Internet Directories and their ImportanceThere are two very pertinent reason why we submit to directories, first, to get more targeted traffic to your site and secondly, to build link popularity in hopes of a better page rank. Acquiring links from other websites may obtain the same results, providing they are qualified links meaning the website you want to exchange links with pertains to your business.
One should not exchange links with a “sock” manufacturer, when your online business is “tool and die” they are called “free for all links”.
However, there are some significant differences between the two link sources, Directories have only one purpose in life and that is to provide links to other sites. Directories are an established source of authority in regard to various subject matters. Being listed in directories serves as a level of measure as to the site’s worth.
It is much easier and faster to be listed in directories than to start a reciprocal link building campaign. Since getting listed in directories is of great consequence to a website owner, it is an essential subject matter that warrants full coverage.
Submitting to Quality Directories
Submitting your website to quality Directories is perhaps one of the best ways to acquire valuable inbound links. Directories, DMOZ and Yahoo hold significant weight. Google draws its directory results from DMOZ and Yahoo draws its directory results from its own Yahoo Directory.
Keep in mind that Directories have human editors they gather all the listings in that directory, getting listed in key directories means that it is seen by many people, therefore you are more apt to get your website’s links recognized by the crawler based search engines.
There a multitude of web directories presently out there on the web. They range from general directories that include categories for almost everything, to specific directories that contain categories to match specific area/s of interest for example Search Engine Optimization. Get your web site listed in as many directories as possible as this will help not only help in getting better search engine rankings, but assist in heading up your competition and as we all know, pending on the nature of your business, only so many websites can be in the top 10.
Getting your links listed can vary from directory to directory. Some may charge a fee which guarantees you that your link will in fact be added, those who do not charge fees, it can take some time and of course there are no certain guarantees in this case.
The best and most effective way of increasing your search engine rankings is working to improve your web site’s link popularity. This can be achieved by getting as many inbound, one-way links as you can from quality sites such as directories. Other ways to get these links are having great content on your site and requesting a link to your site from other web sites.
Increasing link popularity is a time-consuming and sometimes frustrating process but is definitely worth the time and effort when you see a dramatic increase in traffic. Before submitting to any directory take some in preparing your submission in making sure, probably somewhere between 20 and 25 words insuring you have placed 2-3 of your keywords in describing your website, also another helpful hint is to place your keywords in your title tag.
If you are a SEO Company offering search engine optimization for other companies, you may want to write something along these lines, “Achieve higher search engine rankings and attract more targeted visitors. We can help you build a link campaign for higher search engine rankings”. Rather than using inappropriate marketing ploys, which search engines frown upon, something like “World’s greatest online SEO Company offering the lowest prices for Search Engine Optimization, we can make you number one in just weeks”.
What to look for
Here are some of the most important criteria’s to take into consideration when submitting to directories:
Are your listings going to be posted on Static pages
Are you going to gain any Page Rank benefit
Are you able to add descriptive title to your link
Are you able to specify your own keywords
Are you able to submit multiple links under one listing
Is the directory listed in DMOZ or Yahoo
Are there more than 50 links on a category page
Can you enhance your listing by purchasing category sponsorship
If you are looking for additional traffic, does the target directory’s
Alexa rank justify the submission costs
A Helpful List of Internet Directories to Get You Started
We have complied a detailed chart outlining the Internet directories with their Google Page rank, Google backlinks and finally by their Alexa rank to help you gauge the mount of visitor traffic you can expect from these directories. We are planning to maintain the list of directories and provide timely updates of the Google Page rank, Google backlinks and their Alexa rank.
Our own website is listed in many of these directories, the cost can ran range from Free to a few hundred dollars. We suggest you start from the top of this directory list and decide how much you can afford to spend. If you have a small budget you may want to skip over the Yahoo directory submission as it is nearly $300 per year. You are probably better off spending money on 10 smaller directory submissions.
Shelley Murphy brings with her over 10 years of direct,e-marketing and Search Engine Optimization strategies Internet based businesses. Holding two BA’s in English and Journalism Communications her writing skills have been a great asset for both onsite writing and monthly newsletters publication and has become an established writer for several SEO e-zines.
Written by SEO Tipster on July 29th, 2006 with no comments.
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If you are looking for a great way to make your web sites profitable, you should look into SEO. SEO is short for search engine optimization and many people make hundreds or even thousands of dollars each month by creating web sites and placing advertising or selling affiliate products on them. If you are looking for a great way to monetize your web site, here are some SEO tips.
Many people who are into SEO usually use Google Adsense to monetize their web site. Adsense is an affiliate program where you create web sites and Google places advertisements on the web sites that you create based on the topics of the web pages. Many people can easily create web sites, post Adsense on them and monetize them with only a few hours of work.
There are plenty of SEO tools that can help you from start to finish such as keyword tools for picking out web site and web page topics, page generators for creating hundreds of web pages fast and easy and blog and ping applications to help get your site listed within the search engines
You can create income in a few short months just by using a few SEO tools. There are also plenty of SEO ebooks that can show you step by step how to produce your SEO empire fast, easily and affordably. So, if you are looking to monetize your web sites, look into SEO solutions.
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Why not have some fun with the SEO Puzzle game, you can test your understanding of search engine optimization words too 
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Ever wanted to know which out bound link on your site is banned on Google?
