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jonnyboy

Junior Member

Nov 8, 2008

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• Feb 16, 2009

• #1

Hi,

I used a service on this forum to submit to 200 odd directories and the service was actually quite good. It was obvious from the confirmation emails that my website had been accepted into many directories.

However this was over 6 weeks ago and I have yet to see any backlinks in google analytics or cpanel.

Can anyone advice why this would be the case. I am aware google does not spider the whole site on each visit but I would have thought it would have done this by now on at least 1 of the directories.

Regards. John.

 

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itdeptm

Registered Member

Nov 26, 2008

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• Feb 16, 2009

• #2

sign up for google webmaster tools to see your backlinks

also check your backlinks with yahoo site explorer

You probably won't get any traffic from directories, but you will get backlinks eventually

 

platinvm

Senior Member

Jan 31, 2009

1,042

394

• Feb 16, 2009

• #3

i use both Google webmaster and yahoo site explorer still trying to figure out which one i like more

 

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itdeptm

Registered Member

Nov 26, 2008

92

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• Feb 16, 2009

• #4

they both will give you different results for the most part

yahoo seems to report more links than google does


also it might takes months before you see any backlinks from directories. Most of them dont get crawled that often, especially if your link is somewhere deep

 

mike2000

Elite Member

Feb 14, 2009

2,220

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• Feb 17, 2009

• #5

Use yahoo site explorer. It gives some good information about backlinks.

 

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TalismanClick

Regular Member

Feb 12, 2009

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• Feb 19, 2009

• #6

Links from directories usually takes a lot of time to get indexed. Some do not get indexed at all... make sure that the directories that accepted you site are not just link farms that shuts down overnight

 

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swipethemagnets

Newbie

Apr 1, 2008

38

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• Feb 19, 2009

• #7

I assume you submitted to free directories. If so, free directories take anywhere from 30-120 days to approve. That's why they're free.

 

assphuck

Senior Member

Feb 22, 2009

1,198

909

• Feb 22, 2009

• #8

None of the backlink checkers show all your links. Hell, I have a PR 8 backlink that does not show up in Google OR Yahoo.

Instead of worrying whether the links show up in Google or Yahoo, check to see if the page is cached with your link on it. If it is, then your link has been found.

 

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seoconsultant2005

Junior Member

Dec 9, 2008

129

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• Feb 23, 2009

• #9

webmaster tool in google if you want to check the backlinks and yahoo siye explorer for much better information

 

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linkgenie

Newbie

Feb 23, 2009

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• Feb 23, 2009

• #10

Google webmasters tool will not show most backlinks. You could try backlinkwatch.com. Its a great tool.