Now that we have formed a relatively fair idea on the practice of directory submission, let’s see exactly how many types of directories are available to suit our web promoting purpose.
Well there are primarily 3 broad classes of directories :
- Free Directories
- One time Paid Directories
- Directories with annual subscription.
Free Directories :
As the name suggests, getting your website listed in them is absolutely free of cost. Now there are thousand of such free directories. So you have to be very careful to decide which among them you want to enlist in.
Though it is advisable to submit your website to as many as you can, yet you must ensure you are doing it with a specific purpose, and not just for the sake of it.
Make sure that these directories are decent and family-friendly so that you know that you are actually reaching out to the right kind of audience.
Now such submissions are best done manually and naturally take up a lot of your time. In such a situation, you can approach various third parties who provide the service of Manual Submission to Directories for a small fee. They carefully select directories and submit your website in the most relevant of categories. This is a very good option as your website doesn’t get submitted to directories containing spam sites or of irrelevant context.
One Time Paid Directories :
These directories charge a one time fee for reviewing and enlisting a website in their indices. This is a very good option as you know for sure that the website you are submitting will be getting a manual review done before actual submission. Also nothing in this world comes for free. So it is absurd to hope that you will generate traffic just like that. Unless the directories market and promote themselves, how will they channelise the traffic to your website? Thus Paid Directories are safer bait than the free ones.
Directories with Annual Subscription :
These directories charge a premium fee as an annual subscription. This helps them to continue reviewing the website on an annual basis and provide an ongoing quality service in matters of promotion and steady traffic flow. Now in the dot com bubble, most websites keep continually updating their content and other attributes. But whatever be the case, these directories provide a continuous review and monitoring all year around to ensure that the guidelines are met for the submission.
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Hi,
You have missed one type of web directory that is found a plenty in cyberspace. The type I am talking about is Reciprocal directory. To be listed in these directories, you will need to put a reciprocal link to them from your site. These directories can be both free as well as paid.
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