Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'web directories'

There is an excellent thread at WebmasterWorld on the topic of web directories. Moderator, incrediBILL, runs directories and he goes off on how many of the submissions are not able writing your titles and descriptions to be click worthy, but...

Posted on May 21, 2009 8:24 AM

A HighRankings Forum thread asks how does one distinguish between a good and bad web directory. Web directories are often the first step for many link building campaigns. The obvious directories that come to mind to submit to are dmoz.org...

Posted on March 26, 2009 5:10 AM

At High Rankings Forum, a member is looking to submit to web directories and wonders if it's worthwhile to submit the entire optimized website title to the directory. Will it go over well? Not usually, from what I've seen. In...

Posted on April 8, 2008 10:20 AM

Yesterday, Rand Fishkin came out with a SEOmoz article on what makes a good web directory versus a bad one. Some of his points were that manipulative directories may have the following characteristics: are too broad, allows everyone access, uses...

Posted on September 21, 2007 9:46 AM

Word comes from the forums that DMOZ is again accepting submissions for site inclusions in their directory. On December 20, 2006, we reported Open Directory Project (DMOZ) Coming Back From the Dead with the reopening of the editor area. Now...

Posted on January 15, 2007 1:44 AM

The popular Microsoft bCentral directory has announced they closed their doors to new business. As of November 15, 2006 Microsoft will no longer accept new sign-ups for select Microsoft Online Small Business Services. This means that those who were in...

Posted on November 28, 2006 7:18 AM