How to Select a Directory to Submit Your Website?

There are thousands of website directories present in the internet world. It becomes very important when you as a links manager have to choose the right directory for your SEO campaign. You do not want to get spamy links from crappy link directories nor do you want to submit URL in low authority websites. Hence, it becomes very important from a websites SEO point of view to achieve quality back links. It also equally important to gain links from a variety online resources.

Hence choosing any online directory for your website should follow a certain quality regimen. Following are a few points which you should definetly look into while selecting a directory:

Domain Name: Make sure the domain name is in accordance with your website.

For example if your client sells electronic gadgets and his website is getting a link from a directory named candyfloss.com will just not go well!

IP: Always submit links to directories with unique IP. By unique IP, I want to stress on the point that no two directories in which you submit should have the same IP address.

Casino/Gambling/Porn: Before submitting, please make sure that the directory does not have any links to casino/gambling or porn websites. This does not go well with the search engine spider!

Domain History: Do a little research on what the domain was associated with before being a web directory. One can check the domain history on websites like waybackmachine.

Relevancy: It is very important to check what kind of content that directory is publishing, or what kind of website URLs will be placed around your website URL. A link from dc motor specifications website will carry a very high value for a hardware related website.

Cache: Check how often Google spider visits the home page, top category pages and the inner pages of the website. Do not submit your website in a directory that has a cache date that is more that 45 days old.

As a link manager, you should always stay away from bulk submissions as that will do more harm than good to your website rankings and traffic eventually in the long run.

I hope this article helps you to find the right website directory for Scam Supplements link submission in the future.

Peter is an SEO enthusiast and writes on various topics related to link directories. He likes to build successful link building strategies to submit URLs in website directories to improve rankings and eventually the traffic to the website.

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