xthefuture
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I am creating a list of *my country* website/business directories.
I was wondering if they help in ranking, whats your experience?
I was wondering if they help in ranking, whats your experience?
Do directories link help ranking?
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- Mar 22, 2010
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Yes they do help.
You don't have to have it, but it does not hurt to have it.
Of course preferably quality rather than quantity.
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It depends.
Do people actually look for stuff on those directories?
Links now need activity. Stale links blasted somewhere do nothing.
Do people actually look for stuff on those directories?
Links now need activity. Stale links blasted somewhere do nothing.
xthefuture
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Oh thats strong words!! So you think traffic of a page when link building is much more important than da?
What do other people here think about this sentence "Links now need activity. Stale links blasted somewhere do nothing."' Definetely too harsh in my opinion
- Mar 22, 2010
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I think google stated recently (I know,..., to take with a grain of salt), that activity on links did not matter.
I could look for it, but anyway everyone knows directories are part of the link building arsenal.
You may do it, you dont have to do it, it is up to you!
This may not bring a lot of juice, but will establish your brand as an entity.
Competitor analysis has shown this is widely used and normally without risk.
Amphoric
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Does it help locally?
Yes (minimally at the least, but just steal your competitors, it's easy to do)
Start locally and then move to big name directories
Does it help random websites and not a local business?
I highly doubt it would do anything.
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Directories works great for local businesses
ShashiKumaar
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Spammed Directories will never help. Google knows that very well. So you should know too.
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It is true. But from the other hand that can be done by your competitor of someone else without your permission. I believe one day anyone can discover own site submitted without any action from the owner side.
I assume Google aware of such possibilities as well.
NicheExploiter
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It helps local websites more, but it is still usefull to sign up a brand new website to some clean directories
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I used to use them a long time ago .. Like 6 7 years ago
ShashiKumaar
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Only a noob would do such negetive SEO. Good SEO requires much smart work.
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Links need human signals or they're worthless.
Just adding a link somewhere won't work. People gotta act on it.
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