ARE THERE ANY BENEFITS TO DIRECTORY SUBMISSION ??

linkingWhen you launch your website what is the first thing you look for? Search engine visibility, right? With zillions of businesses crowding the website, it occasions no surprise that each business is competing for high rankings in search engines that are considered important.

For those trying to promote their websites would be aware of the importance of inbound links in pushing up their website ranking. This is especially significant in the keyword markets where competition has become intense. The math is simple: without a sizeable number of inbound links your site cannot possibly make it to the top 10 in Google or Yahoo! Let's face it, the greater number of backlinks you have, the higher the chances of being well-placed in the search engine results' pages or SERPs.

Website designers strongly advocate using the services of a professional directory submitter who would know how to get your site listed in the important search engines within just a few days instead of a few weeks. What is more, a directory submission service would know the exact words to use while fashioning the words for your website, words that would enhance its chances of acceptance. crawling

I would like to emphasize that with professionally handled directory submissions you are able to increase your chances of being visited by search engine robots. ‘Robots' in cyber language is a term used for programs which gather web pages for the purposes of indexing. The gathering activity is also variously termed as ‘spidering' and ‘crawling'.   

When you hand over your website or websites to a professional directory submitter, you may be sure that they will build keyword relevancy. This will help optimize your website to the fullest extent possible. A professional directory submitter would look at the title tag very carefully for keyword relevancy and density. It is important to include relevant keywords and tags that people will be looking for as this will improve your pagerank and heighten website visibility at the same time.

During directory submissions, you are definitely well-advised to use a website title that is keyword-focused.

Obviously, the benefits associated with website optimization are not restricted to the keyword-driven markets alone. It helps you in your branding efforts as well. When you use your business name in the anchor text, you are consciously building brand awareness as well as brand image. Given the widening expanse of the internet market, a lot of directory submitters prefer to use anchor text which is keyword-focused at the same time. This exercise manages to kill three birds with one stone. You get your link, keyword relevancy, and brand building and brand image all in one single throw.

search engineWe just created a Directory Submission for Real Estate Professionals to help manage your website in a way that includes contextual links which works to your advantage by enhancing your website's visibility.  We also submit our site to "paid" and "free" directory which will snowball to benefit your submission on our site, as well. 

And did I say this cost hundreds of dollars ..... NO, this service is for free.

 

3 Comments on ARE THERE ANY BENEFITS TO DIRECTORY SUBMISSION ??

Thanks for the info.  Its all Greek to me but I'll forward to the Marketing lady in charge of setting up our new site.  Good post...thanks!

04/10/2008 10:40 AM by Chad McDowell (Fidelity Financial Group Inc.)


Getting ready to dash out the door right now, but I'll check out your site when I get back.  The one thing that I can say for sure is that while you can do a lot of this SEO stuff on your own, there are way too many variables to do as good a job as a professional can.

 

Bob Mitchell

ValueList Real Estate Services, Inc. 

04/10/2008 10:44 AM by ValueList Real Estate Services, Inc.


Thanks for the site. I agree that you can do alot on your own but probably not do as well or be as effective as a professional. Thanks for info.

04/10/2008 11:16 AM by Team Harpers (West USA Premier Properties)


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