What are things to consider for Directory Submission?

[smita]

Before submitting our sites on any directory submission sites, what are the things we should look at that site? So that we can submit our site on that site and can get a backlink and can increase our visibility of our site.

 

[erdr86]

Use Unique Title, Description for your Website SEO Submission. Submit your link only on High PR Directory Sites.

 

[ketul]

ketul

See question dude. Ask about which things you consider for directory submission.
Before submission on directory, see its PR, category, Domain authority, Page authority.
Submit data only on high PR and relevant category only.

 

[Nature]

Things that you are consider while writing a meta description. Unique keyword and of course your contact details is perfect as well.

 

[Mike Brean]

Put Keyword Pharse in Directory Title
Put Description of it in Directory Description,
Put Keywords in Directory Meta Keywords
Check Directory Page Rank
Check Directory Domain Top Level Type

 

[Ric]

We should consider on these things: Use Keyword-rich titles, well-written and informative descriptions, & High PR Directory Sites for submissions

 

[sanusense]

Don't you know ! Most of the web directories are suffering from Google Penalty, so before submitting them search their domain name in Google else avoid it! I would rather say exclude the idea of DS from mind! Atleast for a while

 

[cpi31]

Directory submission really works now? I just stopped it for more than 6 months, as Google doesn't like link directory at all.

 

[andrewmark]

If you using directory submission to get back link for your website then you should know that google don't give priority that's not mean that you stop directory submission. Normal users comes in these directories to find relevant service business and you have chance to get organic visit from them. Use unique and informative description in directory submissions.

 

[Yngvi]

Before submitting your site to a directory, do a little bit of research on the directory.
• How old is the directory? The older the better.
• If the directory has a PageRank of three or higher, then it is more likely to be trustworthy.
• Does the directory charge a fee? If it does, what do you get for the fee? If you just get a link in the directory, then it is probably not worth it.
• Is the directory based in your own country? Getting listed in directories that are not in your own country is generally a waste of time, although there are some exceptions e.g. the DMOZ.
• Are submissions reviewed manually? If submissions are not manually reviewed, the chances are that it is not a good directory to be listed in.
• Does the directory rank well in the SERPs? If there is no sign of a particular directory, then it is unlikely to be worth the effort listing in that directory.
• How often is the directory crawled? In the SERPs, next to the URLs for the listings, there is a tiny inverted triangle. Click on this and then click 'cached'. You will then see a cached version of the page as well as information on when it was last cached. If the last cache was more than a few months ago, then the search engines are not too interested in that directory and nor should you be.
• Does the directory look like it serves a purpose? If the directory seems to be nothing more than just a bunch of links, then it may not be an ideal directory.
• Does the directory contain broken links? If the directory has links that do no work, then it is probably not well maintained and not worth the effort of submitting to it.

 

[walker.king89]

Before Directory submission we need to collect all the basic information of our business and website for which we are going to Directory submission. Directory submission need our business information which are mention below:
1. Business name
2. Address
3. User Name
4. Email
5. web address
6. Type of listing

 

[KristinaRoy]

The following points, I search before directory submission
1. Page Rank
2. Domain Authority
3. Last cached Date
4. Link type (Dofollow/Nofollow)

 

[drdialeruk]

Here are some things that you need to consider

1. Page Rank
2. Domain Authority
3. Last cached Date
4. Link type (Dofollow/Nofollow)
5. Address
6. User Name
7. Email
8. web address
9. Type of listing

 

[stablesoft]

Directories: Generally, we can define the directories as a folder in which we can save our information. Similarly, when we save our information on the World Wide Web, this is called a web directory. A web directory is not a search engine; instead, it is a list of websites in which we can submit our information according to our categories and sub categories. Directory Submission is a basic step taken by a search engine optimizer to improve their website’s link popularity.

 

[yoginetindia]

Post Penguin updates things have changed now be more careful while making directory submisions .

Because now google penalize for bad and irrelevant links . So carefully check directory PR , domain authority and its power before submission.

Use checkpagerank.net tool to see. its free

 

[rachitgupta]

These are some things that you have to take care of by doing directory submission:

1- Relevant Category
2- Good PR
3- Good DA
4- Good Alexa

 

[chrisraj]

Directory submission is not effective now days, for a new website we can use directory submission only for indexing purpose.