The Web Development Man

I would like to talk a little about one of the easiest things you can do to help promote your site. There is not to much easier to do than directory submission. I came accross a large list of directories with thier pr information. I will share this with you at the end.

I try to spend some time each week and even daily when I can doing some submissions. I believe if you get your site listed on some decent directories it will do wonders for your page rank(pr) and if your lucky you might even get some traffic out of it.

To make this easier I have been searching for programs to help. I came accross one at http://www.linkdirectories.org/automatic-directory-submission.html This is the first and only one I have tried so if you know of a better one please post it. This one allows you to add your sites and site profiles to the program and it lists a bunch of directories. You click on the directoriy you want to submit to and it will take you there. You then find your category and when you get to the submission page you click on the submit button on the program and it lays out all your info so you don’t have to list it manually. It does save lots of time but it is not exactly what I was thinking of when I thought of auto submission. Just the same though it does save time…

Speaking of directories here is a great one www.afreeurl.info It does get tons of traffic.

Now we have talked about directories but there are other sites too that you can submit your link too. I think a great way to get your banner out there to get some traffic is topsite lists. There are many out there with tons of traffic.

The topic today is SEO and Directory submission so I guess we should talk a bit about seo. Today I just want to stay in the theme of simple things that can be done easily by anyone.

One of the simplest and most effective things you can do to your site to help get indexed into the search engines is alt text tags for your images. Make sure every image has alt text. It is a simple thing to do that will help. Of course there are meta tags too which do not play a huge part in seo but just the same, it is simple to have decent meta tags. Each and every page on your site should have it’s own individual meta tag.

I wonder how many sites out there do not have a robots.txt file? How hard is it to create one? Do yourself a favor and make one.

The biggest thing any site can have is content, content, content…. Nothing helps your site get into search engines like a good mixture of back links and a site filled with nice clean content. Add content where ever you can and it will pay…

Something I have recently started doing is sitemap generation. I also do this for some of my service plan clients. This is very simple too. There are many scripts that will do this for you automatically or you can find some that will let you do it manually. Either way I think it is a great way to help get listed.

There you have it, the basics including directory submission, topsite submission, meta tags, robots.txt files, content, and site map generation.

Also, if you do not have your site monetized do so….

Thanks

as promised here is a directory list..

