Yicrosoft Directory

The news about Google banning and penalizing sites that buy links is something that everybody should have seen coming. Why would a search engine that promotes only the most ethical, organic style of link development, consider paid links something of that nature? Free directories like the Yicrosoft Directory are much safer in the eyes of Google. Please read the following carefully as they will help you avoid the bad directories.

10 Tips to Avoid by Yicrosoft Directory

1. Javascript Links - search engines cannot read javascript, so you will not get credit for the link to your site.

2. Scraper Directories - they will grab the meta data from your site and put that info on their own site with the name of your site.

3. Links in Frames - search engines cannot read what is in frames, even if your link is in there.

4. More Info Pages Steal your PR - make sure the ‘more info’ link actually goes to your site. If it goes to another page in their directory, they are putting their title of that next page, which is supposed to compete with your site for keywords in the title.

5. .PHP and .ASP Scripts - those scripts with session IDs are used to track clicks, but prevent PR from passing to any site they link to.

6. No Follow Tags - Doesn’t seem like a directory would do this, but there are cases. Make sure your link does not have a NoFollow tag on it.

7. Banned Directories in Robots.txt - make sure the directory you want to submit to does not have a robots.txt file that is disallowing Googlebot, because it will mean they are banned.

8. Avoid Spammers - don’t link to spammers because if search engines find out you are linked to them and that they are indeed spamming their search engine, you will get banned or penalized.

9. No Reciprocal Links - if a directory is asking for a reciprocal link, don’t do it, especially if they ever ask you to place it on your homepage. This will drain your PR from your most important page.

10. No Contact Information - make sure if you are paying for a review fee, that they have contact information available. Some directories will take your money but not allow you to enter your site details.

Hope you will consider these tips the next time you submit your site to web directories. Just because it is so risky to submit to directories, like the Yicrosoft Directory, doesn’t mean you should disregard them altogether, just read my post about value in directories. Are there other tips or advice that is useful when submitting to directories?

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