Are Directories Worth Submitting to Any More?

[LilBlackDress]

Aside from the paid Yahoo and the free DMOZ and a tiny handful of others is it worth submitting to directories?
Can it hurt?

I watched a video with Googles Matt Cutts and get the feeling unless it is one of the biggies it is a waste of time.

[Pat Jackson]

I don't care if its do-follow, no-follow, pr 10 or pr 0, so long as it's not coming from a "bad neighbourhood" I'll take any link I can get.

With that said, though, if I couldn't automate the process of directory submissions I'm not sure I'd bother.

Just about any link has some kind of value, I just wouldn't waste hours upon hours submitting to small directory sites.

[distinctly_digital]

How do you automate your link directory submission? I subbed it out once and the results were very disappointing

[Pat Jackson]

You can probably outsource it fairly cheaply, but personally I use Big Mike's Directory Bot.

I can't remember the exact amount of sites it submits to but it does the job well.

[mbacak]

Originally Posted by Pat Jackson

You can probably outsource it fairly cheaply

You might want to try, directorymaximizer.com its only
like .14 per submission - I've used them many times.

[LilBlackDress]

On that directory bot can you select the directories you want to submit to? Are any of the directories higher PR directories?

Is it totally automated?

Thanks!

[rconejr]

I think the more directories the better. I wouldn't spend hours on all the littler directories but the more places you're listed the better.

[InternetMarketingIQ]

Does the directory have pagerank to the category of the pages you want to be listed? If it does then there is probably an SEO benefit.

Does the directory organize links in a way that they will actually be used by people? If it does then you will likely get some traffic over time and some exposure for branding.

What matters is quality, relevancy, and authority. If you get all three then your in! If not you have to evaluate if any of the other are worth the time it takes you to get the link.

I like certain blog directories and do get some directory traffic. But the overwhelming traffic sources to my network of sites are other sites, and organic search. Not Directories.

Mass low quality directory submissions will leave a "footprint" that could work against you.

[Pat Jackson]

Originally Posted by LilBlackDress

On that directory bot can you select the directories you want to submit to? Are any of the directories higher PR directories?

Is it totally automated?

Thanks!

Yes, you can pick and choose.

By default it's broken down into "Captcha sites" and "Non-Captcha sites".

I generally let it do the non-captcha sites by itself, and then when I have a spare 10 minutes I run through the captcha sites and just enter the code when it pops up.