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7 Costly Mistakes Webmasters Make About Web Directories
Link Building News Source: http://www.searchenginejournal.com
Published: Jul 17, 2007 - 11:10 am
Story Found By: lorenbaker 1670 Days ago
Category: Link Building
The common refrain in webmaster circles is that directories are dead and are not worth submitting to any more. But directories do offer a number of benefits and so should be considered an essential part of the marketing mix for any serious website. Some of the benefits they offer are: co-citation, anchor text, targeted traffic, and deep links.
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from TannerC 1670 Days ago #
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Great article, really useful for us directory-goers. A nicer title would have read "Seven deadly sins of web directories."

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from Xim 1670 Days ago #
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The list of "Strongest Directories" mentioned in the article (http://www.avivadirectory.com/strongest-directories/) is very handy!

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from Gids 1670 Days ago #
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Spot on SEO advice - thank you for confirming something I’ve felt for a while.

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from imnotadoctor 1670 Days ago #
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That list is great. I have already used it!

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from Eavesy 1670 Days ago #
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Great article Jeff, Directory submission is an art form.

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from AmyGreer 1668 Days ago #
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Good post. Anyone have any thoughts about submitting blogs to directories? Pros? Cons? Is is worth it?

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from Eavesy 1664 Days ago #
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Hi Amy, you should definitely submit your blog to some directories, try and find ones that have blog categories for your niche, Bloggeries is probably the best but many other directories may have a suitable category.

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