Comments on: Directory Submission Is Dead?

By: Directory Submission Service

Directory Submission Service — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:09:44 +0000

Well it is not dead but it sure is harder to do now days, there are less and less good directories out there and many lower pageranked directories.. Those that are high PR are just new directories on an old domain, so they may be PR5 until the next update but most likely will drop to 0.

As for the effectiveness its surely not as good as it was 2 or 3 years ago but it still has some benefits, just keep away from those companies that charge $100’s of dollars and look for the bargains.

By: Matt@SEO Techniques for Newbies

Matt@SEO Techniques for Newbies — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 08:12:56 +0000

Yes, webmasters should definitely try directory submission out for quite some time before they come to any conclusions.

I still do it for some of my sites because I know it works. If I target some keywords in my submissions, sure enough I’ll see a few more hits coming via long tail searches including those words in the ensuing months.

I’ll definitely keep doing it for a while yet.

By: admin

admin — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:59:12 +0000

@Mark:
Yes, directory links take quite some time to show up in search engines and unless you decide your keywords properly, it will be difficult for you to see any benefits.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:30:58 +0000

I’m kind of new to the IM field. I’ve yet to see much success with any kind of backlinks. Maybe I just target the wrong keywords…..I don’t know. Does it take time for these backlinks (specifically directory) to actually give your site any benefit?
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By: admin

admin — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:17:53 +0000

@Shalini: Thanks for stopping by, I like the balanced approach you have taken. One has to look at ROI for any activity and directory submission’s ROI has definitely gone down in last couple of years. I will still place it above article submissions. Blog commenting is a different ballgame altogether and can have really good ROI.

By: shalini

shalini — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 05:45:47 +0000

in the place of directory, blogs and article are more effective for the PR and ranking. directory can make help only in starting for indexing. for high ranking and for higher PR you should go for blogging, comments, and article writing. but it’s not a mean the directory submission isn’t important.

By: Deal Therapy

Deal Therapy — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:00:36 +0000

directory submission give benefits but it’s not a complete solution for the site’s ranking. this is initial stage. the main point is that you are going to submitted right directory and in the category. most of link rejected due to the wrong category submission.

Admin: Keyword spam.

By: suzie@free stuff

suzie@free stuff — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:54:34 +0000

thanks for the info. i am going to be doing an experiment with a new blog of mine to test directory submission. in my opinion it can still benefit you very much depending on niche of course.
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By: Eugene@Free Giveaways

Eugene@Free Giveaways — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:21:36 +0000

Hi, I too think so and that was what Matt Cutts said in a recent speech, howeve I know a website that has no natural links (it’s all such cheep directory listing) and it is in 1st page of Google for one of the hardest keywords “Forex” how can they be dead then?

By: Mark Jefrets@Games for Girls

Mark Jefrets@Games for Girls — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:30:44 +0000

The Submitted directories are not reliable sometimes you need to recheck them if they are true or not, some time the PR of the blogs fall and most of the time they become Nofollow ,so if its a free directory it got to be checked and if you are paying for it you can expect it to reliable.