Directory List for Directory Submission
Directory submission is one important part of link building. Literally, thousands of website directories are available for website owners to list their websites. Some directories are free for submission; some are free but require a reciprocal link from your site; some directories charge an one-time fee for permanent listing; others charge an annual fee for the listing. Some directories list websites only in a specific niche, industry, or region.
To what kind of directories should you submit your sites? We think the directories to which you submit your websites should have the following qualities:
Free – Many directories charge you to be listed. Some of them charge a very low fee, but if you want to submit to hundreds of directories, the total cost could be pretty high. Plenty of web directories are free for listing and many of them have high PR. Stay with the free web directories, it saves your money and time.
No reciprocal link required – You should limit your outgoing links only to sites with relevant content. In addition, adding hundreds of reciprocal links is very time consuming. One benefit of adding reciprocal links to your site for directory submission is that your sites will be listed in a higher percentage and in shorter period of time.
No account creation required – Again, you don’t have time for this procedure. You don’t need to revisit and modify the submission most of the time. Why bother?
Several websites lists web directories which meet some of above mentioned criteria. Be aware, though, that things keep changing. Many directory sites start off free without requiring a reciprocal link and account creation. Later, though, when they get more popular, they add fees or other requirements.
This is a well-updated list of over 500 free directories.
• One Way Text Link - Free Directory List
This most complete list of free directories includes over 2400 directories ordered by Google page rank. You can use this website to track your directory submission progress for free.
• SEO Company - Free Directory List
This list, which includes 268 directories, is supposed to be a list of free directories, but many of the directories do charge a fee or require a reciprocal link.
This directory includes paid and free directories. You can, however, sort the table based on “fee” or “free?” and generate a list of free directories. This list provides not only PR but also Alexa number and saturation information.