What is a Directory?
A directory is used to index your website once it has been submitted to a search engine. A directory does not use robots to index a site. All sites that are indexed in a directory are directly done by people.
In order to index your site, you need to submit your web site under a particular category, after which an editor will review your site and then accept or reject your site according to its quality.
Follow these simple guidelines to submit your websites to Directories
- Make sure your site is 100% up and running, with no "under construction" signs. Good site design, fast loading pages, and content are important, especially for Yahoo.
- From the homepage of a directory take your time and find the appropriate category your site fits into. For this purpose, you can do a keyword search using your most important keywords or key phrases and note the category that lists these sites. The particular category will probably be the best choice for your site. You may also have multiple categories, in which case you must submit under all the suitable categories.
- Once you have found a suitable category, look out for a "Suggest a site" or an "Add URL" link under the category. Click on this link to submit your site.
- Before rushing off to submit your site, carefully read their suggestions on how to submit. Strictly follow their instructions listed.
- Describe your site accurately - Since Directories do not use robots, everything indexed into a directory is done by people. No META tags, ALT image tags, HTML comments or image maps will help your performance here. Your best bet is to describe your site accurately and the final decision of adding your web site to a directory's database rests with the editor who reviews your web site.
Best of luck!
Following are a list of the Top Directories where you can submit our website
Yahoo is without a doubt the single most important index on the Internet. While submitting your site to Yahoo, make sure you follow the guidelines given above as well as Yahoo's submit page instructions. The effort you put in now will reap huge benefits in the long run. Submit carefully!
Click on the following link to submit to Yahoo
Submit to Yahoo
Lycos, AOL Search, AltaVista and HotBot feature Open Directory categories within their results pages. As ODP is now the directory listing source for many search engines, it is in the "big leagues" among search engines and is a must to submit to.
Read their instructions and submit
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