Doing Directory Submission are Worth Now a days ?
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Hello Guys,
**Doing directory submission these days are worth ? **
What are the best factors of link building ?
Please suggest me link building strategies to rank my keywords well in search engines.
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Directory links do help with SEO but, as with anything, there are good directories and there are bad directories.
If the directory is nothing but a directory, that is, it doesn't contain any more content, then it is not a good directory. Try to get yourself included in directories that are a part of a bigger site that draw people interested in what you do.
For example, if you are a coffee shop, find the websites that have a directory of coffee shops but that are actually about something else. It might be a blog about your city that keeps a list of businesses for their readers, or a site about living green and supporting local business.
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Directory submissions are good, IF you're submitting to good quality directories. See:
http://www.seomoz.org/blog/web-directory-submission-danger
http://www.seomoz.org/blog/questions-answers-with-googles-spam-guru
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