Directories WORK. Link Pages WORK

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Hello warriors,

I'm totally shocked at the moment. Recently I started analyzing the website that is 1st for the keyword "Car Insurance" in my country.

Like you all know that is a fortune that he is sitting on. How did he achieve it? First of all, what a crap website. 5 pages, with no more than 800 words in TOTAL of his entire site.

He got 300 links, all of them with the anchor text car insurance and cheap car insurance. Most of those links are from cheap ass directories and link pages!

Who ever said directories and link pages doesn't work?
#search engine optimization #directories #link #pages #work
  • Well you definitely wouldn't have heard that from me.
    We have a strong business based on directories, and if anything its getting better, and the directory industry as a whole is improving.
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    • Awesome, that is good news. I'm glad I finally found proof that directories actually work, because it is an easy way to get hundreds of back links for free.

      Many warriors say that directories are useless. Maybe they are useless if you ONLY have directories linking to your site, but I think when mixed with conventional links it can drastically improve your search engine rankings
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  • I invite anyone to pick a couple of longtail phrases and create a site, and use directory submissions as their only means of adding links. Generally, it can take a couple of months, both because you are waiting for google to see the new links, and because you have to wait for directory owners to approve the links, but it definitely works, and even the top spam engineer at google, Matt Cutts, says directories are okay, as long they have an editorial policy, and certainly some directories are better than others.

    Want a specific example?
    search for College Admissions Assistance and look at the first result
    Then use yahoo to check the inlinks. It DOES work.
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  • When it comes to submitting to directories, you need to have a good strategy like anything else. If you don't know what you are doing (and it seems that may be the case with some), then there is a really good chance you are wasting your time. Let me give you a few helpful hints and comments:
    1. New directories come out every day. The newer ones tend to be more likely to accept your site, as they are still building up their directory.
    2. Some of the better directories are well indexed by google, and while you may need to pay for a link, you are virtually guaranteed the link will be approved, and help your ranking.
    3. It can be helpful to submit to a few directories each week. Some may not approve your link, or they may not get indexed, but over time many will, and you can count on an increasing return.
    4. It can take a couple of months to start to see results. If you are the type of person that has several projects going at any given time, make directory submission a part of what you do each week, and you'll see sites start to rank over the course of time. Generally, I have a list of 5-10 sites that I submit each week, and it changes over time.
    5. Google's whole algorithm is built on links. Links are the primary method google determines ranking. One way links through directories are a great way to build links.
    6. Ranking a site "overnight" is an extremely rare occurrence these days, but a consistent plan that includes submitting to directories does work.

    Here is one site that does a good job of showing directories you can submit to:
    Info Vilesilencer: The Original SEO Friendly Free Directory List
    This site has been features in SEO books and magazines (ex. at Barnes and Nobles)
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    • Thanks for the information, will follow your advice. I'm using Directory Bot at the moment. The program supports about 500 directories that it automatically submits your site to, except the captcha ones where you have to enter the code. What do you think about this software?
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  • Yes, I would definitely try the manual submit route. Even do a few yourself so you can get a feel for the process.
  • I really disagree with socialbookmarking blogs comments and forums not helping you getting top page links on google. This is how I have built first page ranking by these tactics. A link is better than no link... Traffic will grow that way and then natural linking will happen.



    By the way a lot of natural linking comes from people browsing your website from social bookmarking website.

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    • Absolutely. I have another website that ranks #1 for dance studio software, and virtually all the links came from either directories or posting on forums (and more from forums).
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  • Directory links aren't useless...although there are a lot of crap directories out there. The key is wading through the bad ones to find the directories that actually pass some link juice.

    I've found that well edited niche directories are treated by Google the same way as they treat any other site in the niche. A lot of them get search engine traffic from Google for text on their pages. Get links from those types of directories and you'll rise in the SERPs.
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    • True about niche directories, and as I look at our internal data, I can tell you that it is local/city directories and niche directories that are the hottest right now.
  • I am glad that directory submissions do have their place in SEO effort. I am sure to try them out after reading this thread, but will not do so by myself. Better to outsource the work.
  • It is a surprise to me even, I never hear that directories worked a lot, This is the first time I hear this, However, As far as I know, it is really hard to get success with it. More and more hard work is required for that. In my experience, blog comments/social bookmarks are easier than this :p
  • Anyone have some useful advice or insight on how many links you should get from directories per day?

    Obviously 1000 links in one day would be bad but 20 links per day for 50 days would be better...

    any good schedules an seo pro can recommend?
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