The Advantages of Being Included In A Link Directory

A link directory is an ideal place for website owners to exchange links without the fear of being rejected. Website owners are increasingly reluctant to link to other sites fearing that their site will lose page rank and relevance if they link to all kinds of websites. So, as a newbie website owner you would find it extremely difficult to get one-way links from individual website owners. It is easy to get links from link directories but the quality of links won’t be too great. As a new website owner you don’t have much choice regarding the quality of websites … Continue reading The Advantages of Being Included In A Link Directory

Organic Traffic vs. Paid Traffic

There is no question about whether traffic is a vital piece to your businesses success online.  However, whether you should use paid traffic or organic traffic brings up an interesting topic.  Both sides have their pros and cons which makes it almost impossible to say which the perfect solution is. If you have just started a website and are looking for quick traffic, paid traffic is the way to go.  This allows you to buy advertisements and get your website higher on the search engines, thus increasing your traffic.  Another reason you may consider paid traffic is for a special … Continue reading Organic Traffic vs. Paid Traffic

Google No 1? May I Suggest Directory Link Submission

Any person who has any idea about SEO and the importance of off-page factors will definitely suggest directory link submission as a major weapon for your website ranking methods arsenal. So you want to be number one in Google? Google, Yahoo and MSN the three major search engines and a host of other smaller search engines have been tweaking their algorithms to make their searches more relevant and useful to their users. Over the decade or more of their existence despite large scale changes to the way they present their links and changes in the weight-age given to various on-page … Continue reading Google No 1? May I Suggest Directory Link Submission

Link Pop..You Hear it every Where… What is “Link Pop”?

A website’s link popularity, often called “Link Pop“, can be determined by the quality, quantity, and relevance of the other websites that link to its page. What is Google PR? “Page Rank“, sometime abbreviated PR, was developed by Google’s founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin.  Here is how Google describes the Page Rank system: PageRank relies on the uniquely democratic nature of the web by using its vast link structure as an indicator of an individual page’s value. In essence, Google interprets a link from page A to page B as a vote, by page A, for page B. But, Google looks at more than the … Continue reading Link Pop..You Hear it every Where… What is “Link Pop”?

How to Use Google PR to Incite A Web Sales Explosion

A lot of new web developers ask me the same question: What is PR?  “Page Rank,” sometimes abbreviated PR, was developed by Google’s founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Here is how Google describes the “Page Rank” system: Page Rank relies on the uniquely democratic nature of the web by using its vast link structure as an indicator of an individual page’s value. In essence, Google interprets a link from page A to page B as a vote, by page A, for page B. But, Google looks at more than the sheer volume of votes, or links a page receives; it also analyzes the page … Continue reading How to Use Google PR to Incite A Web Sales Explosion

Pros and Cons – Hiring an SEO Company for Your Site

If you’re looking to give your website the best advantage possible, hiring an SEO company may be the way to go.  As with anything in this world, there are the pros and cons to having an SEO company do it for you.  Here are some things you will want to consider when deciding between you or getting SEO help. Pros 1. Time constraints can certainly be an issue when building a website because of the multiple duties that you take on.  By hiring SEO help, it can allow you to focus on other aspects to your website and place some … Continue reading Pros and Cons – Hiring an SEO Company for Your Site

Getting Your First Links Using Link Directories

What are Link Directories? Link directories exist to help websites exchange links. These links are also called reciprocal links. If website A and website B want to exchange links then website A links to website B and website B links to website A. This way both the websites benefit. The value of reciprocal links in terms of search engine optimization may not be much. But it is a good start. Link directories exist only for one purpose. They are a meeting place for website owners who want to do link exchanges with like-minded people. The other website owners won’t complain … Continue reading Getting Your First Links Using Link Directories

Submit To Yahoo Directory: Getting into the Yahoo Directory

To submit to Yahoo directory there are two submission options: “Standard,” which is free, and “Yahoo Directory Submit,” which involves a submission fee. If you own a non-commercial website then you can use the standard submission option. There is no guarantee that any Yahoo editor will ever get to review your site considering the volume of sites that are submitted every day. If you want a faster turnaround to get your website indexed quicker then you can go for the paid option even in the non-commercial category. The fee is $299 to submit to Yahoo Directory. The fee for the … Continue reading Submit To Yahoo Directory: Getting into the Yahoo Directory

Free Directories To Submit To: Get Hundreds of Inbound Links

Are you looking for free directories to submit to? There are literally thousands of web directories available today. Almost every day a new web directory is being created and it is difficult to judge the quality and relevance of these websites. But you never know which website will be ranked high by the search engines when the next round of indexing happens. Today the site may be free and ranked low but next week the same site may be ranked high in the search engines with high page rank and become a paid service! So, how to judge free directories … Continue reading Free Directories To Submit To: Get Hundreds of Inbound Links

Directory Submission Software Makes Directory Submissions Fast And Easy

There are dozens of directory submission software available on the Internet today. They make the work of submitting your websites to hundreds of directories really simple. 1. If you have to submit websites by hand you need to first compile the list of the thousands of directories that exist on the web. This itself can take you days if not months of work. 2. Some directories require you to register. 3. Logging in and filling in your details by hand in each of these directories submission forms can take you months of work. With automated directory submission software most of … Continue reading Directory Submission Software Makes Directory Submissions Fast And Easy

Are Automated Directory Submitters Better Than Manual Submissions?

Directory submitters are usually automated software that submit website URL’s to the hundreds of directory sites on the web. Directory submissions can also be done manually but it is a time consuming and tedious process. With automated directory submitters on the other hand the task of website submissions becomes fast and easy. You can submit to dozens of websites in minutes. Most directory submitters submit your website to hundreds of websites. So, you are guaranteed to get at least a few dozen backlinks if not hundreds. Even if you do not see the results immediately over time you will get … Continue reading Are Automated Directory Submitters Better Than Manual Submissions?

Add Directory Link Submission To Your Marketing Toolkit

One of the quickest ways to work towards a number one ranking on Google and other search engines is to add directory link submission to your daily list of marketing tasks. High ranking on Google and other search engines depends on two factors – on-page and off-page. On-page factors include keyword density, optimized title and Meta tags, systematic internal linking, themed content and frequent updates. Off-page factors are primarily related to qualified inbound linking. When you add directory link submission to your marketing strategy you boost targeted one-way inbound linking to your site. How to add directory link submission to … Continue reading Add Directory Link Submission To Your Marketing Toolkit