Directory submission is one of the hippest activities if we talk about SEO. Search engines would find it interesting if there are a lot of approved directory submissions pointing to your site. This only means that your website has been regarded with the other sites. But directory submission is not that easy and takes longer before you can achieve your goal. They have their own human editors that checks and reviews each submission base on quality and content before approving it into the directory. This only means that to be able to increase the chances of approving your submission, you need to submit a first-rate site and follow the directory submission guidelines.
Part of the directory submission guidelines is to select the proper category. You need to submit your site to the correct category and sub-category so that this will be reviewed and check by the proper editor. Directory submission editors are loaded with work and don’t have time to do the job for you in researching for the proper category. If you happen to submit your site to the incorrect category, most likely this will be rejected. Submitting to the regional portion of the directory will also help increase the chance of approval. When submitting your URL, if you can check that the main directory has lots of sites listed, you can try and check if the regional portion is available and has minimal sites listed, then it would be advisable that you choose the regional option. Directory Human editor are more interested and willing to accept such sites.
An example of a directory submission site is Yahoo which is regarded as the largest and popular directory which is also difficult to get into. You can read Yahoo’s guidelines in this url : http://help.yahoo.com/help/url/. Yahoo has two choices with regards to submitting directory: paid and free. Free option means that you just submit your site and then continue waiting until it will be evaluated by an editor. Paid submission cost at around $299 and guarantees that there will be a specific editor that will evaluate the site within 48 hours. But also does not guarantee that it will approve your site. In general, high quality sites are more willing to choose this option.
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