Tips For Submitting
Internet directories are a collection of descriptions and links to websites across the web. These websites are indexed into categories with sub-categories and sub-sub categories that can go many levels beneath the first general grouping. Your goal with directory submissions it to get your website listed with the right anchor text heading and the right description into the most exact category to in which your website belongs.
Even though most directories do not provide a significant amount of traffic to your website the links from these can be valuable in improving the indexing and ranking of your site on major search engines.Submit your website to all the free directories you can find. Even though they show no page rank it won’t hurt your website to be listed there. If you get one visitor or one sale or one link permanent, indexed link for each ten directory submissions you make you are doing great.
Directory submissions provide links to your site. Permanent one way links are a very important SEO tool.
The value of these links depends partly upon how you handle the submission process. The value is also determined by the value the major search engines such as Google and Yahoo place on the directory itself.
Here are some tips to help you get the most from your directory submissions.
Look and find the best anchor text for your link.
Most free directories allow you to provide them with a hyperlink containing keywords describing your site. You can submit your website to these to cut down costs.This is recognized as the anchor text. It’s a good idea to do a little research before choosing your anchor text. You want it to correctly describe what you have to offer while at the same time incorporating keywords visitors would actually type in to find you. Keep your anchor text under 40 characters. This should be acceptable to most of the directories.
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