Comments on: The Great Directory Debate

By: Find Cheap Buys

Find Cheap Buys — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:22:46 +0000

I agree and disagree – most of the research I’ve done indicates that as long as you are not linking to a site, that a one way link can never hurt your rankings – so it can’t hurt to have more links, even from poorly designed / laid out directories, they just won’t hold as much weight.

By: Hazar

Hazar — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:00:57 +0000

I believe directory links play a fundamental role for backlink power of a website. The only important thing you should submit to high PR well-organized quality directories.

By: Dustin

Dustin — Wed, 27 May 2009 20:52:07 +0000

I personally think that directory submissions provide quality links in some cases, but the amount of links that you can attain in a certain amount of time is small comparitively to other ventures. Thanks for the post.

By: Chris J. Politzki

Chris J. Politzki — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:13:45 +0000

Nice post!

I’m currently trying to rebuild my site and am also using directory submissions. So far I’ve not seen much effect from doing so. Maybe a slight bump in traffic, but I’m also blogging a bit, submitting things to Flickr and such, so it’s hard to tell.

Thanks again for your post!

Chris

By: SEO22

SEO22 — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 07:24:37 +0000

I am agree Dustin..that Directories are carrying some values but nowdays when you do submit your site,it get approved and listed in specific category though it is not there in SERPs…this is very disempowering for the new users as it is the oldest method for link building..so I think directory owners should really think on their directories…for link building..what say?

By: Kim Web

Kim Web — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 10:55:26 +0000

Hi there
I have just stumbled across here and enjoyed this post, and happy to find somewhere where people are talking about the use of directories, I find that they do have some value in creating links to one site and they give you creditability too. One doe have to have patients when doing submissions as the directories do take time to approve.

By: Scott Salwolke

Scott Salwolke — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 06:14:09 +0000

I still subscribe to the idea that directories have some value, even if they provide little traffic themselves. One criteria I have is how quick Google picks up a new listing. With Google alerts its a relatively easy to way how soon your submission is picked up.

By: searchbrat

searchbrat — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:59:52 +0000

I agree with this to some degree. I have a core set of paid directories I would consider for a new site. They are based on a number of factors which you still mention. But I think Google will eventually diminish the value from these links. They are promoting a social web where social indicators are the main factors in your rank. So buying links from directories isn’t in their future business model. Or that’s how I see it.

By: Tucker Johnson

Tucker Johnson — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 06:45:48 +0000

I agree with you. I spent a large amount of time trying to link and linking to directories. They have had little to no effect on the traffic to my site or the pagerank of my site.

By: Agent SEO

Agent SEO — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:52:02 +0000

I agree that directory links are still useful to some degree. From the standpoint of getting exposure to your site, I feel that using local directories such as Google Maps, Yahoo Local & the link is extremely important. Basically it gives smaller businesses a chance to compete with bigger biz.

While all directories may not be valuable from an SEO standpoint, I still say the more exposure you can bring to your site the better (unless its a link farm or something).

Great article!