Is directory submission is goofd for sites..?

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rhnkmr

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I have a health site and I want to submit it to directories. Is directory submission is good for sites or not..

 

RankGeek

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'Submission to Directories' isn't a big task, mate. If your site's good, it'll get picked up automatically. Don't squander good money on so called 'submission' services! Focus on-site instead, and you'll be good to go. All the best

 

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Got Green

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Some directories are good, many others are, as you correctly stated, goofd.

 

liberox

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It`s a backlink source like all the others - blog comments, article directories and so on, and so on...
So better use it for link diversity and even ranking if the Directories have good PR and ******** backlinks.
As any other backlink source nowadays it must be used careful and clever.

 

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simran12

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Yeh ! of course,Directory submission is very important part of off page seo.It's really helpful in getting back-links for your website.But as per Google algorithms the links should be do-follow.No-follow back-links has no value.

 

tymes90

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Directory links are vital, particularly these days when it is all about link diversity.

simran12 said:

Yeh ! of course,Directory submission is very important part of off page seo.It's really helpful in getting back-links for your website.But as per Google algorithms the links should be do-follow.No-follow back-links has no value.

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I believe that it is very important to have both do-follow and no-follow links. Only because if you have 1,000 do-follow links pointing to your site and not one no-follow link, it is not going to look natural and could raise a red flag with Google.

 

Endire

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Rhnkmr,

Directory submission (as state by other members) is still a good step in off-site SEO however I would steer clear of the paid ones. They are beneficial however not when they charge 300+ dollars to list your site.

Also, make sure the directory hasn't been banned,

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/web-directory-submission-danger

Hope that helps you,

Shawn

 

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moonlighsunligh

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TheContentAuthority said:

Also, make sure the directory hasn?t been banned,

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/web-directory-submission-danger

Hope that helps you,

Shawn

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How to do mass "banned or not" check?

 

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kadaj

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Directory submission is a good starting point to good SEO so i would recommend it