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    How many directory submission per day we have to do ?

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    • chhatarpal
      chhatarpal last edited by

      Hello Moz Members,

      I have read in many forums and articles, where people discuss about "How many directory submission to do per day"  Please clarify my question which are mention below.

      1. Is there any per day limit for Directory submission, If its then how much ?

      2. Getting more links from directory submission, can hurt my site ?

      Regards & Thanks,

      Chhatarpal Singh

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      • SoftzSolutions
        SoftzSolutions last edited by

        _Eternal dilemma of an SEO professional. Since you are there to build links, you have to think about building links and this is exactly where the problem creeps in. Rather take a different approach here. Think like a general user. Would you love to see your website listed in that directory? Do you believe that that the directory in question would be able to drive some traffic to your website? If the answer is yes, go ahead mate. Get your website listed there. Google or no Google, your website is going to get benefited at the end. _

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        • Elchanan
          Elchanan @EGOL last edited by

          When I said " good directories " I meant http://www.seomoz.org/directories/ Do you think these directories will cause Penguin signal to be triggered ? As of my 2nd advice, do it on the right pace. Few factors need to be determine how much to do per x time. Obviously I will agree that directories submission you can find on commercial seo tools will trigger Penguins signals and one should avoid them. Are we good?

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          • EGOL
            EGOL @Elchanan last edited by

            Do you have an explict answer to those questions that will avoid a Penguin problem?

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            • Elchanan
              Elchanan last edited by

              Guys, why to be negative? Today is December 25th 🙂

              Mr. Singh didn't say what "Directory submission" he meant. There are very good directories that we have to use, anybody disagree?

              Regards the other part of "day limit" for Directory submission, the pace is all based on two factors:

              1. how many links and their quality you have now?
              2. can you keep the same pace overtime month in, month out?
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              • MikeRoberts
                MikeRoberts last edited by

                I more or less agree with EGOL. Directory Submissions are a thing of the past and are likely to get you in trouble nowadays. Getting backlinks is becoming harder and harder everyday. You need to diversify more and make sure that all those links to you look as natural as possible. It's not a bad thing to do linking yourself to get that initial push but the best possible linking strategy is a naturally occurring one. Make sure you use all relevant social avenues open to you... Facebook pages, G+, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Instagram, StumbleUpon, and so on as long as it make sense for your site to be there and you keep up with posting. Hopefully those will generate natural links back to your site as people learn who you are and grow to like your site.

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                • chhatarpal
                  chhatarpal @chhatarpal last edited by

                  Thank you sir for valuable suggestion, So what link building strategies shall i apply to get rank my keywords in Google 1st page.

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                  • EGOL
                    EGOL @chhatarpal last edited by

                    I think that they can be harmful to your site - especially if you use keyword anchor text.

                    If these are the only types of links that you have, I think that your site will be hit by Penguin.

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                    • chhatarpal
                      chhatarpal @EGOL last edited by

                      I dint get you sir.

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                      • EGOL
                        EGOL last edited by

                        If you do one or two per day... it will be enough to get you in trouble by the end of next year.

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