Do you guys still use directories?

14 years ago

IMHO there is no need (or real benefit) of submitting to directories. Although you can buy 500 directory submissions for dirt cheap I just don't see any benefit at all. Several years ago yeah...but now, they just don't work for me.

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logodesigner

14 years ago

Web directories are very useful to attract visitors to your website. Web directories have been around since the beginning of the internet.

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sherone

14 years ago

spammy directories work no more. But Dmoz & Yahoo directories are considered good for traffic and authority.

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wii4u

14 years ago

Directory submissions is not dead and still a good way to get backlinks and a lot depends to quality of the directories that you are submitting your sites to.

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chimeara27

14 years ago

i used directories to build backlinks for my blog.

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321sitemonitor.com

14 years ago

I agree! Although the visitors to directories are real good but people are making rumors that directories are not prevelant and useful as SEO point of view.

I still think that they can get you huge exposure. Just try submitting to directories where the traffic is real good and Alexa is high as well.

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sevamaster

14 years ago

I use directories.
It can help for new sites only.

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sdkWriter

14 years ago

Following the principle of link diversity, it would make sense that one would use directories. Having said that, it is good practice to keep a running list of the quality directories out there (this of course is subjective, but the usual suspects are PR, authority, stickiness of links, etc) and submit to those, particularly when you are launching a new site.

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jig

14 years ago

Originally Posted by sdkWriter

Following the principle of link diversity, it would make sense that one would use directories. Having said that, it is good practice to keep a running list of the quality directories out there (this of course is subjective, but the usual suspects are PR, authority, stickiness of links, etc) and submit to those, particularly when you are launching a new site.

Quoted for truth.

I still use directory submissions for SEO clients.

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mloveridge17 14 years ago

DMOZ - absolutely if you can get it.

Yahoo Directory - depends on the niche

Other Directories... tread lightly, but don't rule it out.
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hotftuna

14 years ago

I have owned directories for many years now.

W/o any data regarding their benefit for SEO, I will say that business right now is better than ever.

I know most directory owners report a slow down in business and this increase in submissions to my directories could be due to my promotion efforts.

In general I think that directories still have a place in web site promotion.

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Mike Anthony

14 years ago

very rarely do I use directories unless they are on Web 2.0 business community sites

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Phil Ayres

14 years ago

Waste of effort and money - completely.

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Andrew O

14 years ago

Here's my take on directories as they currently stand: if you take two sites and do identical work for both of them, but add directories to site #2, it might have a very slight advantage over site #1. It won't blow it's rankings up, but that 2 or 3% could edge you over the competition.

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chriswight

14 years ago

There was recently a link-building article with a bunch of top SEOs being interviewed on their favorite techniques- Rand Fishkin and Aaron Wall among them. All of them listed DMOZ, Yahoo and BTOW as a standard part of their link building efforts.

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hotftuna

14 years ago

"All of them listed DMOZ, Yahoo and BTOW as a standard part of their link building efforts."

I agree Chris. Submitting your site to 500 low quality directories is a waste of time. Submitting to a handful of quality directories like the one's you list is helpful. Personally I like romow.com

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bhola badshah

14 years ago

I am looking for some quality directories which can show positive results so far I didnt get much out of dir submissions

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bluelambda

14 years ago

I think that submission to Yahoo! and DMOZ (if you can get in) are still valuable. IMHO submission to various lower value directories are good for link diversity. But I wouldn't count on them to bring authority to my site.

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hotftuna

14 years ago

I may break my record today for paid submissions received at my directories.

No question that some SEO's still use them.

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bmoney76

14 years ago

If the page in the directory is indexed in google, doesn't have too many outgoing links on it, and is on a higher quality directory I will submit to it (usually via paid submission). I have been doing this for years on my main niche sites and it helps give me more types of links coming in.

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commarketing

14 years ago

I think Submitting in Top directories like Dmoz and niche related directories makes sense.And dont go for bulk submission

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