in the domain.Quality listing, with good written titles and descriptions will always display on their website.The directories you submit to must be human edited. This means the directory editor reviews your listing carefully before adding your website.Indexed pages are important. The more indexed pages the better it is for your website.

Web directories are not useful to you, if the directory is not useful to search engines. A few suggestions to pay attention to:

Make sure the web directory is not full of advertised links. Most likely this website is full of spam and low quality listings. (I believe I repeated myself on this point, something to keep in mind)
Instant approval directories should be a red flag for you. This proves the theory of low quality listings, as well categories will have irrelevant link resources. Search engines frown upon these directories and will not index them, this means you will not benefit from a directory like this.
Low indexed pages means, no value or new website. Do your research on any website you wish to link to. Check the history when checking how many pages are indexed.

Keep these tips in mind when you look for quality websites. I suggest that you submit to a handful of useful free web directories that manually review your each listing submitted. As well all content should be updated daily and dead links should be removed from the website.

When link building the option is yours to choose from. A great option is to pay attention to directory lists created by webmasters for webmasters. This way you have a better chance of being indexed by web directories of value. Follow these simple to tips when you start link building.

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