Is directory submission is useless

catheylee

Banned 14 years ago

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Gauravgupta7 14 years ago

Originally Posted by catheylee

blog postings, create squidoo, hubpage etc...

Blog Posting, But where ???
"Create squidoo lens" It has own technique to build it
"Hubpages" No follow

Need to do something like 2011 and Panda friendly
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seocatalysts

14 years ago

Originally Posted by catheylee

According to me, Only bookmarking and directory submissions are not enough. For better ranking of keywords backlinks require from good websites. At the same time you should do article posting, blog postings, create squidoo, hubpage etc...

I agree with you...its not enough..there are huge scope and ways to create a trusted links,,All these things will help to improvise your ranking as well organic traffic....

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Mike Anthony 14 years ago

some directories do in fact still work you just need to know how to figure out which will work. Once you do you can do some pretty interesting stuff with them.
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simonbuzz

Banned 14 years ago

directory submission doesn't make any difference in seo..

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BloggingPro 14 years ago

Originally Posted by simonbuzz

directory submission doesn't make any difference in seo..

Depends solely on your niche and keyword competition. For several of my adult content sites, guess how I ranked on page one?

High PageRank Directory links. That's it. One site I submitted to five directories, all with PR's over 5, received site-wide links out of a reciprocal agreement and my site ranked within a few days.

I've also done it with mainstream sites that have little to no competition. So they are not useless depending on what other tools you may need to rank.
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brianconnell

14 years ago

In my opinion directory submission is still useful only if you are submitting your site into relevant directories. Otherwise it may not be fruitful for you!

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dadamson

14 years ago

I have seen no benefit of directory submissions.

It used to work years ago.

Not anymore.

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sabbienielsen

14 years ago

i don't think so that directory submission is useless, directory submission is really a great source of backlinks and its still beneficial

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jflexvegas

14 years ago

So paying $299.99 or whatever to get inside Yahoo directory is a waste of money? I was thinking about doing that for one of my sites.

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eurekapsycrille

14 years ago

It depends. You can check out this site and see Matt Cutts' view about directory submission.

Matt Cutts on Nofollow, Links-Per-Page and the Value of Directories | SEOmoz

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nicktyler

14 years ago

I have seen good results from directory submission recently just don't spend too much time or any money on it. Go for higher PR, relavent catagory, free directories.

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seabro

14 years ago

I think diretory submission will help 'balance' your links if nothing else. You want a balance of links from articles, blog comments, profiles etc not all links from one medium.

I just tried a boostmyseo.com and I am well impressed. Submitted to 1000+ directories with about 20 seconds work.

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Ibcontact

14 years ago

LoL, Directory submission very helpful for increasing website ranking. I know, its result late than other work but very effective ...

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rakesh1600193

14 years ago

Only directory submissions are useless. You should try others methods also like article submissions, bookmarking.

But try to submit your site on High Pr directories Sites.

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avatar9812

14 years ago

nah I think it is still useful, but diversification is pretty important

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WhosGotMoves

14 years ago

Lol I was just asking a friend of mine who runs a VERY successful SEO company in Southern California the very same question. His response was that it is all part of a balanced breakfast.. I mean SEO strategy.. So Yes it does help, but I think what everyone else here is saying is that it can't be one of your only way of creating one way links. Along with my friend's answer came the comment that he has a team that submits every website to over 6,000 directories. So take it for what it's worth..

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carolinehill

14 years ago

Directory Submissions is a way to get Do follow back links, it will take some time but when it gets Approved then it play a very Vital Role in getting the Rank in search engines and also it create traffic on website.

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francischan35 14 years ago

For me Directory submission is still helpful strategy for SEO.
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Patrick Vikus

14 years ago

No directory submission is not useless but we still have some benefits by submitting our website in web directories. The effect is long to see yet it is still sffective. Specially when you submit to high PR directory submission sites like Dmoz, so it is not useless.

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mikelmraz

14 years ago

I think because alot of the directories charge a fee, Google has maybe tried to lower their importance in ranking. Just a thought

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Crystal84

14 years ago

As for me, it is still useful to submit original contents to article directories and you can enjoy its profits for lifetime unless you site doesn't exist any longer.

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Virtual Force 14 years ago

Directory submission is not a big part of SEO but play a significant role in indexing.
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smithjohnson 14 years ago

It is not useless. Good PR directories, helps to obtain high ranking results. But for approval it takes time. I think u not only depend on Directory submission but also do other off-page activities.
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johnsander1

14 years ago

only directories submission and social bookmarking site are not enough you should do blogs commenting and forums posting then it could be helpful.

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telemartnetwork

14 years ago

Directory submission is the part of getting backlinks for your site. Doing only these submissions is not enough for seo but going for blog commenting & forum postings are important as well. So, directory submissions are not useless.

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Billy Rey

14 years ago

its not as powerful like it was years ago, but a link is a link and ill take it. I dont really care if its powerful or not now, just for the diversity.

theres even traffic sometimes lol.

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chiragparnami

14 years ago

Directory Submission is Very Useful... But We must post the Link on High Page rank directories to get our link on Higher Position on Search Engines like Google , Yahoo , Bing.. I also Provide Directory Submission service ..

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Jerome15

14 years ago

i still do directory submission eventhough many people say it's not anymore effective. the thing here is you have to wait a long time for their approval

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enni

Banned 14 years ago

Directory submission is the oldest method to getting quality back links. With the directory submission you can get the traffic and high PR as well and it is the off page technique of SEO.

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Sweely99

14 years ago

Directory submissions aren't as powerful as they were a few years ago.

Back in the days — that was all you needed

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sowellavena

14 years ago

No directory submission is not useless it is very helpful for inbound linking.

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jollydutta

14 years ago

i can surely say that directory submission is very impotent part to get back link..

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mianriz

14 years ago

I think directory links still working but weight is low

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Nathy Curiel

14 years ago

I think it can't hurt ,but is not high on the list for me

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alfordfleeming

14 years ago

Yes Directory submission is very useful to rank a site along with the other link building techniques but just directory submission is not enough.Try to submit directories manually.

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rafay

14 years ago

i dont consider directory submission a good way now as there are very less high PR Dir submission websites left on internet -_-

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