Links and their role in creating and promotion of the sites.
February 18th, 2008
One of the big attractions of Directories, according to SEO experts, is the use of One Way Links. Backlinks from a quality directory will improve your rankings. The more incoming links you can get, the better your SERPs and the more traffic you will receive from the Search Engines. Nothing is better than free traffic from Directories.
One of the big attractions of Directories are the One Way Links. Securing Backlinks from a quality directory will enhance your site’s reputation. The more incoming links you can get from Directories, the better your search engine rankings and the more traffic you will receive from those Search Engines.
Types of Links. Most Directories will offer a variety of links including:
Free Links - Often you will find that Directories will take a long time to review your site. Also check whether they use the “nofollow” attribute - “nofollow” means Google PR will NOT be passed to your site. However, you will get traffic from this link.
Regular Links - similar to Free Links but the “nofollow” attribute is NOT used.
Reciprocal Links - the directory will list your link in exchange for a link back from your site.
Feature Links - typically these links will offer extra exposure; normally they are listed above regular listings in a particular category; many sites offer other advantages such as site thumbshots of the site’s home page.
We recommend that part of your strategy for promoting a new site should include submitting to Directories - there are 100s that offer free one way links.