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[Trilitech]

It's been a long time since I tried submitted to directories, so I thought I'd check back and see if anything has changed (I doubt it). Basically long ago I decided it just wasn't worth the effort submitting except for about 4-5 directories I use. Have any new services popped on the scene recently that do a decent job of automating this for a fair fee?

[OldWelshGuy]

I have a personal friend who carries out directory submissions as a sideline. The guy is cheap (as it is literally beer money for rugby games) and more important reliable, also he does it manually and understand the whole game. I will not post his info here, but will be glad to give them to you via Pm if you ask me.

[cityit]

It's been a long time since I tried submitted to directories, so I thought I'd check back and see if anything has changed (I doubt it).  Basically long ago I decided it just wasn't worth the effort submitting except for about 4-5 directories I use.  Have any new services popped on the scene recently that do a decent job of automating this for a fair fee?

Hi Trilitech,

directory submissions are worth and do really help in improving traffic and search engine ranks.

[Janet21]

Is using an automated directory submission service still a good idea? I was under the impression that you should change the wording around in each of your submissions to make them appear more "natural". Is that true? With an automated service, all your submissions would look identical, correct? Just curious.

[Jill]

Is using an automated directory submission service still a good idea?

No. It never was and it never will be.

[OldWelshGuy]

Is using an automated directory submission service still a good idea?  I was under the impression that you should change the wording around in each of your submissions to make them appear more "natural".  Is that true?  With an automated service, all your submissions would look identical, correct?  Just curious.

The reason I would never suggest an automated service is because there is mostly human interaction with reagard accepting or rejecting submissions. You must find the right category to submit to, and you must then tailor your title etc to what THAT editor deams as acceptable. I know there are set rules, but sometimes an editor will have foilbles that need catering for. I would never use an autosubmitting script.

[cityit]

The reason I would never suggest an automated service is because there is mostly human interaction with reagard accepting or rejecting submissions. You must find the right category to submit to, and you must then tailor your title etc to what THAT editor deams as acceptable. I know there are set rules, but sometimes an editor will have foilbles that need catering for.  I would never use an autosubmitting script.

Yeap thats where manual directory submission services are useful

[roxyyo]

Niche directories are out there, but you do have to do some digging to find them--that takes research and quality checks.

Nowadays you may have to pay for inclusion in niche directories, if they are good referrers of traffic, then they can justify their revenue model. They're not begging for submissions. But you don't necessarily need their link that bad either if you have a good overall linkbuilding strategy and great content.

Other crap directories will take your money without guarantee of inclusion, or use redirects and don't actually provide you with a backlink. One way to spot these is roll your cursor over the anchor text and watch your status bar for a string like this:
www.directorydomain.net/links.php?ax=out&id=2209] for example.

These directories give out free links but want to protect their page rank and use real links for the higher ranking sites, or charge you for a real link (one that shows your URL exactly as is).

Hope that helps

[randfish]

Debra Mastaler has a really good directory submission service through alliance-link. It's not cheap, but it's much more effective than most and hits a lot of niche directories that provide real link value (the "hubs" of the sectors if you will).

[qwerty]

That would be our very own Debra

[Janet21]

also he does it manually and understand the whole game.

I didn't realize you said this guy did it manually. I assumed it was automated. Paying for someone to manually submit your site must cost some money.

[grooveitgolf_com]

Install yourself a free copy of Roboform - that will somewhat speed up manual submissions by autofilling the fields that are the same from form to form.

Of course note that directories have different requirements, so there is no magic trick to it.

[roxyyo]

Some problems that come with automation:
As grooveit mentioned, different submission requirements

-different categories, you should have someone selecting the correct one
-many directories do not accept automated submissions
-so many of the good directories are trying to capitalize on their value by charging a listing fee
-other directories want reciprocal links, can't automate that (directories that want RL...ewww)