Posts filed under 'Web Directories'
Web Directory owners are often faced with the opportunity to approve any number of websites that submit to their directories. One of the most common mistakes webmasters make is to approve links without checking the quality of the resource they are in fact approving. Free Web Directories are prime examples of directories that usually shun their submission policy and either don’t manually approve links or just ignore the importance of checking each individual resource carefully. Those directories out there that do search for quantity over quality are certain to endure a tough time ahead with Google appearantly making it tougher for web directories to last in the long term.
iGuides Internet Guide is a relatively newly established premium web directory. On the face of things you may believe that the submission review fee is a little steep for one individual backlink. However, what you do have to remember is that not only does this review fee mean your site gets professionally evaluated for quality, but it also keeps out (more often than not) the useless spam sites that are increasingly clogging the world wide web. iGuides.org itself is an extremely attractive web directory boasting a professional and seemingly unique design concept. That combined with thoughtful navigation and a quality Articles Directory things are looking good for this business.
September 18th, 2007
Web Directory owners often fall fowl to a handful of unconsidered decisions. These poorly thought about decisions more often than not completely break the chance a web directory has to succeeding in the long term. We discuss one of the most common here;
Reputation - Perhaps the biggest resource a web directory has is its reputation. Lose or discount this at your peril. The webmaster world is an extremely fickle industry and with so many businesses all competing in an already flooded market, your web directories reputation is your most powerful asset. There are a lot of factors that can lead to your reputation being ruined beyond repairable cause.
This includes; (but is not limited to)
- Deleting Listings (Disloyal to your customers if they have paid for the placement)
- Ignoring your approval policy (If you don’t have one then you don’t deserve to be a directory owner, all links should be reviewed!)
- Chasing profits rather than resource quality
- Forgetting to backup your files and therefore leaving your directory insecure and irreversibly destroyed if the unthinkable happens!
- Removing spammy links (No brainer!)
- Forget (either deliberately or by accident) to credit those directory designs or mods that you may be using freely under the GPL.
All of these and many more can cost you, a directory owner big time unless you are careful! Don’t be one of the many who do fall into this trap, think about your reputation!
The Ask Web Directory is a prime example of a directory that does look after it’s reputation.
September 9th, 2007
Webmasters around the world have been bickering for months and more so now with the recent comments made by Matt Cutts, the infamous head of Google’s WebSpam Team about web directories. Just how worthy are these directories that a huge number of us submit to on a daily basis? Well.. the main focus according to Matt Cutts would be on whether the directory is of a decent quality. In a recent post on his own blog and on the Digital Point Forums Matt Cutts stated that from a point of view of a user, does the site in question air quality? - Whilst he didn’t go into too much detail on how to define quality he did mention the role of the webmaster running a web directory (or any site for that matter) how it is their responsibility as the site editor to ensure that the quality of the sites included (or the content) are of a high standard.
With these recent comments is it only a matter of time before a lot of directory owners start enforcing an even stricter inclusion policy to ensure that low or poor quality web sites are not included in their list of resources? - One web directory that won’t have this headache is the Site Sift directory which, since 2004 has been demonstrating exactly that - a strict inclusion policy. A lot of webmasters seemingly forget that its not just about making a quick buck and including every given web site that submits for inclusion, it’s about protecting and enforcing the policy that one presumes you took the time over legislating. Will this latest move by Google finally kill off the rogue webmasters out their defaming the quality of the web? Time will tell.
September 7th, 2007
There are many methods at the helm of webmasters to enable them to increase their link popularity. One of the tried and tested methods you can use is to submit to Internet Directories. There are copious numbers of Internet Directories out there just waiting to tell you that a link in their directory is exactly what you and your business need and that it will improve this, improve that, and so on! - The sad reality is however, the majority of Internet Directories on the net care more about taking your money than they do about actually offering you a decent backlink for your inclusion price.
Web Link House is a prime example of a web directory founded on the concept of giving its users a quality backlink for their inclusion price. Featuring over 300 detailed categories with many deeplink opportunities this relatively newly established directory is a jewel for webmasters to saviour if they decide to submit their sites. Their Business and Directories categories are arguably two of the most popular categories within the directory but still offer huge backlink potential for submissions. This directories future has been founded and it will continue to offer webmasters great value.
July 17th, 2007
Promoting your web business can often be overshadowed by constructing, designing and writing. The fact is, without sufficient promotion of your website it isn’t going to be noticed and more importantly that isn’t going to turn into traffic and ultimately sales and revenue. One of the most important aspects of being a good webtrepreneur is your multidimensional focus on all aspects of your web business. This includes spending consistent levels of your own time promoting your business and get it heard by the Internet’s infinite community.
One way to promote your website is through submitting back links into popular web directories. The Dirensei Directory is just a prime example of a popular and extremely strong web directory. The Real Estate and Travel categories on the directory are just a few examples of how truly popular this web directory is. Building your back links is often an extremely laborious task but don’t under-estimate just how imperative it is to your ultimate success. Any serious web business must allocate sufficient time to promote their website, otherwise in the long term failure is almost guaranteed!
