Aside from absorbing organic traffic from these directories, your site’s enhanced popularity will also draw recognition from search engines. With each directory submission, there is a link placed on the web that contains your site’s URL. The more links pointing to your site, thus resulting in backlinks, the more popular your site appears to be to the search engines, which of course leads to a higher page ranking. Google also possess a site directory that is very useful in enhancing search engine optimization efforts.
Methods of Submission
There are two ways to submit your site to directories. You can use a variety of software to do it automatically, or you can have the submissions performed manually. Both of these options have their advantages, but manual submission provides significantly higher quality submission. The following information should help you make your decision based on your needs. (more…)