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I’ve just stumbled on an interesting post containing many Q-and-As regarding this particular issue: How to report paid links. I am particularly interested in one Q-and-A about paid links, review fees and web directory quality that basically answers this question: How do you know that you submit to a quality web directory?

Here is the interesting Q-and-A:

Q: Hey, as long as we’re talking about directories, can you talk about the role of directories, some of whom charge for

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We all know that DMOZ/ODP is a quality directory; we also know that BOTW (Best of the Web) is a quality directory. So does Yahoo! Directory. The problem is, those are the authority ones. How about the rest? How do we know whether a directory is high quality or not?

There are ways to “detect” whether a directory is recommended or not:

1. Is it a paid directory?

Sure, not all free directories are low in quality, and not all … Click here to continue »

When you are considering your options regarding which directory submission services to partner with, you are generally need to decide between manual directory submission and automatic directory submission.

Manual directory submission will generally yield better result than automatic directory submission due to one fact: Manual directory submission is done by human, and it will look natural to search engines. Moreover, automatic directory submission will pose your site a risk of being regarded as a spammer.

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There are debates surrounding the usefulness of web directory submissions. This DigitalPoint forum thread shows you exactly why directory submissions STILL work wonder.

The OP started the thread to report his experiment in directory submission – finding out whether links from web directories are helping a site to rank better/get more traffic or not.

The OP started a new website a year ago with all unique content, updated a few times a week. The OP uses directory submission as … Click here to continue »

In general, directory submitters and site owners assume that submitting their sites to as many as web directories they can find is the way to go to build backlinks and boost their sites’ search engine ranking. Unfortunately, what they do can actually backfires.

You may have read directory submission service’s offer similar to this: “We will submit your site to 1000 directories for $20″ or something like that. The service could very well be legitimate. But you need to realize … Click here to continue »

Again – there are more questions asked in webmaster forums whether directory submissions work and worth doing. And it seems that it’s getting more ambiguous these days – especially after the Google Panda update. Here’s my view on the usefulness of directory submission.

Firstly, I will say submitting to each and every free web directory you come across is counter-productive. Why? Because many of the free web directories are simply low in quality with some ends in mind:

• For a

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It’s not that important whether a directory is offering free listing or paid one. Free directories can be better than paid ones, and paid directories can suck as bad as free ones. Then, how to know you are submitting to a decent directory?

Here are some questions to help you weed out useless directories:

1. Are they auto-approve directory listing?

Stay away from web directories that auto-approve links. There are 100% chances that those directories are full of crap.

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I’ve just read a useful forum thread started by PHP Link Directory (one of the best directory scripts) owner, David Duval. He is asking a question: Would you prefer deep links or multiple categories directory submission? My answer: Deep links, all the way! How so?

Getting listed in web directories – would you rather have, for example, 3 deep links in addition to your main link or the same main link on other, say, 2 categories? An interesting question, but … Click here to continue »