[zenneth]

If you want to focus on link building, one of the ways is to use directory submission. It is actually a powerful method to get quality backlinks fast and effective. For me, I always spend some time each day finding free directories and submit to them. However if time is your constraint, it might be a good idea to get directory submission services offered in forums.

[mira]

Can you provide us list of directories which can be useful for submission? I will be thankful to you if you provide such a list.

[akshayhack0123]

can you give me a better idea about the web directories you are submitting because the one which you submit will give yahoo backlink only since google dont index all the pages of a web directory neither every page has page rank for it(at least in one way directory)

[zenneth]

Well although I don't have any specific web directories which I would want to recommend here, I think what you can do is to do a simple search in google and I bet a long list of directories will pop up. Some are totally free while some are paid directories. Just avoid the paid ones.

[agilius]

Directory submission is a special thing for me. I don't really get it why does google like those links so much
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[zenneth]

Yes, they do help a lot. Although there are arguments by people in the net saying that article submission is useless, I don't think what they are saying is true. However, what's best is that we should only submit to directories which have high traffic and PR.

[marketraisecorp]

Directory submissions are an important aspect of SEO.But what direcotry owners do is to tempt people with promotional offers ,i.e paid subscription on a yearly/monthly basis,so that your website is featured in the front page and gets traffic.Later when Google updates PR and backlinks you get an extra inbound link that enables you to increase your PR.What Google did after it conducted an Update for PR and Backlinks in the month of October was that it made it mandatory to use the Google Adsense account whether you purchase or sell a link.People purchasing a link from a directory without the use of the Adsense account will not have it counted as a backlink when Google updates it and directory owners who sold links without the adsense account would have their ISP'S banned from Google.

Now for those who are going in for free submissions.It makes no sense to do bulk submissions when you know that it would take up indefinite amount of time to get the reviewal of a moderator and then get the approval.What one should do is to opt for a category that one relates too and has the minimum amount of submissions.Say you have 10 keywords and you relate well to them ,but you prefer 2 amongst them.So even if the prefered category has a greater number of submissions pending,it would be wise to skip the category and opt for another term that you relate too.This helps,since the category with lesser number of pending reviewals will have the submission reviewed quickly compared to a category that has a greater number of submission pending.

My personal opinion is for those who are into free submission opt for social bookmarking or networking sites.These sites have maximum traffic and in that case if your content/article whatever you post is appealing and is of quality your visitor/traffic rate will improve.

[zenneth]

Usually when it comes to directory submission, I would choose sites that require you to pay to get listed. I don't see any point of paying in the first place. If you have 10 directories, which you like to submit to, imagine the amount of money you have to spend. I always try to look around for free directories as I think it would help a lot.

[indieover]

actually directory submission is not really that expensive. so it is really important or even better to have paid directory submission.

[videoking]

Dmoz is a good directory to start with. And if you're really serious about your website, you should go for a paid submission for Dmoz. google really loves it.