One of the things you can do to ultimately see your web-site go up in the ranking is manual directory submissions. But it’s a bit more than you’re aware of. The principle might sounds easy enough, the wide variety of elements together, make it complicated and also very time consuming.rnrnThere are so many directories out there that in order to start submitting, you will have to make an careful choice of directories you can actually use. This list should be rather large as there is no point in only submitting to a couple, your list should contain at least 200 directories. It is worthy going through the trouble of looking up more specific web directories, as those who cover a broad range might not entirely be what you need for your specific product or service.rnrnIt is of key importance to submit your website to web directories which provide a category that is related as closely as possible to the content of your site, if you are off-topic, your submission will be rejected by the directories. General and specific web directories can be found on Google and other search engines; search for â€web directories’ and see where it leads you. Google is not the only big search engine; there are other good search engines you can use and even Wikipedia can provide you with both detailed and more general web directories.rnrnIt is important the directories you select are SEO friendly. If they aren’t then you shouldn\'t waste your time with them and carry on searching. SEO friendly directories will give back links that are valued by the search engines. Also check where the links are directed to, they must always go to your web site and if they don’t it’s a redirect, they are redirects and then they are of no value to you.rnrnProviding you followed the previous steps, you will end up with an excel file containing a list of a couple of hundred SEO-friendly web web-directories that are related to your website and you can now start submitting .You can’t just submit your site to any category out there; if you do not pay attention to selecting the most suitable categories, you will just end up with a bunch of worthless links.rnrnA manual submission means you will need to complete a form for every directory you wish to submit your site to. On all those submission forms, you will be asked to fill in a name, a description, an URL and an email account, and sometimes some additional details depending on the directory you are submitting to. First you will study the guidelines of each directory as they have their own criteria and if you don’t follow the rules, your submission will be declined with no explanation from the editor of the directory.rnrnNot all web directories work in the same way. You will experience that most of the directories will not charge you to make a submission (although they might sometimes contain a possibility to pay anyway); the other option to do is to work with web directories that do charge a certain amount for submissions. Depending on your needs and wishes, you will have the option to pay once a year, through a subscription every month or decide to pay the entire amount at once. Paid submissions will be a good option if you are aiming for a good position on the directory and you want a guaranteed review of your submission as fast as possible. If you don’t want to spend any money on submissions, you can go for free web directories. The reviewing time here will range from days to months.rnrnFilling out the submission form has to be filled in with a lot of accuracy. The title often referred to as the name of your web-site, cannot be too long and should at all times be to-the-point. Some web-directories will only allow you a certain amount of characters for the title. In the URL field, you type in your home page address. Seb-sites containing complete and relevant information clearly have the best chances so it might be good to check the content of your site. If your domain is not operative or your site has poor content, you can be sure the directories will turn you down.rnrnIn the description you are supposed to explain what the site is selling or offering in a a couple of sentences usually restricted to 200-250 characters. Imagine you are looking for something on Googleâ€the words potential visitors might research to find your site are exactly the keywords that should be in the description field.rnrnIn every directory you have to fill out a personal name and an email account, but try not to use a free email account. In general, directories much more approve email addresses that are linked to your site, so avoid using a hotmail account or another free account you might have.rnrnMany directories will simply not accept automated submissions. As the web-sites are reviewed by real people there would just be far too many for them to cope with. It makes perfect sense that a manual review requires a manual submission, hence the code you will be given can only be typed in by a human.rnrnThe reciprocal URL is not the best option to select, but if you want it anyway this is how you do. This is the Reciprocal URL. If you chose the option â€Regular Link with Reciprocal’ then you need to copy and paste the link they give you to a place on your website, and then copy your websites URL and paste it in the â€reciprocal URL’ field.rnrnBy now, you should have an idea about how directory submission works and how many hours might take to submit your web-site to all these directories. As discussed before, the fact that it can take a sometime before you receive a review and the different rules that are set by the different web-directories can make it very frustrating, especially when you find out that not all the directories accepted your submission. You might end up spending so much time getting it right that you wonder why you started doing it in the first place instead of hiring a professional Directory Submission Service where well-trained people can submit your web-site for you.rnrn
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