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Charles Heflin
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 Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 7:13 am Post subject: Directory Submisions |
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Directory submissions are your first goal for getting crawled and indexed by the search engines. They are a great way to get indexed naturally and should only be used for that purpose.
A common malpractice, however, is to continue submitting to directories as part of a backlink building plan. Directories is only one aspect of building backlinks but should not be your only focus.
Once you are listed in 30 - 40 directories then stop & concentrate on building other types of backlinks.
See article # 10 here:
http://www.seo2020.com/seo-articles/ |
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lgstarr
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Joined: 11 Jun 2006
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Location: Chatsworth, California, USA
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| Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 4:53 pm Post subject: what about changing something afterwards? |
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I have a client who has been previously submitted to multiple directories (I have the list from Alexa).
Because of some keywork and tag re-working, I'm wondering about the best way to change the description most of them have (which is identical wording).
Or, is it best to just leave the description after already submitting? |
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Charles Heflin
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| Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 5:28 pm Post subject: Re: what about changing something afterwards? |
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| lgstarr wrote: | I have a client who has been previously submitted to multiple directories (I have the list from Alexa).
Because of some keywork and tag re-working, I'm wondering about the best way to change the description most of them have (which is identical wording).
Or, is it best to just leave the description after already submitting? |
The main focus is the keyword anchor text linking to the site. The description in the deirectories is more geared toward gaining human clicks from the directories themselves. If you ar only concerned with directories from a rankings standpoint then I would not boter modifying the descriptions.
You want to have varying keyword anchor texts in the directories. Is this what you meant?
Forgive me if I am misunderstanding your question.
Charles |
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lgstarr
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Joined: 11 Jun 2006
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Location: Chatsworth, California, USA
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| Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 10:50 pm Post subject: Re: what about changing something afterwards? |
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| seo2020 wrote: | | lgstarr wrote: | I have a client who has been previously submitted to multiple directories (I have the list from Alexa).
Because of some keyword and tag re-working, I'm wondering about the best way to change the description most of them have (which is identical wording).
Or, is it best to just leave the description after already submitting? |
The main focus is the keyword anchor text linking to the site. The description in the deirectories is more geared toward gaining human clicks from the directories themselves. If you ar only concerned with directories from a rankings standpoint then I would not bother modifying the descriptions.
THANKS--THAT CLEARS THAT UP 
You want to have varying keyword anchor texts in the directories. Is this what you meant?
I WASN'T TALKING ABOUT THE ANCHOR TEXTS, BUT NOW THAT YOU MENTION IT (AND I DO KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN) DO YOU RECOMMEND
CHANGING ALL 17 of THEM OR JUST A FEW OF THEM (THE ANCHOR TEXT IS SIMPLY THE URL WHICH IS SIMPLY THE NAME OF THE BUSINESS)?
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Charles Heflin
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| Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 9:33 am Post subject: Re: what about changing something afterwards? |
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| lgstarr wrote: | | seo2020 wrote: | | lgstarr wrote: | I have a client who has been previously submitted to multiple directories (I have the list from Alexa).
Because of some keyword and tag re-working, I'm wondering about the best way to change the description most of them have (which is identical wording).
Or, is it best to just leave the description after already submitting? |
The main focus is the keyword anchor text linking to the site. The description in the deirectories is more geared toward gaining human clicks from the directories themselves. If you ar only concerned with directories from a rankings standpoint then I would not bother modifying the descriptions.
THANKS--THAT CLEARS THAT UP
You want to have varying keyword anchor texts in the directories. Is this what you meant?
I WASN'T TALKING ABOUT THE ANCHOR TEXTS, BUT NOW THAT YOU MENTION IT (AND I DO KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN) DO YOU RECOMMEND
CHANGING ALL 17 of THEM OR JUST A FEW OF THEM (THE ANCHOR TEXT IS SIMPLY THE URL WHICH IS SIMPLY THE NAME OF THE BUSINESS)?
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Your site will tend to rank for anchor text that links to your site. If it is your wish to rank for your company name then leave everything as is. Change the anchor text if you want to rank for other keywords. |
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divine
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Joined: 17 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:38 am Post subject: Re: Directory Submisions |
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| Charles Heflin wrote: | Directory submissions are your first goal for getting crawled and indexed by the search engines. They are a great way to get indexed naturally and should only be used for that purpose.
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Charles, if I can get my site indexed quickly without submitting in directories (with the help of some other *good* and *relevant* links), still you think I should submit my sites to directories?
Also, what is meant by "indexed naturally"?
Thanks
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