Internet directories & other free marketing methods

**jstonewell** · 06-26-2008 04:53 AM

Hi!

What are your experiences about internet directories?

Have they been successful in bringing traffic to your site?
Have they affected your Google page rank?

**allysa** · 06-26-2008 05:08 AM

I only submit to those with a high PR. I don't rely on directory submission to bring traffic to my site, I rather do good seo, good keywords and promote it.

**aaron-123** · 07-01-2008 11:12 PM

I don't think directories is a good marketing method.

**mariecasas** · 07-02-2008 07:58 AM

Directories haven't done much for traffic of my sites. Better if you can concentrate on 'hubs' that are authoritative in your specific industry and try to get them to link to you.
That and just quality content and good search-engine-friendly but not keyword-stuffed headlines.

**veikoh** · 07-03-2008 10:57 AM

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**johnaydan** · 07-03-2008 09:13 PM

Nice tips over here guys,

Thanks a tonne for sharing the views...

**fwn122** · 07-03-2008 09:31 PM

You won't get any traffic from directories unless you buy featured links. However they can be effective in bringing up your page rank and search engine rankings. Make sure you don't choose directories based off the page rank of the home page; you need to look at the page rank of the actual page that your link will appear on. If you can find any directory that has any page rank at all on the actual page that your link will appear on than you should definetely submit but those are rare.

**will99** · 07-04-2008 01:38 AM

Try Wikicommerce.org! It's a wiki-based site you can add articles about your business for free. I bet it's more effective than 10 link directory submissions.

**hotbuckles** · 07-05-2008 10:58 PM

Make good articles and post on social bookmarking sites

**hotbuckles** · 07-05-2008 11:02 PM

Originally Posted by will99

Try Wikicommerce.org! It's a wiki-based site you can add articles about your business for free. I bet it's more effective than 10 link directory submissions.

Thanks for that...

You can also add a relevnt link in wikepedia

**zharlene** · 07-05-2008 11:40 PM

fwn122 is right, you will have to look that the pagerank of the page where your link will be if you're considering page ranking.

Directories are not that useful when it comes to traffic, but every backlink helps in SEO so there is a point in submitting your sites to as many as possible.

**gregdavidson** · 07-06-2008 12:36 AM

You might get an average of two or three unique visitors per month for each directory you submit to. If you're a new website with no pagerank nobody will want to exchange links with you so this is one way to get backlinks. Make sure you find a list of "free" directories so you won't have to sort through what's paid and what's not. Also, change your description every 20 or 30 submissions and don't use automatic software to try to cut corners. Some websites will detect the software and your submission will be useless.

**Ivan** · 07-06-2008 07:28 AM

Originally Posted by aaron-123

I don't think directories is a good marketing method.

Although directories might not bring traffic, you'll probably call me crazy when I say - it doesn't matter. Why, well Allysa said it best:

Originally Posted by allysa

I only submit to those with a high Page Ranking. I don't rely on directory submission to bring traffic to my site, I rather do good Search Engine Optimization, good keywords and promote it.

There are hundreds of medium to high PR directories out there, most of who are general and do have simple submission guidelines. These can be great link building tools to get your rankings going. However, if you are using directories to increase your backlinks, as I'm sure Allysa would agree, check if they are do-follow directories. If they have no-follows on the links, there's not sense in submitting, now is there?

**zharlene** · 07-06-2008 04:38 PM

@ Ivan - true, but all directories had to start somewhere. A directory doesn't just jump from PR0 to PR8.

There's only a handful of medium-high PR directories accepting free submissions. The rest are paid directories...and they probably used to be free when they had low PR. That's why everyone should take advantage of low-PR, free directories. One day, they might be at PR5 and you might have to pay for a link...