July 13th, 2007
Deep linking is the process by way of gaining back links that point to internal pages of your website rather than solely the index (or homepage) of your website. Deep links represent internal pages of your website and thus provide a more natural back link. Deep linking makes sense because it can drastically improve the reach of your internal website pages as well as supplementing your overall SEO campaign sufficiently.
Many of the Internets web directories are now offering Deep Links as standard in order to add value to their submissions and cater for an ever expanding list of good Search Engine Optimization results. Deeplink.us Directory is one of those websites that makes deep link options available to its visitors. Presented through a tidy, spam free web directory is the opportunity to gain several deep linked back links pointing at your websites internal pages.
Why submit to the deep link directory? - The importance of gaining links to internal pages of your website are invaluable from a webmasters point of view. Simply put, without an array of quality deep linked back links your website will struggle SEO wise and a lose out on the sheer number of benefits that they provide. Deep links is a word every webmaster should constantly have on the tip of their tongue if they want to achieve in web business.
June 27th, 2007
Best Web Directories is a site dedicated to helping you find the very best and worthwhile web directories to submit your websites to. This well known and highly established resource has been aiding webmasters and the promotion of their websites for many years. An acclaimed Google authoritative website combined with serious levels of active traffic and huge archives of content make this website simply one of the very best in its respective field. (If not the best!)
Best Web Directories features simplistic site navigation, a basic yet highly appealing page design with accompanying graphics and a ranked list of free directories as well as paid and deeplink directory lists. Each of the directory list pages are categorized and tabled with specifics laid out for each directory. These specifics vary according to the directory list but commonly they include a star rating, page rank status, and a personal review by the site admin. All of these combined make for an extremely powerful and resourceful website that can be used by webmasters across the world to improve their SEO campaigns.
June 26th, 2007
Choosing the right web directory to submit to is often referred to as an art form. With so many web directories out there only too keen to offer you a link in their directory, just how does one decide whether it is worth while to make a submission? - Well that’s a question many webmasters ask themselves everyday as they scourer the Internet looking for avenues to increase their link popularity and build backlinks.
A website developed to help make that choice easier is Web-Directories.ws. Web Directory submission choice is made easy by Web-Directories.ws as the simple reason they exist is to help you (as a webmaster) choose which web directories are best for you and your Internet business. They cover Free, Paid, Niche, Premium and Regional Directory Lists and review which are worth it and which aren’t. In their own words; “We’ll tell you about the good, the bad and the ugly.”
Simply put, a webmaster that regularly submits to directories should consider bookmarking this resource and return only too regularly to ensure you are making the right choice with your marketing budget and aren’t being fobbed off with low quality links from substandard web directories.
June 26th, 2007
Webmasters are often quizzed on how they promote their websites and reach what can only be described as the infinite world of the world wide web. Many webmasters often reply saying - “I expand the reach of my website by branching out!”. So just how do we branch out and expand our websites global reach?
There are no shortages of ways to increase the popularity of your website, so let’s just discuss one of them - building backlinks. Building backlinks can be as simple as placing a link to your website on a related website, either naturally (by way of sharing good content) or occasionally you may consider budgeting for your expansion. The Arise Web Directory for many webmasters is a one stop website helping you to build quality backlinks. Although still in its infancy the global reach and affluence of this soon to become industry shaking web directory is astonishing.
The Arise Web Directory just like all other websites operated by its owner is as you would expect; clean, crisp, stylish and extremely powerful. The thing that really stands this directory above many others is its archive of articles. Covering many detailed subjects such as business strategy, science, and advertising on the web all exclusively written for the directory themselves. Building backlinks couldn’t be made easier by The Arise Web Directory.
June 23rd, 2007
There is no shortage of web directories on the Internet today, and be assured that the number of them are only increasing day by day. There is a reason why a high percentage of web directories ultimately fail - a lack of trust, popularity and market strength. This is one of the most competitive industry sectors in Internet Business today, which is solely why there are few that go all the way and achieve big things.
The Elegant Directory is a prime example of one of the industry leaders. Built on its popularity and authoritative position in the marketplace, the Elegant Directory is a household name within the web directory market. The sheer strength of their position in the market is passed on to their customers. The Elegant Directory offers a wide range of directory submissions options, each at a premium price that although may seem costly from the outset, is completely worthwhile when you take into account the authority and strength they have in this industry sector.
Built on a customized and efficient infrastructure you can tell that the Elegant Directory is built for its users. Boasting a huge database of categories for ease of navigation and relevance, and an attractive website design benefiting from increased usability features. Complete with its own Articles Directory containing some unique and informative content, these are just a few reasons why the majority choose the Elegant Directory over other web directories.
June 22nd, 2007
