What is Directory. How Directory submission can help in better SEO?

Directory is a website which list individuals, organizations on the basis of their theme and alphabetically, with their details such as addresses, title, keywords, description, names and telephone numbers.

What is Directory Submission?

Directory Submission is a process of adding your website url i.e. www.yoursitename.com with proper Title, Description and keywords related to your website to “Web Directory”. Find list of web directory

Need of Directory Submission for SEO ranking

Directory submission is the first step to off page optimization of your website. Having many link pointing to your website is a +1 signal for your website as Search Engine likes the website which have many quality backlinks of your website. In simple terms if we explain more the quality links = better chance to get high Page Rank and hence better search engine optimization of website.

It gives you considerable traffic
- It exposes your website to a larger audience
- Improves your search engine visibility

Tips for Directory submission

Before starting the directory submission of your website there are many things you should keep in your mind.

1 Time taken to submit your website to different Web Directory

Never submit your website in different web directory in single day. It is recommended to go slowly for directory submission if your website age is less than a year and is not established website.

2 Quality & SEO friendly directory

You must check the background age and link structure of directory you are listing to. It is recommended to link to quality and SEO friendly Directory.  There are many submission service provider who ignore this crucial fact and get this can make your website negative SEO.

3. Manual Submission

Do not go for automated directory submission provider who gives you N no. of listing for your website because they have poor networks of their own directory which can harm your website page rank. It is recommended to submit to only high PR web directory and that is too manually without bot submission.

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About Rahul Rana

I am an experienced web designer and SEO expert. I am running my own online marketing company i.e "SEO To Web Design". Thanks for reading, keep sharing online marketing and web design knowledge.