| Paid Directories offers a complete list of quality web
directories. A paid directory is one in which the website owner
must pay a review fee for inclusion into the directory. This
allows the paid directory to review all submitted listings and to only
provide quality websites in their directory. Why do people submit
to paid directories?
Submitting your website to paid directories provides a targeted
quality link back to your website. Search engines see backlinks to
your website as a vote for your website and this tells the search
engines your website must be of some importance since other sites are
linking back to your site. Submitting to quality web directories
can help raise your search engine rankings and help the SE's properly
categorize your site because your website will be listed on pages with
other websites similar to yours. This is the main reason people
submit to paid directories.
Why can't I just submit to free directories and forget about paid
directories?
In general paid directories provide a greater quality link back to
your website when compared to free directories. Paid directories
take the time and effort to review directory submissions and to ensure
the websites listed are not spam sites and actually provide useful
information.
Also, blackhat and spam type sites will usually never pay to be
listed in a paid directory because of the website's short lifespan due
to the nature of these types of websites. This means your site is
listed in a directory with other quality websites, and this helps keep
your website from being listed with "bad neighborhood" type websites.
When listing your site in a free directory the quality of the websites
in the free directory are usually "very poor" when compared to websites
listed in a paid directory. If you think about it for a second you will
realize websites submitted to paid directories are usually important to
the site owner, and they have put time and effort into building a
quality website since they are investing funds when paying to get their
website listed in a paid directory.
Another reason submitting to paid directories is a great idea is
because paid directory owners actually spend a great deal of time,
effort, and capital to promote their directory - making it a more
quality site than a free directory. Like they say - "You get what
you pay for!".
Do paid directory listings really help my website?
Bottom line - YES! We have been in the directory business for
about 5 years now and have seen the positive effects for site owners who
get their websites listed in directories. In addition, there are
many ways to test the effects of submitting a website to directories,
and we have done a number of these tests - all of which always had a
positive outcome for the website. Submitting to directories should
always be a part of your overall internet marketing and search engine
optimization plan! Don't let anyone tell you otherwise! |
