Submit Site to Directories

Increase your site's popularity through additional promotion venues!

The directories are places where you can find tons of information conveniently organized in categories. People like directories because they save them time searching the net for useful information. Think about YelloPages.com - this is a huge directory where you can find people, addresses, businesses, maps, and other consumer information. Some directories allow free submission, but the majority are paid.

Why and how to list your site in directories?

The same as in the search engines, you need to find relevant directories and submit your site there. Once you submit it, the site will be approved by the editors and will get listed. Unlike the search engines, not every website gets listed.

You should know that submitting your website to a directory is easy, but it is more difficult to have your site approved and listed even when you are ready to pay money for that.

When listing your site in a directory, you better spend some time to search the most accurate category for your site. Submissions in the wrong categories are usually rejected. Also, if you submit in the wrong category, you might lose some quality traffic.

The 3 most popular directories are the Open Directory, LookSmart, and Yahoo. They are also the most influential and capable to bring lots of quality traffic to your website.

The Open Directory

One directory that we recommend you to visit and try to get listed is The Open Directory (Dmoz). It has information about everything - arts, computers, languages, regional, etc. But, not everyone gets listed there - it's up to the editors if your site will get there.

To get listed at the Open Directory, visit: http://dmoz.org/add.html

Yahoo Directory

Yahoo is one of the world's most visited Internet destinations. It has over 330 million unique users from all over the world. Imagine what a potential it has for helping your business grow!

To have your site listed there, you need to pay $299 review fee that guarantees you your site will be reviewed within 7 business days. If your site qualifies and gets listed, there will be a $299 recurring annual fee in subsequent years ($600 for adult sites) to maintain the listing.

Note that one of the Yahoo requirements to have your site listed is to have your content in English.

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