Paid Directory Submission?

njoker555 · 02-28-2007

This question regards that you pay someone to submit to directories for you, not paying to put in directories, have you ever done that? I did that once when I got a special for 300 directories for $2 lol. It was worth it, I received emails for all of those acceptions.

etali · 03-02-2007

Did you gain much page rank, or any traffic, from those submissions?

Sometimes I think about paying for directory submissions, but to be honest I think its better to do it by hand, so you know what directories you are listed in. I worry that the paid services may submit to dodgy places.

sfod_d223 · 03-11-2007

The only way to validate such an action is during the "G"'s pagerank update. Keeping an eye on the number of backlins works well too.

inworx · 03-12-2007

Well, the best part is that more is the PR of directories, more will be your site's PR.

kentuckyslone · 03-23-2007

I have several websites and have submitted most of them to hundreds of different directories. The traffic I receive from these is almost 0, but quite a few of my listings are on pages that have PR so I do believe that it helps in that aspect.

If you are looking for traffic, directories are not very effective, in my opinion.

EDIT -- I should add that if you have a directory yourself you will get some traffic to it from some of the better directories. Remember that most people that visit directories are webmasters.

redcow · 03-24-2007

i have never used paid directory service as I prefer to submit my sites myself.
I just do not want to lose money in something that I can do myself.

sfod_d223 · 03-24-2007

What has really become a crappier issue is the idea of some directory owners turning off or on the "nofollow' attributes. I use a really valuable tool to keep an eye on this, especially for links that i purchase.

Jerlene · 03-30-2007

I've never done it but I plan to. It's so time consuming to have to type the same thing over and over again. It's like I submit to only a few people but it takes forever. Gets irritating.

njoker555 · 03-31-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jerlene

I've never done it but I plan to. It's so time consuming to have to type the same thing over and over again. It's like I submit to only a few people but it takes forever. Gets irritating.

um..why dont you open microsoftword or works, write down the title, url, description, name, and email -- and copy+paste them lol, thats what i do lol, simple saves more time, just click the submission types and verification code if any

joecool6101 · 04-01-2007

It is still very repetive even if you were to do it that way. I have only ever submitted my site to 1 directory.. I think for $2 it is worth it to get someone else to submit your site.