Link Directories
-
Hi there,
We're very shortly launching a new website so as part of our link strategy we will be linking to directories found with the Link Acquisition Assistant for various keyword searches.
I was wondering at what point is it not worthwhile submitting to these directories with regards PA and DA?
For example if a directory has a domain authority of 69 but the page authority for the keyword in question is only 1, would it be a waste of time?
Cheers
-
Excellent! Seems like you have most bases covered - this is good.
Some people find links from high DA but low PA useful, others find the opposite useful. As always, there should be a bit of both. Try not to pick a strategy that puts all your eggs in one basket. I would prioritize the high PA first but dont forget about the high DA and low PA links, come back to these at a later stage
Also, make sure that there are other backlink strategies in place other than directory listings. There are lots of ways to gather links, directories are just one slice of the pie.
Feel free to send me a private message should you need assistance or add me to skype, the info is on my profile
Matt
-
Yeah
I understand that we don't want too many links in a very short period of time as it could lead to being penalised by Google, but at the same time we do need to build a spreadsheet (as you suggested) with directories to contact going forward, and that's one of my current tasks at the moment. I'm figuring since this is being done manually as an on-going process in conjunction with all the other work (so I'm not dedicating that much of my time) then i'm not going to have any infractions w.r.t mass submissions.
Yeah, I was just wondering how to determine which the best directories are whether it was a combination of PA and DA or whether when the PA's are low it isn't worth my time submiting to that directory even if their domain authority is high.
Yeah, we have all our initial content, have optimised each page for the targeted keywords & have made sure everything is how it should be for when we launch the site. Obviously this is an on-going process but we have our initial benchmark for going live.
-
If its a new website then you should avoid trying to grow too quickly - especially with link building. Link building is an area in which the SEO cheats have taken advantage of Google's algorithm in the past so Google are very aware of the problem. To combat this they are very careful with new domains receiving loads of incoming links. However, link building is obviously still important with new websites. You should make a spreadsheet of the link directories along with their PA and DA, keep a note of which directories you have submitted to.
You should start with the best directories on the list and when you get more time, filter down the less important directories.
In the mean time there are plenty of other bits which are just as important like content and on-site optimisation (forgive me if you have already worked on these two but most people just straight into link building. I had a client a while back who had built some really nice and relevant links but the foundations of his website were terrible and all his links were sent through to pages with poor URL's (ie, mysite.com/?>£hfgrt�talogue-p5 instead of mysite.com/dogfood))
Hope this goes some way to answering your question?
Got a burning SEO question?
Subscribe to Moz Pro to gain full access to Q&A, answer questions, and ask your own.
Browse Questions
Explore more categories
-
Moz Tools
Chat with the community about the Moz tools.
-
SEO Tactics
Discuss the SEO process with fellow marketers
-
Community
Discuss industry events, jobs, and news!
-
Digital Marketing
Chat about tactics outside of SEO
-
Research & Trends
Dive into research and trends in the search industry.
-
Support
Connect on product support and feature requests.
Related Questions
-
When conducting a link building strategy does it matter the country the link is from?
We are a UK business and if we have links mostly from US based blogs and websites does this penalise us. The links are from relevant websites and topics. Should we be focusing on .co.uk sites
Link Building | | Caffeine_Marketing1 -
Why am I getting links in my link report from sites that no longer exist?
So, I have a link report from Link Detox. And I'm going through all of them and considering what sites need to be removed. and trying to find emails and contact webmasters. There is just one odd thing i'm starting to see more of. A lot of links are on websites or webpages that no longer exist. The link no longer exists. Some of the domains are even available for purchase. Why are these links showing on the backlink report and are they really harming my website? Also, do I need to add these links into the disavow document that I will submit to Google?
Link Building | | lightwurx0 -
Ecomerce: Would 4 link sections leak too much link juice?
Hello, In my content management for our ecomerce site, I've found that there are sometimes links to sites in our industry that have "helpful links" sections. Several strong sites link directly to these resource sections. There are 4 different topics that fit this trend in our industry. Would it leak too much link juice to make 4 comprehensive link sections and place a link to them on our "Useful Articles" page? Or should I stick to one comprehensive link section? Or perhaps a small link section? Or none at all? Thanks.
Link Building | | BobGW0 -
Outbound links
We are working with a large, global customer that has asked us to link to their website from about 5,000 pages of our website. The links would either point to one page on their website, or they would point to specific pages throughout their website. Is this a bad thing from an SEO perspective, as in - would either of us be penalized from search engines for doing this?
Link Building | | Prospector-Plastics0 -
Does the ratio of external nofollow links to external "do follow" links matter in terms of SERPs ranking?
My site has an external link nofollow:dofollow ratio of approximately 1:1 That is, there are about as many nofollow external links as "do follow" external links. I have an impression that the ratio of no-follow to "do follow" links is a factor in the way that our website shows up in SERPs. I have the impression from reading a variety of sources, and from looking at Seomoz, that calculate "trust" factors as if they mattered (in SERPs), that seem to value a relatively low nofollow:dofollow ratio. Am I correct about that? Thanks,
Link Building | | tcolling
Tim PS - I don't know whether or not this matters, but our website is at: www.trustworthycare.com - Tim0 -
SEO directories
Recently I did a research of one of mine competitors and to my surprise his major backlinks located on seo directories like: http://alistdirectory.com/ http://www.ggfb.org/ http://www.bitterskank.com/ http://www.directorypage.net/ And .... he is showing on first page of Google by particular keyword "Dentist Dubai". Frankly speaking I am confused a little bit, because I believe that this SEO strategy has stopped working a long time ago. Could someone share with me his thought about this? Furthermore all of those websites are asking about a Reciprocal link, which I did find on his website. How he did it? Thanks, Russel
Link Building | | smokin_ace0 -
Asking other websites to link your website when the want to be in your directory
Hello, We have 3 web directories, and I wonder if it is legal for search engines to ask people who want to be in the directory to link to a particular website in order to be in our directory. I mean, it is free adding the url in the directory but if they lwant to be in the directory they have to ink to a website we have decided.
Link Building | | teconsite.com
Is this correct, or is punishable? Thanks!0 -
Should I unify my links?
Checking at opensiteexplorer.org I can see that: mydomain.com has has DA 26, linking root domains 1, total links 22 www.mydomain.com has DA 26, linking root domains 31, total links 89 The 22 links to the non-www domain come from the same site, which I would be able to convince to change to the www domain. Is it worth doing it? Will it add up to better DA? Thanks J PS: with only 32 root domains I think I have to do some serious link building...
Link Building | | TIBA0