The ultimate top 10 directory list
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Everyone loves a good list.
If you could only submit your site to 10 directories which 10 would you choose and why?
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SEOmoz has also recently revamped their list of directories. You might check out the post about link building via directories (with a link to the list) at http://www.seomoz.org/blog/seo-link-directory-best-practices.
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Here's 7 "directories" (using that term pretty loosely) where you could try to get listed.
1. Dmoz
2. Yahoo! Directory
3. GetListed (for businesses)
4. NetworkedBlogs (for blogs)
5. Crunchbase (if you've got a start up)
6. Technorati (for blogs...kind of outdated)
7. Wikipedia Categories (Rand discussed this in the most recent SeoMoz seminar).
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The question was not which directories would you submit other sites too, it was which would you submit your site too.
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For me, there isn't a list that matches all sites.
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