Submission To Directories

Submission to directories is not a direct way to promote your home business website, and you will not get droves of traffic to your website from the links in directories. But directory submissions do have value in promoting your website. Submitting to directories is just another element in the equation, and an important one.

The value of directory submissions

There is great value in directory submission, but it will come in an indirect way. All search engines value backlinks in varying degrees. Each engine has it's own criteria, but all search engines value backlinks, and you will be hard pressed to get listed and get any kind of positioning with the search engines without backlinks.

By submitting your website to directories, and by abiding to their guidelines, and using good anchor text you can receive great value in getting your sites moved up in the search engines.

Directory submissions are time consuming

Submitting to a lot of directories can be very time consuming, but I didn't tell you that building a business on the internet was a quick easy fix. There is work involved in becoming successful. There are ways to make some of your tasks a bit easier.

I submitted to hundreds of directories manually. Then I decided to try a service to do it for me. It was a fiasco. If you've done any submissions, you know that a great percentage of directories email you that your submission has been received and is awaiting a review. In this case, I had provided the service with a contact email. I did not receive one confirmation. In other words, I got taken!

Submit to directories yourself manually, or speed up the process and free up your time

So, it is understandable that I would be reluctant to try another submission service. But, as I have several websites, I did. This time I went to my hosting service and set up an email box specifically for this project. The reason I was willing to try again, is that this service offered screen shots of the actual submissions.

I was very pleased with the outcome. I provided the service with five variations of title (anchor text), description, and keywords. I also provided the specific email I had set up for this project. In a matter of days, I had 156 confirmations of directory submissions in my email box!  Now granted,not all of those will list my site, but I do know for a fact that the submissions were acrually made. And true to their claims the submission service sent me a link where I could download all the screenshots of the directory submissions. I have checked online, and indeed my backlinks are ever increasing.

If you need to free up your time you can give this directory submission service a try. You can download a speadsheet, fill in your information, and email it to them with a copy of your receipt. In a matter of days your website will be submitted (manually) to 400 directories, and you will be sent a link where you can download verification by screenshots. The service is also very economical.

I would recommend if you choose to use this  service for submission to directories, or for that matter if you submit to directories yourself manually that you set up a designated mailbox for this specifically. You need to scan the emails. A few directories will ask for a confirmation of your submission.

You will also find a great  list of directories for manual submission at this site. Whether you do the directory submissions yourself, or have a service submit for you, directory submissions are a great value in promoting your online business.

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