If the answer is yes, here is a tool which may help you find out more about it.
Google Ban Checker
Written by SEO Tipster on May 13th, 2006 with no comments.
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Ever wondered how well linked is your site on the engines and in which area is your site lacking in? Now you can check it here at Link Popularity
. This is quite a good site, as they provide you with suggestions on where you should improve on for your site to be better.
“Link Popularity Checker and Link Quality Assessment
Links play a vital role in good organic search engine rankings. Not only is Link Popularity important, the quality of those links is also very important. Use the free Link Popularity Checker and Link Quality Checker tool to find out the necessary statistics on your links and your competitor’s links.”
Written by SEO Tipster on May 12th, 2006 with no comments.
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If you are looking for a great way to build multiple web sites on valuable topics or trying to streamline your web development process, you should look into keyword tools and services. Many search engine optimizers usually build web sites off of keyword lists. Many web sites can be 500 pages or more and the odds of a person coming up with all 500 keywords from scratch are remote. If you would like to build high quality, on topic web sites that can bring in valuable income, look to keywords as a major part of the equation.
There are plenty of keyword tools on the market. For instance, Keywordtracker is a web site that you can type in one word or a phrase and receive thousands of words or phrases that are directly related to it. This is an awesome tool for search engine optimizers. You can then go through these lists of keywords and pick out the top keywords or the keywords that will be best for your web site.
There are also membership services that deliver thousands of great keywords via email every month. These keywords are usually set around a specific topic and can sometimes include how many times each term was searched for on a specific search engine or how much advertisers pay for the term through various pay per click providers. So if you are a search engine optimizer, look into keyword tools and services to increase your web sites profitability.
Written by SEO Tipster on April 18th, 2006 with no comments.
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Search engine optimizers are always looking for ways to rank higher in the search engine indexes and for their pages to be categorized in these indexes properly. Keyword density has shown in the past to help a web developer achieve a web ranking in a search engine index under the proper term or phrase. This can help facilitate the proper ads being sent via Google Adsense to your web site as well as visitors coming to your web site for specific on-topic information.
Keyword density usually refers to the exact percentage that a word or phrase is used on one web page. For instance if you have a web page with 500 words and 25 words on the page are “movie”, your keyword density for “movie” on this web page is 5%. Most SEO gurus state that the proper keyword density should be around 2 to 5% of your entire web page. This keyword density should enable your web page to be indexed under the term that you have optimized your page for.
If you don’t have time or energy to count all the words, there are plenty of great keyword density tools that can look at your site and instantly give you the keyword densities for the top words used on your web page. You can also use these tools to analyze your competitors to see how well their keyword density is for a specific topic. If you want to create successful web pages on topic, make sure you look into keyword density.
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If you are looking to maximizing your web income, look to links to help you drive traffic. Links are an enormous resource when trying to rank higher in the search rankings and drive traffic to your web site. Many web masters that strive for a first page result listing use link advertising on other related web sites.
There are two main types of links; reciprocal links and one way back links. Both links can help you increase your visibility, but one way back links usually are more prized for increasing your page rank.
Reciprocal links are links that are swapped between two web masters. Many people join link exchanges and agree to exchange links and post them on each other sites. While they are valuable, they are not as highly valued as one way back links by the major search engines.
One way back links are very difficult to get posted, mainly due to the fact that it usually is in no ones interest to post a web sites link unless it benefits the web site in some way. Many people usually pay for a posted one way link or have to give something away so a web master will post their link. Beside paying for a back link, people can decide to create articles and allow other sites to post them as long as their link is included.
So you should have a link strategy to maximizing your web site’s potential. Besides placing articles, we can also add our website links into directories like Dmoz, Yahoo Directory or 3rd Party directory providers.
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Findarticles.com
Articlesfactory.com
Directory of Experience
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One Dollar Directory
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Ever wanted to check what is your website’s live PageRank? Here is a site where you can check not 1 but 73 data centers for your website’s pageranks. This is a good tool for one to gauge their site’s ranking from time to time.
About Live PageRank
The Live PageRank calculator gives you the current PageRank value in the Google index, not just the snapshot that is displayed in the toolbar. Google updates its internal PageRank value continuously as the web changes and their index is updated. Only once every third month or so this value is exported to be displayed in the Google Toolbar.
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Looking to create a successful, money making web site, make sure that you have the right mix of content and advertisements. Most search engine optimizers can hit gold if only they can find the right mix of content & advertisements. Here are some great monetizing tips.
Many visitors are turned off by pop ups, flash ads and pop unders. Make sure that you offer a web site that delivers information that your visitors are looking for first and foremost. You will never receive a repeat customers if you don’t have anything to offer. While advertisements and affiliate products are necessary, make them seamless to look part of the page instead of spam.
Many web developers are amazed at how a well constructed and designed web page can create income. Most people choose niche topics and fill their pages with interesting articles or information. They then fill in the pages with great affiliate products, banner advertising, or Adsense to monetize it.
While most web visitors usually expect advertisements, finding the right mix and displaying it properly can have positive affects on visitors as well as your profit. So if you would like to create successful money making web sites, look into finding the right mix of content and advertisements.
Written by SEO Tipster on April 10th, 2006 with no comments.
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