The importance of submitting your website to directories

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Directory Submission is one of the indirect ways to earn one way inbound links.

With the popularity of search engine spiders, software that robotically browse the Web looking for websites to add to a search engine. Some experts believe this is no longer neccessary but anything that will give you inbound links and the opportunity to provide a description of your website is essential. Directory submission is a great tool for webmasters. Popular websites such as MSN and Yahoo are still using directories and users who are looking for sites in a genre often use directories as a way to quickly find the services they want to find.

Guide Lines:

  • Do not submit your website to the directory before your website is completed.
  • Provide with a good description of your website and make sure that your description is appealing to the viewer.
  • Fill up the every required text field in the form.
  • Give the current working email address in the form.
  • Web Directories generally do not accept websites that redirect to other link.
  • Do Not Use Capital Letters in Title.
  • Choose the correct category for the website otherwise your submission might be rejected.
  • Do not submit duplicate websites.
  • Do not make more than 25 submissions in a single directory from the same IP.
  • Do not use automatic submission software. Manual submission is best.

Benefits of Directory Submission

  • Directory Submission provides strong inbound linking.
  • It increases traffic to your website.
  • Directory Submission provides everlasting back links. so you wouldn’t face your URL dancing in SERPs
  • Directory submission allows the anchor text of your choice.

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