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I put together a list of what I find to be the best web directories available today. This list includes a mixture of both, local, business and general web directories, both paid and free.
In most cases you pay for what you get, and Business.com and Yahoo are the most expensive but the most quality backlinks you will get. Sites like DMOZ and Jade are free and are extremely good if you can get in but takes a long time to get approved, where others are almost instant!
For those who have an online advertising budget, I highly recommend getting listed in at least a few of these paid directories along with your SEO campaigns.
Here is the list:
1. Best Of The Web – This is by far one of the greatest web directories out there. Make sure your site is not under construction and you submit to the proper category or you might get rejected. Sign up and get a $20 credit.
2. Business.com - One of the best business directories out there and highly ranked by Google. The cost os $299 per year, but if you click the following link you will receive $50 off on checkout!
3. Local.com – A quality local business directory. Just $69.95 to be listed or $49.95 if you click the following link to get a $20 discount.
4. Yahoo Advertising – Both Yahoo Search and Yahoo Directory have Sponsored Search which lists your business on top sites like Yahoo!, AltaVista and CNN. Sign up and get a $25 credit.
5. DMOZ - PR 8 Free directory, This directory is the largest ever created, but its nearly impossible to get your link approved unless you are an editor!
6. Jayde.com – This one allows free submits. Just make sure to use an email address/account that you don’t mind getting some junk mail sent to.
7. V7N - PR 5 Directory which has quite high Alexa ranking. A one time fee of $49.95.
8. Web Directory – PR7 site which costs $108 per year to be included. This web directory is human edited and is of quality and has been around for a very long time.
9. Aviva Directory – This is another directory that you’ll want to make sure your site is not under construction when you submit. High Google Page Rank.
10. Digital Point – DP recently put together their own web directory. It is $125 per year to be included to the directory. The site is very high in Alexa. Another quality web directory.
Thanks for the list, I just paid for a submission in both BOTW and business.com !
Hi Jerry, glad the list helped you, well done for getting listed!
Here i found such a awesome gift for my 2011. Thanks for links and discounts.
I haven't had much success with submitting to directories as a link-building technique. Probably the reason it didn't do much good is because they were all free directories. You're probably on the right track with finding directories that you have to pay to be included in. Have you found that it helps sites rank better when they're included in these directories? Do they typically get traffic from the directories themselves?
Daniel Lew Reply:
January 7th, 2011 at 7:48 pm
Free directories are almost useless. Yes, Google likes to see a mixture of backlinks from different sources, it makes the authority of your site much stronger, I only listed the best of the best directories on here!
Thanks Daniel I really love your collection that you have listed here. I am also very grateful after getting SEO Cheat Sheet , thanks for that . But Google doesn't like paid means you also mention this . So help me out some free resource .
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All are Paid Directories. is that valuable to get a good backlink from them?
Hey great. I like this collection. Just now i got your free keyword ebook . Thanks