How to find which directories to submit my new site?
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Hi Guys
So as I'm just starting out, I have been told and read certain blogs that in the early stages I should submit my site to certain directories, only I would not have any idea which directories I should submit my site to, besides the few that I already know.
Any idea how I could find this out?
Cheers
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Hi Nakul,
Thank you for your feedback, I read the beginners guide to link building, and a few articles around directory submissions that also suggested the same thing.
Cheers
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Thanks Ryan! I used open site explorer for the first time and its great!
I'm currently working with an SEO company that submitted my site to around 30 directories, one including DMOZ, but I wanted to do some research around "how we know" that the directories we are sumitted to, are relevant, or perhaps what impact do these directory submissions have on our results. Also the other thing, we have 3 top level domains that target different countries, I've noticed a huge difference in our rankings when using top level domains in each country as appose to just using a .com
Can you recommend how I can go about finding which directories would be relevant to each country for my industry? (psychic industry)
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I agree with you, the best way should be to have the best quality content, but I sometimes find that isn't always like that. You find web pages with really bad content and they are in first position in Google.
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re: directories....um...when I now think of same I use "citations" instead....and here's a great link to whitesparks list of the best citation URLs in the US and other countries too....http://www.whitespark.ca/top-local-citation-sources-by-country as well as I've blogged about this again just today too here....www.canuckseo.com !
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Personally, I think true directory or public information outlets are the best.
I would look at the service or product you provide, and try to understand where people would go to look for that item. If it is a service, where do people go to find out information about that service? Are there any leading authorities that you could become a member of, or post content to?
If it is a product, how do people look for it? Where do people go to look for it? Do people review it? Is your focus local or national?
When looking for opportunities, you have to be creative. I understand you are looking to increase your ranking, but you also want to have links that people will USE, not just to sit on some directory in a hope of being a ranking factor. If you are deadset on getting just links, use the MOZ backlink analyzer to see who your competitors have linking back to them.
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I always use the oficial extension of Chrome "MozBar", with this tool you can see the links of websites that you think is your best competitors, For example you can search in Google with MoxBar active the word that represent your website "web desing" and you can see the results with DA and PA values, them go to high values for invetigate where this web have reffer inks. And now you have to try get links of this page.
Sound simple but it´s really hard work. The best way to appear first in Google is have the best content in your sector.
Good luck!
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Directory links are the "manipulated" links of yesterday. I would strongly suggest to ignore them. Great details Alick300. I would suggest to spend some time reading Moz's Link Building and SEO Guides i.e. http://moz.com/beginners-guide-to-link-building
It's very easy to get in trouble with the wrong links.
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Please also check this @ http://www.optimizesmart.com/10000-search-engine-queries-for-your-link-building-campaign/
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Hi,
First I would like to quote Brian Dean (Seo expert from http://www.quicksprout.com & founder of backlinko.com)
I chuckle every time people claim that directories are dead.
"In May 2012 Google deindexed a few hundred free directories. If directory links didn’t work then why would they deindex them?
Hint: they wouldn’t.
This matches my personal experience: links from the right directories can still do wonders for your site.
And because web directories are seen as “old-fashioned” in the SEO world, you can usually get from aged domains for next to nothing.
Here are some directories to consider submitting to:
Free:
Paid:
"
Brian's the link building guide is also very useful to get links for new site.
http://backlinko.com/link-building
I hope above info may help you to get more links.
Thanks
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Hi Alec. I'd use the Link Intersect tab on the Link Opportunities tool in Open Site Explorer: https://moz.com/researchtools/ose/opportunities/link-intersect?site=yoursitehere.com, to compare your site with some of your competitors. In this way you'll find sites that are more like niche hubs for your topic and get an insight into how and why sites in your field are gaining links. These types of sites (or just pages within a site) make up more links than the classic directories like DMOZ or Yahoo. Cheers!
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