1 http://dir.yahoo.com/ 9
2 http://www.dmoz.org 9
3 http://www.stpt.com/ 8
4 http://www.lii.org/pub/htdocs/home.htm 8
5 http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/ 8
6 http://www.blogwise.com/ 8
7 http://www.open-site.org 8
8 http://www.bloggernity.com 7
9 http://www.podcastzoom.com 7
10 http://www.blogrankings.com 7
11 http://www.bloguniverse.com 7
12 http://www.femina.com 7
13 http://www.gogreece.com 7
14 http://www.lanic.utexas.edu 7
15 http://www.polishworld.com 7
16 http://www.nationaldirectory.com/ 7
17 http://www.sacentral.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm 7
18 http://www.worldhot.com/ 7
19 http://www.123india.com/ 7
20 http://www.kinderstart.com 7
21 http://www.portal.eatonweb.com 7
22 http://businessweek.directorym.com 7
23 http://www.elib.org/ 7
24 http://www.ezilon.com/ 6
25 http://www.yourwebloghere.com 6
26 http://www.epooch.com/ 6
27 http://www.christiansunite.com/ 6
28 http://www.toronto1.biz/ 6
29 http://www.vxbox.com/ 6
30 http://www.canadianeh.com 6
31 http://www.aardvark.co.za 6
32 http://www.nzs.com/ 6
33 http://www.aigam.com 6
34 http://linkcentre.com 6
35 http://www.info-listings.com/ 6
36 http://www.zensearch.com/ 6
37 http://www.bluedir.com/ 6
38 http://www.imegamall.com/ 6
39 http://payvand.com/yp/ 6
40 http://www.globalgateway.com/ 6
41 http://www.canlinks.net/ 6
42 http://www.albanywebsites.com 6
43 http://searchsight.com 6
44 http://www.siteranking.com/ 6
45 http://findingblog.com/ 6
46 http://link-ads.com/ 6
47 http://www.directoryforce.com/ 6
48 http://www.gimpsy.com 6
49 http://www.iguide.co.il/ 6
50 http://www.webworldindex.com 6
51 http://www.canadopedia.com/ 6
52 http://indiafocus.indiainfo.com/ 6
53 http://www.americasbest.com/ 6
54 http://www.great-british-pages.co.uk/ 6
55 http://www.somuch.com/ 6
56 http://www.illumirate.com/ 5
57 http://www.christianlinks.com/ 5
58 http://www.click2directory.com 5
59 http://www.axelis.com/ 5
60 http://www.eurofind.biz 5
61 http://www.abilogic.com 5
62 http://www.gandalfdir.com/ 5
63 http://www.josh.nu 5
64 http://www.linketeria.com/ 5
65 http://www.londinium.com 5
66 http://www.jamjaa.com/ 5
67 http://www.megri.com/ 5
68 http://www.mavicanet.com/directory/eng/ 5
69 http://www.poddys.com/ 5
70 http://www.pedsters-planet.co.uk/ 5
71 http://directory.portalit.net/ 5
72 http://www.tsection.com/ 5
73 http://www.addurl-free.com/ 5
74 http://www.worldsbiggestdirectory.com/ 5
75 http://www.777media.com/ 5
76 http://www.buzznick.com/ 5
77 http://www.directory.ldmstudio.com 5
78 http://www.evenseek.com 5
79 http://www.forage.in 5
80 http://www.global-weblinks.com/ 5
81 http://www.network-room.com/links/ 5
82 http://www.rdirectory.net 5
83 http://search.able2know.com/ 5
84 http://www.siteinclusion.com 5
85 http://www.mddccommunity.com/ 5
86 http://slsites.com/ 5
87 http://www.finditireland.com/ 5
88 http://www.dirdir.info/ 5
89 http://www.my-kerala.com/ 5
90 http://www.a-free-directory.info 5
91 http://www.webdirectory-submit.com 5
92 http://www.my-india.net/ 5
93 http://www.dramba.com/ 5
94 http://www.worthwhilelink.com/ 5
95 http://allfreethings.com/ 5
96 http://www.eu-directweb.com/ 5
97 http://directory.lonelyway.com/ 5
98 http://www.uk-web-index.co.uk/ 5
99 http://www.infignos.com/ 5
100 http://www.singaporesearchengine.com/ 5
101 http://searchwarp.com 5
102 http://www.zeezo.com 5
103 http://sonicquest.com/ 5
104 http://www.aryawat.com 5
105 http://www.skoobe.biz/ 5
106 http://www.busybits.com/ 5
107 http://www.unifieddirectory.com 5
108 http://dir.ukwizz.com 5
109 http://www.top5jamaica.com 5
110 http://www.thetopsites.net 5
111 http://www.trycanada.com/ 5
112 http://www.allshops.com 5
113 http://www.anyapex.com/ 5
114 http://www.jtrotta.com/ 5
115 http://www.indiabook.com/ 5
116 http://www.resourcehelp.com/ 5
117 http://www.pleaseretrieve.com/ 5
118 http://www.moldova.com/ 5
119 http://www.annasinkovska.com/fashion-directory/ 5
120 http://www.infotiger.com 5
121 http://www.christianwebsite.com/search 5
122 http://www.lybot.com 5
123 http://www.4ppl.com/directory 5
124 http://www.directorylist.org/ 5
125 http://www.spotjockey.co.uk/ 5
126 http://www.turnpike.net/ 5
127 http://www.searchtheweb.com 5
128 http://www.typicallyspanish.com/html/english/ 5
129 http://www.aha.co.za/ 5
130 http://www.zielony.pl/ 5
131 http://www.amray.com/ 5
132 http://www.best-websites.net / 5
133 http://en.wedoo.com/5
134 http://www.url.biz 5
135 http://www.downunderindex.com 5
136 http://www.dxpnet.com/riot/ 5
137 http://www.data-spain.com/ 5
138 http://directory.bizhat.com/ 5
139 http://www.burf.com 5
140 http://www.landoflinks.com/ 5
141 http://www.hedir.com/ 5
142 http://www.submiturlhere.com/ 5
143 http://www.worldsiteindex.com/ 5
144 http://www.dhundo.com/ 5
145 http://www.infovisual.info/directory/index.php 5
146 http://www.hotlaunch.com 4
147 http://www.add-link.info/ 4
148 http://www.am-directory.com/ 4
149 http://www.apexoo.com/directory/ 4
150 http://www.abifind.com 4
151 http://www.adverts.gr/grsearch/pages/ 4
152 http://www.businesscatalogonline.com/ 4
153 http://www.buildturkey.com 4
154 http://www.biblestudynotes.org/links/ 4
155 http://buycanuck.com/ 4
156 http://www.bugsdirectory.com 4
157 http://blue.daffodil.uk.com/directory/ 4
158 http://www.clasione.com/ 4
159 http://www.directory-free.com/ 4
160 http://www.directoryon.info/ 4
161 http://www.directorystorm.com/ 4
162 http://www.findwhatwhere.info/ 4
163 http://www.directorydelux.com/ 4
164 http://www.englandsportal.com 4
165 http://www.exoode.com/directory/ 4
166 http://www.floridadirectory.biz 4
167 http://www.friendlycanadian.com/search/ 4
168 http://www.fxdir.com/ 4
169 http://www.ir8.net/ 4
170 http://www.iconcave.com/partners/ 4
171 http://www.indexrated.com/ 4
172 http://www.look4business.org/ 4
173 http://www.listmyniche.com 4
174 http://www.linkengine.com 4
175 http://www.nintra.com/directory/index.pl 4
176 http://www.openhere.com/ 4
177 http://www.orangefish-directory.co.uk 4
178 http://www.robolink.co.uk 4
179 http://red-links.com/ 4
180 http://www.redjuniper.com/ 4
181 http://www.rndirectory.com 4
182 http://www.seekabove.com 4
183 http://www.searchmaryland.com 4
184 http://www.simpledir.com/ 4
185 http://www.spheri.com/ 4
186 http://www.sgtsearch.com/ 4
187 http://www.ShopShootah.com 4
188 http://www.thames-valley-business.co.uk 4
189 http://www.thesearchbrain.co.uk 4
190 http://www.thelocalweb.net 4
191 http://www.wura.co.uk/ 4
192 http://www.uudir.com/ 4
193 http://www.UKbest50.co.uk 4
194 http://www.urlshack.com 4
195 http://www.velendi.com 4
196 http://www.web-central.info 4
197 http://www.worldwidedirectory.org/ 4
198 http://www.wholeworld.com 4
199 http://www.weblinkdirectory.net/ 4
200 http://www.wahlinks.com/ 4

Here are some of our very own Internet Directories.

http://www.afreeurl.info – This is our biggest and highest traffic directory and is a good bet for your site. Currently PS is low due to a minor issue we had when upgrading script but our PR should be back soon. We often use paid promotions to bring traffic here.

http://www.forum3000.com – This is a forum directory.

Thanks

Rich