Directories

[dan1el]

Hi SEOMOZ'ers

I am trying to find high quality directories to submit links, finding it really hard to find them!!

Has anyone got any advise for seeking out such sites!  I have tried the tool within SEOMOZ but to be honest did not really work that well!

thanks

Daniel

[Vahe.Arabian]

You need to do abit of research to create a solid list. (1) Search for "directory website lists" on google. Probably the best but most time consuming. (2) You can also have a go at this site - http://www.linkbuilderstoolkit.com/ however there will be a few expired sites since it hasnt been updated in a while. (3) Another way is to view your clients Google Webmaster Tools account and pull the external links pointing to the site. Then use Majestics Clique Hunter to compare with other similar competitors to find new linking opportunities. Hope this helps, Vahe

[dan1el]

Thanks that is a great help.

Regarding Majestics, I really cannot afford to pay for any other seo tools at the moment!

Cheers

Daniel

[asystematic]

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[dan1el]

Hey, Thanks for the link  is it ok to submit your site to almost any directories you can find?  or does Google look at it as spaming or something ?

Daniel

[asystematic]

Fast dir. submitter allows you to specify several titles and descriptions and to change them during the process. I think it would be better to submit to few directories per day with random titles and descriptions.

[KeriMorgret]

Here's a recent post about best practices for link building with directories that might help you.

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/seo-link-directory-best-practices

[dan1el]

Thanks Keri

[ClaireH-184886]

just been looking at fast submitter which charges $20 a url. has anyone used this and if so is it any good, did anyone notice a difference to traffic and ranking

[asystematic]

Hi Diane. Its not $20 per url but per campaing. For free you can submit into 150 directories. For 20$ you can submit into all the directories in the program database.