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Do we have to exchange links with web directories to get more traffic?

Posted by Ravi on April 28th, 2007 filed in Google, SEO, Search Engines, search technology, web directories, web usability

one of the first steps after launching a new website is to seek out directories that you can add your URL to.
So Is it beneficial to swap reciprocal links with a directory? Few Points to remember……
1. Depends on the quality of the directory. There are all types of directories. You will see directories that are [...]

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Web directories help in finding authority websites

Posted by Ravi on March 20th, 2007 filed in web directories

For a while it seemed that the aged of the Web directory was over. Why should you use human edited Web site catalogs, when the robot driven search engines provided just as relevant search results?
Well, the web directories are back, partly because the regular search engines value input from human edited sites. That is: sites [...]

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How to assess free and paid directories.

Posted by Ravi on February 10th, 2007 filed in Ask, Google, SEO, research, web directories, yahoo

Some of the quality signals that are unlikely to be found in free directories as per the Industrial strength and survival, are listed below.
1. If the directory is a clone of other directories, forget it.
2. Is the directory a niche authority? – answer can be found by checking the quality of backlinks from the same [...]

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