Submit Your Blog to Top Directories
Adding your new blog to the major directories is a key task if you want to build traffic and page ranking. While the list below is not exhaustive, it will get you well underway in your directory listings.
A few points to keep in mind as you add your blog to these directories:
- Directories are not search engines. Directories are edited and managed by human beings, whereas search engines are programs that troll the web looking for pages. Your blog might be recommended to a directory by one of the site editors, or a very enthusiastic fan of your blog, but most likely you will have to introduce yourself if you want to make a directory’s list.
- Be sure the directory is indexed in the major search engines. A quick search at Google, Yahoo & MSN will do.
- Be sure the directory is not banned by Google. You probably won’t get flagged by Google if you are listed there, but the risk is too great – there are hundreds of other places for your link.
- Page Rank isn’t everything. Don’t skip sites just because they have a low page rank. While Page Rank is extremely helpful, it changes over time. A directory with a PR of 3 this month could jump to 6 next month. Also, take note of the Page Rank of the specific page of the directory your blog will be listed on. Just like it says, Page Rank is for pages, not for blogs. A directory could have a PR of 7, but the page your link appears on might be a humble 1.
- Directories are not overnight traffic. Look around the submission guidelines and to see
