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**ancient** · 06-25-2008, 06:13 AM

Hello Guys,

How to Directory helps to increase site in Google.

Give me some suggestion which type directory help increase site.

I hope u will good suggestion me.

**altyfc** · 06-25-2008, 06:45 AM

Any links (assuming they're spiderable) - whether they on a directory or elsewhere - will help you in Google.

Google ranks sites according to a number of factors, and one of these is link popularity (ie. the number, relevancy and quality of links to your site).

**webcosmo** · 06-25-2008, 04:53 PM

altyfc gave you some good advice.
Only thing I would add is look for sites that are related to your site. Related links get better credit.

**jyale** · 06-26-2008, 12:45 AM

good information

**northbeach23** · 06-26-2008, 05:51 AM

Yes directory submission has a weight in search engine ranking

**johnlloyd** · 06-26-2008, 09:06 AM

directory has a little weight to increase your rankings in google, but consider also other things like relevancy and quality of links!

**2fk** · 06-26-2008, 09:23 AM

Directories do really help in terms of getting one way quality links..aside from it's free..you can use your targeted keywords as your anchor texts which will also in return will help in getting a nice position on SERP's...Go for directories with pr...

**pow-wow** · 07-02-2008, 08:03 PM

Directories can help with anchor text and to rank certain key phrases and also provide backlinks. Directory submission is more beneficial for new sites that have no backlinks yet and pages that are trying to rank well for long tail keywords. If you are looking for traffic from directories then stick to niche directories on popular websites those ones may deliver traffic for you.

**northbeach23** · 07-03-2008, 06:03 AM

Do you guys paying for a directory list?

**harishsolanki** · 07-03-2008, 07:14 AM

Directory submission is most important factor of SEO. Which used for link building. Many website free submission facility available for submission. This is good for create link building.

**mokmok69** · 07-03-2008, 01:52 PM

Well, many directories has free one way link that will help your site to improve SERP.

**Dairyman** · 07-05-2008, 09:10 AM

Yeah. Having many directories pointing a link to your site definitely improves the number of backlinks and in turn the SERP. You will get a boost in PR if the linking directories have a higher PR and relevant to your niche.

**Piterson** · 07-16-2008, 04:12 AM

is the PR of web directories are important , when we submit our link in to that??

**ajcones** · 07-16-2008, 05:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Piterson

is the PR of web directories are important , when we submit our link in to that??

Much better if the directory have pr already. It can also help to improve your site pr.

**chrishirst** · 07-17-2008, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Piterson

is the PR of web directories are important , when we submit our link in to that??

NO it isn't!

**Supercops** · 07-19-2008, 01:38 PM

Directories are like "slow and steady wins" initially we may not notice there importance but as the links gets some age ..they helps in PR and in serps but as long as they are dofollow

**Supercops** · 07-19-2008, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by ajcones

Much better if the directory have pr already. It can also help to improve your site pr.

I may add that even if the directories dont have any PR . theere is no harm in submitting..may be they get PR5 in the next update ??

**MrCat** · 07-21-2008, 10:23 PM

Directory inclusions should be viewed as a long term investment. You don't see any immediate result from them. The more the directory ages and develop, the more users it would have, the more SEO value it would give you. Collectively, submission to quality and well-maintained directories would give you traffic overtime.

**david_john** · 07-22-2008, 04:22 AM

A link is a link. A link from a site or directory (Not from bad neighborhood) helps u in all the time. But getting 1000 free directory links is not worth a single authoritative link from a established related theme site.

**chrishirst** · 07-22-2008, 05:14 AM

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Originally Posted by MrCat

Directory inclusions should be viewed as a long term investment. You don't see any immediate result from them.

And in most directories, no "long term results" either

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrCat

The more the directory ages and develop, the more users it would have, the more SEO value it would give you.

Given that you have a vested interest in maintaining the myth that real people use directories, it's fairly understandable that you would make this kind of comment, but the fact is that the only real "users" of directories are the ones looking to submit to the directory, or link exchangers looking for more sites to spam.

And of course there is no "SEO" value in a directory, there maybe a minuscule amount of marketing (advertising) value in having a listing, but this would need to be a "full page advert" style listing that was found by search engines, not just a 4 or 5 line entry buried amongst 50 other similar listings.