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[kiviniar]

Just finished writing an article on Submitting to Web Directories

It is a newbie thing but could be of much use to people who are new to web directories and specifically for people who would like to promote their websites via free web directories

Suggestion and comments are always open as i might have missed out something important in the article.

The Article : http://www.directorytrials.com/submi...omplete-guide/

Thanks for looking

[Dan]

Good article. I posted a comment

I know that many people get rejected because they simply do not follow a simple guideline like the one you have supplied.

They are usually the ones who make the most noise too when their submissions are rejected.

[kiviniar]

They are usually the ones who make the most noise too when their submissions are rejected.

Yup, i agree

Free Web Directories are still holding strong and with more directories/ directory related site gaining authority status, my belief just gets stronger.

Thanks for the inputs Dan

[blogginginc]

I have a question regarding the anchor text, you say that this is the key part. I agree, but many times I've found that the directory says that does not allow keywords in the anchor text, how many keywords are enough ?, for example, if I use Gardening Tips, that is anchor text, would that be rejected ?, would it be better if I add Online Gardening Tips ?

I am printing the article right away, thanks a lot.

[Dan]

Thats the trick blogginginc. Most directories state that they do not allow keywords, to prevent people from putting 10 or 15 in.

The key here is 5. Never do more than 5 WORDS (key or other) in a title. Some directories will allow more, but if you want to maximise your acceptances, never go beyond 5.

e.g Info Vilesilencer Directories and Forum counts as a 5 keyword title. the "and" counts as a word, whether you like it or not.

Also never repeat a word in the title

Something like:

Directories List and Directories Forum abides by the 5 word rule but uses the same word "directories" twice within the title. It would face heavy rejection because of that.

if I use Gardening Tips, that is anchor text, would that be rejected ?, would it be better if I add Online Gardening Tips ?

I would include the site's name in a title like that. If your URL is gregs-nursery.com then I would use Gregs Nursery Gardening Tips or Gregs Nursery and Gardening Tips

If your URL is gardening-tips.info then your anchor is your title, so there really isn't anything else to add to it

[George]

"keyword" is an amigious definiton. What I think most really mean to say is they want a title that reads like a title and not a list of words,

ie: Gregs Nursery and Gardening Tips
Not
Tips Gardening Nursery Plants Seeds Fertilizer

Of course most people probably just copied their rules from somewhere else.

[kiviniar]

Thats the trick blogginginc. Most directories state that they do not allow keywords, to prevent people from putting 10 or 15 in.

The key here is 5. Never do more than 5 WORDS (key or other) in a title. Some directories will allow more, but if you want to maximise your acceptances, never go beyond 5.

Thanks for clarifying that Dan and I totally agree

Of course most people probably just copied their rules from somewhere else.

Agreed, most directories would approve a non spammy looking title as long as you dont overdo with your keywords

One way to tell this is to observe the title for the already approved links in the directory

[Bernard]

Originally Posted by George

Of course most people probably just copied their rules from somewhere else.

It's truly sad how many directories there are that are displaying default submission guidelines that were included in the template they use, but tweaked the actual requirements to be something different.

Also, I've seen a number of phpLD templates stating something like descriptions requiring 500 words when in fact, it means there is a 500 character maximum.

[nondirectional]

Thank you for the fine article, Kiviniar.

To All:

I understood most of it and it clarified many concepts for me. I would like to provide the scenario I'm contemplating:

a) Let's say I'm building a website dedicated to ripe bananas and of course, it goes without saying that "ripe bananas" would be my main keywords and also the URL of my website.

b) Doing some keyword research I've also discovered that the terms "very yellow bananas" and "extremely yellow bananas" are also in high demand when folks are looking for ripe bananas.

c) Ok, so now I'm about to write the content of my website giving top priority to the keyword phrase "ripe bananas," but also giving good - but secondary placement - to the other 2 keyword phrases "very yellow bananas" and "extremely yellow bananas."

d) As you can see, I want my website to show up primarily in the SERPs for ripe bananas, and also when folks search for very yellow bananas and extremely yellow bananas.

e) Now I'm about to offer my website to 500 directories....how do I go about that? Read on:

• If the directory accepts multiple listings I can do separate listing for all 3 key phrases
• Otherwise, should I split the listings into thirds, meaning: 500/3 = 166 and then use each key phrase in only one third of the directories?

All the above implies that I would use "ripe bananas," "very yellow bananas" and "extremely yellow bananas" as the Title in only a third of the directories.

Are my assumptions above correct?

I thank you for your time and look forward to your opinion.

[Dan]

Most directories will have a duplication filter that prevents the same URL being submitted again, so you will only get 1 listing per URL.

Most directories also disallow deep-linking, so you won't be able to create specific pages to target those terms either.

So the option is to submit each title to one-third of the available directories. If you hang around here long enough, you'll end up with 500 for each keyphrase anyways