Real Internet Success

I was going through my list of online directories to submit websites to this week. The list has grown to over 1000 links. While I have not double cheeked it for dupes yet, I am sure there will not be many.

What does it take to get your site listed in 1000 or more directories? Well, a lot of patience. If you have not already seen my post about Directory Submitter, (a very helpful program to do just this), please read it.

It takes a lot of time to submit to a directory simply because you have to add your name, website, some info about your site and a host of other tidbits. If you’re going to do this manually, I suggest that you at least consider making some macros for these fields.  I used to use a small program called Macro Toolbar, but I am not sure if it still exists, as that was many years ago.

 If you search for directories, you may never end up finding the right ones. The best option is to look for the ones with the highest Google PR. I recommend submitting to Dmoz above all else. Then go from there.

You most likely will not notice any affect right away. Directories tend to take their time reviewing links. This is simply because they are inundated with thousands of them each week. So be patient.

The more directories you submit your sites to, the better chance you will have of getting some fantastic links. It is a simply numbers game. If you submit your website to 100 directories and get a total of 50 links then consider that great odds. If those 50 are all from PR 7-9 websites, then consider yourself extremely lucky.

What you need is the following:

 A list of directories
 The information you wish to submit for each website
 Some easy way to add this information to a webpage (macro, or software is best)
 Time to make the submissions

I try to spread them around and make a weekend of it for each website. As long as I can get a few hundred done during that time I am happy. Obviously this will depend on the number of sites you have to work with. When you only have one website then get them done. But with 10, 20 or more websites, you will want an easy system that you can follow each time.

Remember, submitting to directories is a great source for links. The more links you get, and the higher the quality, the better chances you can get some decent page rank and climb up in Google for yourself. Combining this with other traffic and SEO practices can skyrocket your website near the top of a search engine results page (SERPs)

Derek